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| Location(s) | Dallas: Reunion Arena (1, 2, 5) Buffalo: Marine Midland Arena (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Dallas: Ken Hitchcock Buffalo: Lindy Ruff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Dallas: Derian Hatcher Buffalo: Michael Peca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Terry Gregson (1, 3, 6) Bill McCreary (1, 4, 6) Kerry Fraser (2, 4) Dan Marouelli (2, 5) Don Koharski (3, 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | June 8–19, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Joe Nieuwendyk (Stars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Brett Hull (14:51, 3OT, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Stars: Ed Belfour (2011) Guy Carbonneau (2019) Brett Hull (2009) Mike Modano (2014) Joe Nieuwendyk (2011) Sergei Zubov (2019) Sabres: Dominik Hasek (2014) Coaches: Ken Hitchcock (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (English): Fox (1–2, 5), ESPN (3–4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale (SRC) Claude Quenneville and Michel Bergeron (Fox) Mike Emrick and John Davidson (ESPN) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1998–99 season, and the culmination of the 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Eastern Conference champion Buffalo Sabres and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars. It was the 106th year of the Stanley Cup being contested.
The Sabres were led by captain Michael Peca, head coach Lindy Ruff and goaltender Dominik Hasek. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, head coach Ken Hitchcock and goaltender Ed Belfour. The Stars defeated the Sabres in six games to win their first Stanley Cup, becoming the eighth post-1967 expansion team to earn a championship, and the first team based in the Southern United States to win the Cup.
The series ended with a controversial triple-overtime goal in game six, when replays showed that Stars forward Brett Hull scored with his skate in the crease. Although the Sabres protested later, the league stated that the goal had been reviewed and was judged as a good goal, since Hull had maintained possession of the puck as it exited the crease just before he shot it.