Stanley Cup Finals 1994
The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot: a night of chaos after the Canucks' Game 7 loss.
The 1994 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the NHL's 1993-94 season, played between the Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks and the Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers. It was the Canucks' second Final appearance, after 1982. Vancouver came back from a 3-1 series deficit to force a seventh game, but the Rangers won Game 7 to end a 54-year championship drought.
Quick Facts
- Opponent
- New York Rangers
- Series result
- Rangers won 4–3
- Canucks leading scorer
- Pavel Bure
- Key goaltender
- Kirk McLean
- Series mvp
- Brian Leetch (Rangers)
- Notable game
- Game 7 at Madison Square Garden
Lore & Background
Vancouver won Game 1 3-2 in overtime, largely thanks to 52 saves by goaltender McLean. The CBC broadcast of Game 7 drew an average Canadian audience of 4.957 million, at the time the most-watched CBC Sports program ever. A riot broke out in downtown Vancouver on the evening of the deciding game.
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