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2003 Stanley Cup Finals

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2003 Stanley Cup Finals
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New Jersey Devils 332*0*623 4
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 003*1*350 3
* indicates periods of overtime
Location(s)East Rutherford: Continental Airlines Arena (1, 2, 5, 7)
Anaheim: Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (3, 4, 6)
CoachesNew Jersey: Pat Burns
Anaheim: Mike Babcock
CaptainsNew Jersey: Scott Stevens
Anaheim: Paul Kariya
National anthemsNew Jersey: Arlette Roxburgh
Anaheim: United States Marines from Camp Pendleton
RefereesDan Marouelli (1, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Brad Watson (1, 4, 6)
Bill McCreary (2, 3, 5, 7)
Paul Devorski (2, 5)
DatesMay 27–June 9
MVPJean-Sebastien Giguere (Mighty Ducks)
Series-winning goalMichael Rupp (2:22, second, G7)
Hall of FamersDevils:
Martin Brodeur (2018)
Scott Niedermayer (2013)
Joe Nieuwendyk (2011; did not play)
Scott Stevens (2007)
Mighty Ducks:
Paul Kariya (2017)
Adam Oates (2012)
Coaches:
Pat Burns (2014)
NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): RDS
United States:
(English): ESPN (1–2), ABC (3–7)
Announcers(CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale
(RDS) Pierre Houde and Yvon Pedneault
(ESPN) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement
(ABC) Gary Thorne, Bill Clement, and John Davidson
(NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti
← 2002 Stanley Cup Finals 2004 →

The 2003 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2002–03 season, and the culmination of the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs. The second-seeded Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils defeated the seventh-seeded Western Conference champion Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in seven games and were awarded the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history. It was New Jersey's first appearance since 2001 and third in four years. It was Anaheim's first-ever appearance. The Devils defeated the Mighty Ducks in seven games to win their third Stanley Cup in less than a decade. For the first time since 1965, all seven games were won by the home team. To date this is the last Stanley Cup Finals in which this happened.

The Devils' win was the last in a series of wins they, along with the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, established in the era from 1995 to 2003. The three teams won a combined eight of nine Stanley Cups during that time. The Devils won in 1995, followed by the Avalanche in 1996, then the Red Wings in 1997 and 1998. The Dallas Stars win in 1999 would be superseded by the Devils in 2000, Colorado in 2001 and Detroit in 2002.

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Paths to the Finals

The New Jersey Devils were in the Stanley Cup Finals for their fourth time in franchise history, as well as their third appearance in four years. En route to the finals, New Jersey defeated the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning in five games, and the Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference Finals in a seven-game series. Strong goaltending from future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur, and strong defense from future Hockey Hall of Fame captain Scott Stevens and future Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Niedermayer led the Devils to the finals. Niedermayer and forward Jamie Langenbrunner led all NHL players in points during the entire playoffs. Forwards John Madden and Jeff Friesen, the latter of whom had been traded to New Jersey from Anaheim during the off-season, also finished among the top scorers in the league during the playoffs.

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim entered their first Stanley Cup Finals in franchise history after upsetting two heavily favored teams: sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and defeating the Dallas Stars in six games. Anaheim also swept the Minnesota Wild in the Western Conference Finals, largely due to the stellar goaltending of Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who only allowed one goal during the entire series. Supporting Giguere were future Hockey Hall of Fame members Paul Kariya and Adam Oates as well as forwards Petr Sykora and Rob Niedermayer, brother of then-Devils star defenseman Scott Niedermayer.

This series was considered memorable as two brothers on different teams competed against one another for the Stanley Cup. Carol Niedermayer, the mother of Rob and Scott, said she hoped Rob would win because Scott had already won Stanley Cups in 1995 and 2000. Scott said of his mother's statement: "That made sense to me."[1]

Game summaries

The 2003 Stanley Cup Finals pitted the second-seeded Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils against the seventh-seeded Western Conference champion Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The Devils, who finished the season with 108 points, defeated the Mighty Ducks in seven games to win the Stanley Cup. The series opened at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Game one

In game one Martin Brodeur held the Ducks off the scoreboard while the Devils players continually dominated the Ducks. Sergei Brylin scored the winning goal in the second period and the Devils went on to shut out the Mighty Ducks 3–0.


