1992 Stanley Cup Final
Back-to-back: the Penguins swept the Chicago Blackhawks for their second straight Stanley Cup.
The 1992 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the 1991–92 NHL season, between the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins of the Prince of Wales Conference and the Clarence Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks, who were in their first Final since 1973. Chicago led the first game 4–1 before Mario Lemieux and the Penguins came back to win it, and Pittsburgh went on to sweep the series in four games for its second consecutive Stanley Cup.
Quick Facts
- Referees
- Terry Gregson
- Don Koharski
- Andy Van Hellemond
- Dates
- May 26 – June 1, 1992
- Series winner
- Ron Francis (7:59, third)
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Background
After a stretch of only one goal in about 86 minutes, from the second period of game two into the opening minutes of game four, the teams scored eleven times in game four, the first NHL game ever played in June. Pittsburgh won it 6–5, and NHL President John Ziegler presented the Cup to Lemieux, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second year running.
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