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Video: Patrick Kane Clinches Stanley Cup For Chicago

Jun 9, 2010 – 11:55 PM
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Adam Gretz

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It had been 10 years since a Stanley Cup had been clinched in overtime, which is exactly what Chicago's Patrick Kane did four minutes into the extra period of Game 6 on Wednesday night.

It was an innocent looking shot from a bad angle that at first glance did not go in. The only people that seemed to know the exact location of the puck -- it was lodged behind the padding that runs along the bottom of the net -- were Kane and a few of his teammates, leading to what was perhaps the most anticlimactic championship celebration -- and goal call -- in sports history. It wasn't exactly Bobby Orr flying through the air, but it gets the job done.

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The goal was Kane's 10th of the playoffs and his third of the Finals. He finished the series with eight points, all of which came in the final four games.

It was the first overtime Cup-clinching goal since Jason Arnott did it for the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 against the Dallas Stars, June 10, 2000. The past four Stanley Cups to be decided in overtime all took place on the road: Kane on Wednesday, Arnott in 2002, Brett Hull (Dallas Stars, 1999) at Buffalo and Uwe Krupp (Colorado Avalanche, 1996) at Florida.
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