May 27 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 0–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No Scoring
No Scoring Second period 01:45 – Jeff Friesen (6)
No Scoring Third period 05:34 – Grant Marshall (5)
19:38 – en – Jeff Friesen (7)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots


Game two

In a virtual repeat of game one, Patrik Elias scored the winning goal in the second period and the Devils shut out Anaheim 3–0 again.

May 29 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 0–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No Scoring
No Scoring Second period 04:42 – ppPatrik Elias (3)
12:11 – Scott Gomez (2)
No Scoring Third period 04:22 – Jeff Friesen (8)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 16 saves / 16 shots


Game three

Down 2–0 after two games, the series shifted to the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Southern California. Game three was remembered for the clumsy mistake from Martin Brodeur when he accidentally dropped his stick when the puck came to him; the puck deflected off his fallen stick and into the net to give the Ducks a lucky break and a 2–1 lead. The Devils would later tie the game, only to lose in overtime. Over the mistake with his stick, Brodeur later claimed, "It was just one of those once in a lifetime things."

May 31 New Jersey Devils 2–3 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap  
No Scoring First period No Scoring
Patrik Elias (4) – 14:02 Second period 03:39 – Marc Chouinard (1)
14:47 – Sandis Ozolinsh (2)
Scott Gomez (3) – 09:11 Third period No Scoring
No Scoring First overtime period 06:59 – Ruslan Salei (2)
Martin Brodeur 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jean-Sebastien Giguere 29 saves / 31 shots


Game four

Game four had no scoring throughout regulation and was a battle between goaltenders Brodeur and Giguere. But Anaheim again came out on top in overtime, winning 1–0 and tying the series 2–2.


June 2 New Jersey Devils 0–1 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap  
No Scoring First period No Scoring
No Scoring Second period No Scoring
No Scoring Third period No Scoring
No Scoring First overtime period 00:39 – Steve Thomas (3)
Martin Brodeur 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jean-Sebastien Giguere 26 saves / 26 shots


Game five

Game five, returning to the Meadowlands, saw a continual battle for the first half of the game. With the game tied 3–3 in the second period, the Devils took the lead with a deflection goal by Jay Pandolfo that was initially waved off by referees due to an apparent kicking motion with the skates. Video replays, however, showed that there was no distinct kicking motion from the skates, and thus the referees' call was reversed, resulting in a goal. This would prove to deflate the Ducks for the rest of the game, as Jamie Langenbrunner scored two more goals for the Devils to give New Jersey a 6–3 win and a three games to two series lead.

June 5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3–6 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Petr Sykora (3) – 00:42
Steve Rucchin (5) – 12:50
First period 03:35 – Pascal Rheaume (1)
07:45 – ppPatrik Elias (5)
Samuel Pahlsson (2) – 06:35 Second period 03:12 – Brian Gionta (1)
09:02 – Jay Pandolfo (5)
No Scoring Third period 05:39 – Jamie Langenbrunner (10)
12:52 – Jamie Langenbrunner (11)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 31 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 20 saves / 23 shots


Game six

With New Jersey looking to clinch the series, game six in Anaheim saw the Mighty Ducks return the favor of game five to the Devils with complete dominance throughout the game. Quite possibly the most remembered moment of the entire series came when the Ducks were winning 3–1 in the second period. Ducks captain Paul Kariya failed to see Devils captain Scott Stevens approaching after he passed the puck, and he was subsequently checked by the defensemen in a hit similar to the check that knocked out Eric Lindros during the 2000 playoffs and caused Lindros to miss the next season. Kariya was lying motionless for a few minutes, where he was then escorted to the locker room. Kariya, however, unexpectedly returned to the bench minutes later. About 11 minutes after the hit, Kariya fired a slapshot that got past Brodeur. This helped the Ducks win the game 5–2 and sent the series to a seventh and final game.

