By AJ Petronzi
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The Vancouver Canucks will not cap their 40th anniversary celebration season with the franchise’s first Stanley Cup as the Boston Bruins have defeated Vancouver in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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The Vancouver Canucks will not cap their 40th anniversary celebration season with the franchise’s first Stanley Cup as the Boston Bruins have defeated Vancouver in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.
For Bruins goaltender, and Flint, Michigan, native Tim Thomas it is his first Stanley Cup in a long career road to the NHL. Thomas, who was awarded the Conn Smyth trophy, took the long road to the NHL, going undrafted and being forced to start his career in Europe. Seen as an unconventional goaltender, he silenced all of his critics in this series, capping his final performance with a shutout in Vancouver.
Injuries limited Vancouver more than Boston but in the final game it just appeared that Boston wanted the Cup most.
For Boston’s Mark Recchi, lifting the cup has a special meaning. Every player dreams of being able to lift the cup after their last game, but for Recchi that dream will be a reality. Recchi, aged 43, announced earlier this year that he would retire at the end of the season. What an end it turned out to be.
