2000 Stanley Cup Finals Information
The 2000 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils and the Western Conference and defending champion Dallas Stars. The Devils were led by captain Scott Stevens, coach Larry Robinson and goalie Martin Brodeur. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, coach Ken Hitchcock and goalie Ed Belfour.
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Paths to the Final
For more details on this topic, see 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. See also: 1999–2000 Dallas Stars season and 1999–2000 New Jersey Devils seasonNew Jersey defeated the Florida Panthers 4–0, the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 to advance to the Final.
Dallas defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4–1, the San Jose Sharks 4–1 and the Colorado Avalanche 4–3.
The series
Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were 1 more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the cup in game 6 on a one timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup title.
For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Final that a defending Stanley Cup Champion had lost in the Final. Interestingly, this would happen to the Devils themselves the following year when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche.
This is also the first-ever final that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as being the first championship series that both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.
| Tue, May 30 | New Jersey Devils | 7–3 | Dallas Stars | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap |
| Thu, June 1 | New Jersey Devils | 1–2 | Dallas Stars | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap |
| Sat, June 3 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | New Jersey Devils | Reunion Arena | Recap |
| Mon, June 5 | Dallas Stars | 1–3 | New Jersey Devils | Reunion Arena | Recap |
| Thu, June 8 | New Jersey Devils | 0–1 | 3OT | Dallas Stars | Continental Airlines Arena | Recap |
| Sat, June 10 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | 2OT | New Jersey Devils | Reunion Arena | Recap |
| New Jersey wins series 4–2 and the Stanley Cup Scott Stevens (New Jersey) wins Conn Smythe Trophy | |
Quotes
Daneyko scores! Oh my, let the celebration begin in the Daneyko household! IT MUST BE A LEAP YEAR! —Gary Thorne on ESPN, calling Ken Daneyko's first playoff goal in 5 years in Game 1
Elias centers, shot, SCORE! THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP! Jason Arnott with the game winning overtime goal! —Gary Thorne on ABC, calling the overtime goal by Jason Arnott
New Jersey Devils 2000 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
- 10 Steve Brule†
- 11 John Madden
- 12 Sergei Nemchinov
- 15 Steve Kelly†
- 18 Sergei Brylin
- 25 Jason Arnott (A. Capt)
- 16 Bobby Holik
- 17 Petr Sykora
- 20 Jay Pandolfo
- 21 Randy McKay (A. Capt)
- 22 Claude Lemieux
- 23 Scott Gomez
- 26 Patrik Elias
- 29 Krzysztof Oliwa
- 89 Alexander Mogilny
- 4 Scott Stevens (Captain)
- 2 Ken Sutton†
- 3 Ken Daneyko
- 5 Colin White
- 6 Brad Bombardir
- 7 Vladimir Malakhov
- 27 Scott Niedermayer
- 28 Brian Rafalski
- 30 Martin Brodeur
- 31 Chris Terreri
- Non-players
- John J. McMullen (Owner/Chairman/Governor), Peter McMullen (Vice President)
- Lou Lamoriello (President/General Manager), Larry Robinson (Head Coach),
- Viacheslav Fetisov, Bobby Carpenter Jr. (Ass’t Coaches), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach)
- John Cunniff (AHL Coach), David Conte (Director of Scouting)
- Milt Fisher, Claude Carrier, Dan Labraatan, Marcel Pronovost, Bob Hoffmeyer (Scouts)
- Barry Fisher (Head Team Physician), Dennis Gendron (AHL Ass’t Coach), Robbie Ftorek (Coach/Scout), Vladimir Bure (Consultant)
- Taran Singelton (Video Coordinator), Marie Carnevale (Hockey Operations-Ass’t to President-General Manager), Callie Smith (Scouting Staff Ass’t)
- Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength-Conditioning Coordinator), Dana McGuane (Equipment Manager)
- Juergen Merz (Message Therapist), Harry Bricker, Lou Centanni (Ass’t Equipment Managers).
Stanley Cup engraving
Three players who did not automatically qualify for their names to be engraved on the Stanley Cup were engraved at the Devils' request:
- Steve Kelly†, played 10 playoff games - 4 in games conference final.
- Steve Brule†, played one game in the conference finals.
- Ken Sutton†, joined the team at the trading deadline, from the minors. He played 6 regular season games, but was a healthy scratch for the playoffs.
Deron Quint (D) who played 50 regular season games for Phoenix, and 4 games for New Jersey (joined in a March 7 trade for Lyle Odelein) was not engraved on the Stanley Cup, because New Jersey suspended him for not reporting to the minors for conditioning.
See also
References
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261.
Notes
| Preceded by Dallas Stars 1999 | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Champions 2000 | Succeeded by Colorado Avalanche 2001 |
Categories: 2000 in ice hockey | Dallas Stars seasons | New Jersey Devils seasons | Stanley Cup Championship Finals
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