June 7 New Jersey Devils 2–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:26 – Steve Rucchin (6)
13:42 – Steve Rucchin (7)
15:59 – ppSteve Thomas (4)
Jay Pandolfo (6) – 02:18 Second period 17:15 – Paul Kariya (6)
Grant Marshall (6) – pp – 10:46 Third period 03:57 – ppPetr Sykora (4)
Martin Brodeur 17 saves / 22 shots
Corey Schwab 2 saves / 2 shots
Goalie stats Jean-Sebastien Giguere 26 saves / 28 shots


Game seven

Game seven in New Jersey saw the Devils once more completely dominate the Ducks. The game-winning goal was scored by Michael Rupp. Rupp became the first player in Stanley Cup history to have his first playoff goal be the Stanley Cup winner. Additionally, Jeff Friesen dominated his former Mighty Duck teammates, scoring the game's final two goals to solidify the victory. The 3–0 win gave the Devils their third Stanley Cup victory, as Anaheim could not complete their Cinderella run. The Mighty Ducks, however, didn't leave empty-handed; for his stellar play throughout the playoffs and Finals, goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player (MVP) of the playoffs. He became only the fifth player, and fourth goaltender, in NHL history to have won the trophy as a member of the losing team, joining Detroit's Roger Crozier (1966), the St. Louis Blues' Glenn Hall (1968), and the Philadelphia Flyers' Reggie Leach (1976, a right winger) and Ron Hextall (1987). He is also the most recent such Smythe winner to date.

This was only the third time in NHL history, after 1955 and 1965, that the home team won every Finals game.[2]


June 9 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 0–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No Scoring
No Scoring Second period 02:22 – Michael Rupp (1)
12:18 – Jeff Friesen (9)
No Scoring Third period 16:16 – Jeff Friesen (10)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 24 shots


Team rosters

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

# Nat Player Position Hand Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
21 United States Dan Bylsma RW L 2000–01 Grand Haven, Michigan first
3 United States Keith CarneyA D L 2001–02 Providence, Rhode Island first
23 Russia Stanislav Chistov LW R 2001 Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union first
11 Canada Marc Chouinard C R 1995–96 Charlesbourg, Quebec first
29 Switzerland Martin Gerber G L 2002–03 Burgdorf, Switzerland first
35 Canada Jean-Sebastien Giguere G L 2000–01 Montreal, Quebec first
28 Sweden Niclas Havelid D L 1999 Stockholm, Sweden first
9 Canada Paul KariyaC LW L 1993 North Vancouver, British Columbia first
10 Canada Jason Krog C R 2002–03 Fernie, British Columbia first
12 Canada Mike Leclerc LW L 1995 Winnipeg, Manitoba first
44 Canada Rob Niedermayer LW L 2002–03 Cassiar, British Columbia second (1996)
77 Canada Adam Oates C R 2002–03 Weston, Ontario second (1998)
2 Sweden Fredrik Olausson D R 2002–03 Nybro, Sweden second (2002)
8 Latvia Sandis Ozolinsh D L 2002–03 Riga, Soviet Union second (1996)
26 Sweden Samuel Pahlsson C L 2000–01 Ånge, Sweden first
20 Canada Steve Rucchin – (A) C L 1994 Thunder Bay, Ontario first
24 Belarus Ruslan Salei D L 1996 Minsk, Soviet Union first
34 United States Kurt Sauer D R 2000 St. Cloud, Minnesota first
22 Russia Alexei Smirnov LW L 2000 Kalinin, Soviet Union first
39 Czech Republic Petr Sykora RW L 2002–03 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia third (2000, 2001)
32 Canada Steve Thomas RW L 2002–03 Stockport, England first
5 Russia Vitaly Vishnevskiy D L 1998 Kharkiv, Soviet Union first

