NHL Stanley Cup Final Notes

The Chicago Blackhawks hope to win their third Stanley Cup in six seasons, playing at home tonight in game six of the finals vs the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Blackhawks have not clinched the Stanley Cup at home since 1938, something they hope to change tonight.

In game five, for the second time in the series, Antoine Vermette had the final goal in a (2-1) Chicago victory in Tampa. it was the third Blackhawks’ (2-1) win in the series.

The Blackhawks won it all in 2010 and 2013, prior to that they lost in 5 straight NHL finals (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, and 1992).

Twice before in 1934 and 1938 the Blackhawks clinched the Stanley Cup at home. Truly fascinating is that both times they did so with a player on their roster that had previously been on a Grey Cup winner in the Canadian Football League.

In 1934 Les Conacher, who later would serve in the House of Commons in Canada, was on Chicago’s home clinched Stanley Cup winning team, having been on a Grey Cup winner 13 years earlier.

In 1938, Frank Voss was credited with the Stanley Cup winning goal in the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup home clinching game. 14 years earlier he had been on a Grey Cup champion.

Antoine Vermette