2010 Stanley Cup Finals

2010 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Philadelphia Flyers 5 1 4* 5 4 3* 2 Chicago Blackhawks 6 2 3* 3 7 4* 4
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Philadelphia: Wachovia Center (3, 4, 6) Chicago: United Center (1, 2, 5)
Coaches	Philadelphia: Peter Laviolette Chicago: Joel Quenneville
Captains	Philadelphia: Mike Richards Chicago: Jonathan Toews
National anthems	Philadelphia: Lauren Hart and Kate Smith Chicago: Jim Cornelison
Referees	Bill McCreary (1, 3, 5) Dan O'Halloran (1, 3, 5) Kelly Sutherland (2, 4, 6) Stephen Walkom (2, 4, 6)
Dates	May 29 – June 9, 2010
MVP	Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks)
Series-winning goal	Patrick Kane (04:06, OT, G6)
Hall of Famers	Flyers: Chris Pronger (2015) Blackhawks: Marian Hossa (2020)
Networks	Canada: (English): CBC (French): RDS United States: (English): NBC (1–2, 5–6), Versus (3–4)
Announcers	(CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, and Glenn Healy (RDS) Pierre Houde and Benoit Brunet (NBC/Versus) Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk (NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti
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The 2010 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2009–10 season, and the culmination of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Western Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks and the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Flyers. It was Chicago's eleventh appearance in the Finals and their first since 1992, a loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was Philadelphia's eighth appearance in the Finals and their first since 1997, a loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Chicago defeated Philadelphia four games to two to win their fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history,^[1] and their first since 1961,^[2] ending the longest active Stanley Cup drought.

The Blackhawks became the fourth major Chicago sports team to win a championship since 1986, joining the 1985 Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s, and the 2005 Chicago White Sox.^[3] The 2016 Chicago Cubs would complete the cycle of all Chicago sports teams winning at least one championship in 30 years. Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the 2010 playoffs, and was the first Blackhawks player to receive this honor. He and teammates Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook won the Olympic gold medal with Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics, adding the three players to the list of Ken Morrow (1980) and Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan (both 2002), as well as Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter (both 2014), as the only players to accomplish this double in the same year.^[4] Having played for Team USA at the Olympics, Patrick Kane joined Chris Chelios and Brett Hull (both 2002) as having won both the Olympic silver medal and Stanley Cup in the same year.^[5] Jonathan Toews also became the 24th player and the seventh Canadian to become a member of the Triple Gold Club having won an Olympic gold medal, an IIHF World Championship Gold Medal, and the Stanley Cup.