Boston beat Vancouver (5-2) Monday in Game 6 of the finals of the Stanley Cup trophy awarded to the Champion League North American Hockey League (NHL), putting the two teams tied with three wins each in the series. The meeting 7 of the final best of seven games will be held Wednesday in the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia. For the sixth time in the last ten seasons, the final will be decided on the seventh and final game.
The winner of this final encounter will win the Stanley Cup after a thrilling final since the first game. Vancouver has the advantage of playing in the rink. But the Boston Bruins can create a surprise as they appeared in form and confidence on Monday night. In just over four minutes, they outperformed the Vancouver Canucks, scoring four goals. They have suddenly broke the previous record, which was four goals in 5 min 29 set by the Montreal team in the finals in 1956.
The second period was balanced (0-0), the third was won by the Canadians (2-1), but the result of the match was sealed long ago. "We gave ourselves a chance to win the Cup for us to enjoy," said Boston coach Claude Julien, before adding "it will be better than in our previous games in Vancouver." Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Michael Ryder were the main architects of this victory. The efforts of the Swedish captain of Vancouver, Henrik Sedin and his teammate Maxim Lapierre scorers at the end of meeting, were unsuccessful.
Boston still has a chance to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in thirty-nine. The last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup is in Montreal in 1993. Since then, only U.S. franchises have won the "Cup". The meeting was also marked by the player's injury Vancouver Mason Raymond early in the game. He was transported to a hospital to undergo tests, according to his team, without details.
