

Video: 2006 Cup Final, Gm7: Canes Ward wins Conn SmytheĢ013: Brent Seabrook scores at 9:51 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 6-5 win against the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the Cup Final at TD Garden. It's the first championship for Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour after playing in 1,187 regular-season games, and the first for the franchise that entered the NHL as the Hartford Whalers in 1979. Defenseman Frantisek Kaberle scores a power-play goal at 4:18 of the second period that proves to be the Cup-winner. Goalie Cam Ward makes 22 saves to become the fourth rookie to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. It's the first Stanley Cup championship in the history of the Stars franchise, a two-time loser in the Final (1981, 1991) as the Minnesota North Stars before relocating to Dallas in 1993.Ģ006: The Carolina Hurricanes win their first Stanley Cup championship by defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in Game 7 of the Final at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. "To go to Dallas and be the missing piece of the puzzle that's going to help them win their Cup, and then to go out and score the goal in overtime who hasn't sat as a kid on the ice with his buddies and dreamt or pretended that's the goal they've scored? To do it in real life was something special."

To Hull, it's the most important of his 844 combined goals in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs.

His foot is in the crease when he puts a rebound past Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek, but the goal stands under NHL rules because he's deemed to be in possession of the puck. Brett Hull scores a controversial Cup-winning goal at 14:51 of the third overtime.