New Jersey Devils

# Nat Player Position Hand Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
6 Sweden Tommy Albelin D L 2001–02 Stockholm, Sweden second (1995)
9 Slovakia Jiri Bicek RW L 1997 Košice, Czechoslovakia first
30 Canada Martin Brodeur G L 1990 Montreal, Quebec fourth (1995, 2000, 2001)
18 Russia Sergei Brylin LW L 1992 Moscow, Soviet Union fourth (1995, 2000, 2001)
3 Canada Ken Daneyko D L 1982 Windsor, Ontario fourth (1995, 2000, 2001)
26 Czech Republic Patrik EliasA LW L 1994 Třebíč, Czechoslovakia third (2000, 2001)
12 Canada Jeff Friesen LW L 2002–03 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan first
14 United States Brian Gionta RW R 1998 Rochester, New York first
23 United States Scott Gomez C L 1998 Anchorage, Alaska third (2000, 2001)
15 United States Jamie Langenbrunner RW R 2001–02 Cloquet, Minnesota third (1999, 2000)
11 Canada John Madden C L 1997–98 Toronto, Ontario third (2000, 2001)
29 Canada Grant Marshall RW R 2002–03 Port Credit, Ontario third (1999, 2000)
19 Canada Jim McKenzie LW L 2000–01 Gull Lake, Saskatchewan second (2001)
27 Canada Scott NiedermayerA D L 1991 Edmonton, Alberta fourth (1995, 2000, 2001)
25 Canada Joe Nieuwendyk C L 2001–02 Oshawa, Ontario fourth (1989, 1999, 2000)
20 United States Jay Pandolfo LW L 1993 Winchester, Massachusetts third (2000, 2001)
28 United States Brian Rafalski D R 1999–2000 Dearborn, Michigan third (2000, 2001)
21 Canada Pascal Rheaume C L 2002–03 Quebec City, Quebec first
16 United States Michael Rupp RW R 2000 Cleveland, Ohio first
35 Canada Corey Schwab G L 2002–03 North Battleford, Saskatchewan first
2 Czech Republic Richard Smehlik D L 2002–03 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia second (1999)
4 Canada Scott StevensC D L 1991–92 Kitchener, Ontario fourth (1995, 2000, 2001)
24 Canada Turner Stevenson RW R 2000–01 Prince George, British Columbia second (2001)
10 Russia Oleg Tverdovsky D L 2002–03 Donetsk, Soviet Union first
5 Canada Colin White D L 1996 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia third (2000, 2001)

Stanley Cup engraving

The 2003 Stanley Cup was presented to Devils captain Scott Stevens by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Devils 3–0 win over the Mighty Ducks in game seven

The following Devils players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

2002–03 New Jersey Devils

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Ray Chambers (owner/governor), Lewis Katz (owner), Peter Simon (chairman), Lou Lamoriello (chief executive officer/president/general manager)
  • Pat Burns (head coach), Bobby Carpenter Jr. (assistant coach), John MacLean (assistant coach), Jacques Caron (goaltending coach), Larry Robinson (special assignment coach)
  • David Conte (director, scouting), Claude Carrier (assistant director, scouting), Chris Lamoriello (scout/AHL GM), Milt Fisher (scout), Dan Labraaten (scout)
  • Marcel Pronovost (scout), Bob Hoffmeyer (scout), Jan Ludvig (scout), Dr. Barry Fisher (head team physician)
  • Chris Modrzynski (vice-president), Terry Farmer (vice-president, ticket operations), Vladimir Bure (fitness consultant), Taran Singleton (director – hockey operations/video coordinator),
  • Bill Murray (medical trainer), Michael Vasalani (strength & conditioning coordinator), Rich Matthews (equipment manager),
  • Juergen Merz (massage therapists), Alex Abasto (asst. equipment), Joe Murray (equipment asst.)

