June 9, 2003
The Cup Is In the House
Few (except me) gave the Anaheim Mighty Ducks a chance to win the NHL's Stanley Cup championship this season. But they can tonight in Game 7, and the finals have been a truly dramatic series.
Not every Cup final climbs to such heights. Some fall flat and many end in anticlimactic sweeps. This is not one of them. The Devils-Ducks championship round of 2003 has the potential to be remembered as something quite special.
Surprisingly, NHL Finals Near Dramatic End [NYTimes.com]. Not only is it one game take all, but there's some real emotion in this series after the thunderous (some say dirty) open-ice hit by New Jersey Devils' Scott Stevens on Anaheim star Paul Kariya in Saturday's game. As Devils' coach Pat Burns said, "Hate builds up" in these long series. Gotta love the hate!
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