2000 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=2000
dates=May 30–June 10
team1=New Jersey Devils
team1_1=7
team1_2=1
team1_3=2
team1_4=3
team1_5=0
team1_6=2
team1_tot=4
team2=Dallas Stars
team2_1=3
team2_2=2
team2_3=1
team2_4=1
team2_5=1
team2_6=1
team2_tot=2
mvp=Scott Stevens (New Jersey)
location1=East Rutherford, NJ (Continental Airlines Arena) (1,2,5)
location2=Dallas, TX (Reunion Arena) (3,4,6)
coaches=New Jersey: Larry Robinson Dallas: Ken Hitchcock
captains=New Jersey: Scott Stevens Dallas: Derian Hatcher
series_winner=Jason Arnott (8:20, 2nd OT, G6)The 2000 Stanley Cup Finals were played in the 107th year of the Stanley Cup. The series had the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils and the Western Conference and defending champion Dallas Stars. The Devils were led by captain Scott Stevens, coach Larry Robinson and goalie Martin Brodeur. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, coach Ken Hitchcock and goalie Ed Belfour.

Paths to the Final

New Jersey defeated the Florida Panthers 4–0, the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 to advance to the final. Dallas defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4–1, the San Jose Sharks 4–1 and the Colorado Avalanche 4–3.

The series

Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were 1 more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the cup in game 6 on a one timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup title.

Quotes

New Jersey Devils 2000 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
defence=*4 Scott Stevens (Captain)
*2 Ken Sutton†
*3 Ken Daneyko
*5 Colin White
*6 Brad Bombardir
*7 Vladimir Malakhov
*27 Scott Niedermayer
*28 Brian Rafalski
goaltenders=*30 Martin Brodeur
*31 Chris Terreri
centers=*10 Steve Brule†
*11 John Madden
*12 Sergei Nemchinov
*15 Steve Kelly†
*18 Sergei Brylin
*25 Jason Arnott (A. Capt)
wingers=*16 Bobby Holik
*17 Petr Sykora
*20 Jay Pandolfo
*21 Randy McKay (A. Capt)
*22 Claude Lemieux
*23 Scott Gomez
*26 Patrik Elias
*29 Krzysztof Oliwa
*89 Alexander Mogilny
non-players=
*John J. McMullen (Owner/Chairman/Governor), Peter McMullen (Vice President)
*Lou Lamoriello (President/General Manager), Larry Robinson (Head Coach),
*Viacheslav Fetisov, Bobby Carpenter Jr. (Ass’t Coaches), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach)
*John Cunniff (AHL Coach), David Conte (Director of Scouting)
*Milt Fisher, Claude Carrier, Dan Labraatan, Marcel Pronovost, Bob Hoffmeyer (Scouts)
*Barry Fisher (Head Team Physician), Dennis Gendron (AHL Ass’t Coach), Robbie Ftorek (Coach/Scout), Vladimir Bure (Consultant)
*Taran Singelton (Video Coordinator), Marie Carnevale (Hockey Operations-Ass’t to President-General Manager), Callie Smith (Scouting Staff Ass’t)
*Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength-Conditioning Coordinator), Dana McGuane (Equipment Manager)
* Juergen Merz (Message Therapist), Harry Bricker, Lou Centanni (Ass’t Equipment Managers).

Stanley Cup engraving

Three players who did not automatically qualify for their names to be engraved on the Stanley Cup were engraved at the Devils' request:

*Steve Kelly†, played 10 playoff (4 conference final) games
*Steve Brule†, played one game in the conference finals.
*Ken Sutton†, joined the team at the trading deadline, from the minors. He played 6 regular season games, but was a healthy scratch for the playoffs.

Deron Quint (D) who played 50 regular season games for Phoenix, and 4 games for New Jersey (joined in a March 7th trade for Lyle Odelein) was not engraved on the Stanley Cup, because New Jersey suspended him for not reporting to the minors for conditioning.

ee also

* 1999–2000 NHL season
* 2000 Stanley Cup Playoffs
* List of Stanley Cup champions