2007 Stanley Cup Championship

Lore & Background

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 1967 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.

Reader's Guide

The second-seeded Anaheim Ducks defeated both the seventh seeded Minnesota Wild and third seeded Vancouver Canucks in five games before defeating the top seeded Detroit Red Wings in six games in the Western Conference Final. The Ducks were led by two Norris Trophy candidates captain Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger, the scoring touches of Andy McDonald, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, and the goaltending of Jean-Sebastien Giguere. The fourth-seeded Ottawa Senators defeated the fifth seeded Pittsburgh Penguins, and upset both the second seeded New Jersey Devils and the Presidents' Trophy winner Buffalo Sabres, all in five games apiece. Ottawa was led by the top line of captain Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza.

Did You Know?

• Only four players remained on the Ducks roster from 2003, including the Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
• The 2003 club's general manager, Bryan Murray, was now the Ottawa head coach.
• Two Ottawa-area players were in the finals, playing for the Ducks.
• This was the first time since the 1925 Victoria Cougars that a team from the west coast of North America won the Stanley Cup.
• Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, from Sweden, was the first European-born-and-raised captain to lead his team to the finals.