1994 Stanley Cup Finals

1994 Stanley Cup Finals
1994 Stanley Cup Finals
	* game decided in overtime
Location(s)	New York City: Madison Square Garden (1, 2, 5, 7); Vancouver: Pacific Coliseum (3, 4, 6)
Coaches	New York: Mike Keenan; Vancouver: Pat Quinn
Captains	New York: Mark Messier; Vancouver: Trevor Linden
National anthems	New York: John Amirante; Vancouver: Richard Loney (3); John Reynolds (4, 6)
Referees	Terry Gregson (1, 4, 7); Bill McCreary (2, 6); Andy Van Hellemond (3, 5)
Dates	May 31 – June 14, 1994
MVP	Brian Leetch (Rangers)
Series-winning goal	Mark Messier(13:29, second, G7)
Hall of Famers	Rangers:; Glenn Anderson (2008); Brian Leetch (2009); Kevin Lowe (2020); Mark Messier (2007); Sergei Zubov (2019); Canucks:; Pavel Bure (2012); Coaches:; Pat Quinn (2016)
Networks	Canada:; (English): CBC; (French): SRC; United States:; (National): ESPN; (New York City area): MSG Network (1–3, 6–7), MSG II (4–5)
Announcers	(CBC) Bob Cole, Harry Neale, and Dick Irvin Jr.; (SRC) Claude Quenneville and Gilles Tremblay; (ESPN) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement; (MSG/MSGII) Sam Rosen and John Davidson

The 1994 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1993–94 season, and the culmination of the 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers and Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks were making the club's second Finals appearance, their first coming during their Cinderella run of 1982, and the Rangers were making their tenth appearance, their first since 1979. The Rangers ended their then record 54-year championship drought with a victory in game seven to claim the long-awaited Stanley Cup. It was the fourth championship in franchise history. The CBC broadcast of the deciding game seven attracted an average Canadian audience of 4.957 million viewers, making it the most watched CBC Sports program in history to that time.^[2]^[3] This was the last Stanley Cup Finals with games played in Canada until 2004, and the last to go the full seven games until 2001.

^ Messier watches 1994 Stanley Cup win on YouTube
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^ McKay, John (February 22, 2002). "Despite Some Critics, CBC Enjoys Praise and More Than Six million Olympics Viewers". Canadian Press. The women's gold medal game was a huge ratings hit, drawing...4.54 million...The CBC says its highest rated sports program was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. That averaged 4.97 million.

[Messier_watches_1994_Stanley_Cup_win-1] Messier watches 1994 Stanley Cup win on YouTube

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[3] McKay, John (February 22, 2002). "Despite Some Critics, CBC Enjoys Praise and More Than Six million Olympics Viewers". Canadian Press. The women's gold medal game was a huge ratings hit, drawing...4.54 million...The CBC says its highest rated sports program was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. That averaged 4.97 million.

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