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Marcel Pronovost won his eighth Stanley Cup – five as a player with Detroit in 1950, 1952, 1954–55 and Toronto in 1967, as well as three championships as a scout for New Jersey in 1995, 2000 and 2003. He set the record for years between his first and last Stanley Cup wins with 53 years.
  • Christian Berglund(LW) played 38 games for New Jersey. His name was left off the Cup because he was sent to the minors before the trade deadline.
  • Jeff Friesen was the first player engraved on the Stanley Cup with a full middle name, as "JEFF DARYL FRIESEN." Some players in the past had their middle initial included along with their first name on the Stanley Cup. The 2003 New Jersey team included nine other players who were listed with an initial and 2 full names.
  • When Louis St. Jacques engraved the Replica Stanley Cup she realized she had left too much space between winning teams. So in order to make sure there was enough room on the Stanley Cup for 2004 winning team 2 names were changed Jacques J.Caron was changed to J.J.Caron, and Larry Robinson has changed L.Robinson (See 2004 Stanley Cup Finals)

Three Stanley Cups with New Jersey

New Jersey won three Stanley Cups in short succession: 1995, 2000 and 2003. These players and staff were members of all three Stanley Cup Championships.

Martin Brodeur, Sergei Brylin, Ken Daneyko, Scott Niedermayer, Scott Stevens, Bobby Carpenter Jr. (one as a player, two as an assistant coach), Lou Lamoriello, Larry Robinson, Jacques Caron, Claude Carrier, David Conte, Milt Fisher, Dan Labraaten, Marcel Provonost, Mike Vasalani, Peter McMullen (left Cup in 2003).

Broadcasting

In the United States, the Disney-owned networks ESPN and ABC aired the Finals. Gary Thorne, and Bill Clement called the entire series, with John Davidson joining them for the ABC games. ESPN aired the first two games while ABC broadcast the rest of the series.

This was also the only year that ABC broadcast both the Stanley Cup and the NBA Finals that involved teams playing in the same arena during each series. During ABC's broadcast of game 7, Thorne thanked Brad Nessler, ABC's lead NBA voice, for promoting the game after he stated during game 3 of the NBA Finals that ABC was in a unique situation getting ready for both game 7 and their game the night before.[3][4] [5]

In Canada, Bob Cole and Harry Neale were in the broadcast booth for CBC. One of the CBC's owned and operated Station's in New Brunswick (CBAT-TV) decided to preempt game seven of the Final in order to broadcast the New Brunswick general election returns.[6] This would also be the first finals televised by RDS, replacing SRC as the Canadian French-language broadcaster.

For the radio coverage, Devils team broadcaster John Hennessy called the series on WABC–AM 770 in New York City. In Anaheim, Steve Carroll called the series.

Quotes

Into the zone Sykora kicked in out, got it back, near side Kariya. Kariya the fans want one. SCORE! OFF THE FLOOR, ON THE BOARD! PAUL KARIYA!

— Gary Thorne calling Paul Kariya's second goal of Game 6, after Kariya had been knocked out by Scott Stevens earlier in the game.

The celebration starts, the New Jersey Devils! For the third time in their history, have won the Stanley Cup! The Devils 3, the Ducks, nothing! Devils, Stanley Cup Champions!

— Thorne calling the final seconds of game seven

References

  1. ^ McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry: 8 Sets of Brothers Who Faced Off in Sports Championships". Biography. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Allen, Kevin (June 10, 2003). "Devils down Ducks for third Cup". USA Today. p. 1C. This series marked the first time since...1965 that the home team has won all seven games of a Stanley Cup Finals.
  3. ^ NBA on ABC: Game 3 of the 2003 NBA Finals (television). June 8, 2003.
  4. ^ Houston, William (June 11, 2003). "ABC scores big with seventh game after much promotion". The Globe and Mail. p. S2.
  5. ^ NHL on ABC: Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals (television). ABC Sports. June 9, 2003.
  6. ^ "Tory star hit hard by voters - the Globe and Mail". Archived from the original on February 6, 2017.
  • Diamond, Dan (2008). Total Stanley Cup (PDF). Dan Diamond & Associates, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. pp. 12, 50. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
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