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The 2011 Stanley Cup Final, commonly known as the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, was the
championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) 2010–11 season, and the
culmination of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was the 118th year of the Stanley Cup's
presentation. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins defeated the Western
Conference champion Vancouver Canucks four games to three. The Bruins ended a
39-year Stanley Cup drought with the win. Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was awarded
the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.
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The Canucks had home ice advantage in the Finals by virtue of winning the Presidents'
Trophy as the team that finished with the best regular season record (117 points). They
were also the first Canadian team to have home ice advantage in the Finals since the
Montreal Canadiens had it for the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens' victory in
1993 was also the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. As of the 2014-15
season, this was the last Stanley Cup Finals to feature a Canadian team.
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On June 1, 2011 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman made an announcement that Colin
Campbell would be stepping down as the league's head disciplinarian to be replaced by
former player Brendan Shanahan, though Campbell would continue in his job as
director of hockey operations. Mike Murphy, the NHL vice-president of hockey
operations, had already been put in charge of disciplinary matters for the Finals,
nonetheless there were concerns raised about Campbell's impartiality in handing out
discipline since his son Gregory was an active player on the Boston Bruins roster.
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The first game of the series was held on June 1, while the seventh game was played on
June 15. The games varied widely between those played in Vancouver and those in
Boston. Prior to game seven, the Bruins had managed to score only two goals in three
games played in Vancouver, against 17 scored in three games at Boston. On the other
hand, while posting two shutouts in Vancouver, Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo
was replaced with the backup Cory Schneider twice in three games in Boston. It was
the fourth consecutive Stanley Cup Final in which the deciding game was won by the
road team.
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The Bruins scored almost three times the number of total goals as the Canucks, (23 to
8 in the series), and yet the Canucks won three games. The eight goals scored by
Vancouver is the lowest number of goals scored by any team in a seven-game Stanley
Cup Final, and would've also been the lowest in a six-game series. The Canucks
averaged 1.25 goals per game at home in Vancouver and one goal per game on the
road, while the Bruins averaged almost six goals per game at home in Boston and 1.5
goals per game on the road. In the seven games, the Bruins averaged roughly 3.3 goals
per game, while the Canucks averaged 1.14 goals per game.
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2011 STANLEY CUP
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BRUINSBOSTON