2007 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Anaheim: Honda Center (1, 2, 5) Ottawa: Scotiabank Place (3, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Anaheim: Randy Carlyle Ottawa: Bryan Murray | |||||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Anaheim: Scott Niedermayer Ottawa: Daniel Alfredsson | |||||||||||||||||||||
National anthems | Ottawa: Lyndon Slewidge (game three) Alanis Morissette (game four) Anaheim: Marine Sgt. Juan Contreras | |||||||||||||||||||||
Referees | Paul Devorski (1, 3, 5) Dan O'Halloran (1, 3, 5) Bill McCreary (2, 4) Brad Watson (2, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | May 28 – June 6, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Scott Niedermayer (Ducks) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Travis Moen (15:44, second) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Famers | Senators: Daniel Alfredsson (2022) Ducks: Scott Niedermayer (2013) Chris Pronger (2015) Teemu Selanne (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): RDS United States: (English): Versus (1–2), NBC (3–5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | (CBC) Bob Cole, Harry Neale, and Greg Millen (RDS) Pierre Houde and Yvon Pedneault (Versus/NBC) Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk (NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2006–07 season, and the culmination of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Western Conference champion Anaheim Ducks and the Eastern Conference champion Ottawa Senators. It was the second appearance in the Finals for Anaheim since 2003 (known at the time as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), when they lost to the New Jersey Devils. It was the first appearance for the Senators since entering the NHL as an expansion team in 1992. Anaheim defeated Ottawa in five games and were awarded their first Stanley Cup, becoming the eleventh post-1967 expansion team to win the NHL championship trophy, and the first team from California to win the Stanley Cup. This was the first Finals since 1999 in which both teams were seeking their first Stanley Cup and the last until 2018, the fifth straight Finals to feature a team vying for its first Stanley Cup, and the first time since the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals that a team from Ontario made it to the Finals.
Brothers Scott and Rob Niedermayer both played for the Ducks team, becoming the first set of brothers to win the Stanley Cup together since Duane and Brent Sutter accomplished the feat twice with the New York Islanders in 1982 and 1983.[1]