2013 Stanley Cup Finals

The **2013 Stanley Cup Final** was the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL)  season. The Western Conference playoff champion Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Eastern Conference playoff champion Boston Bruins in six games. This was the fifth championship for the Blackhawks.

Due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout the 2013 Cup Finals began on June 12.  The last game was June 24. This tied the , also impacted by a lockout, for the latest in June that the Stanley Cup was awarded.

In Game six, the Blackhawks were losing 2-1 with 76 seconds left in the third period. In 17 seconds, Bryan Bickell and then Dave Bolland scored to take the lead and win the series.

## Rosters

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

### Boston Bruins

||#||Nat||Player||Position||Hand||Age||Acquired|class="unsortable"|Place of birth|class="unsortable"|Finals appearance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**37**||align="left"|– **A**|C|R|27|2003|align="left"|L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec|second||||||||
|**55**||align="left"||D|R|29|2008|align="left"|Edmonton, Alberta|second||||||||
|**33**||align="left"|– **C**|D|L|36|2006|align="left"|Trenčín, Czechoslovakia|second||||||||
|**16**||align="left"||LW|L|25|2013|align="left"|Riga, Latvia|first||||||||
|**21**||align="left"||D|L|34|2007|align="left"|Edmonton, Alberta|third||||||||
|**68**||align="left"||RW|L|41|2013|align="left"|Kladno, Czechoslovakia|third||||||||
|**23**||align="left"||C|L|32|2011|align="left"|Toronto, Ontario|third||||||||
|**35**||align="left"||G|L|27|2011|align="left"|Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union|first||||||||
|**46**||align="left"|– **A**|C|R|27|2004|align="left"|Šternberk, Czechoslovakia|second||||||||
|**47**||align="left"||D|L|22|2012|align="left"|Livonia, Michigan|first||||||||
|**17**||align="left"||LW|L|25|2006|align="left"|Vancouver, British Columbia|second||||||||
|**63**||align="left"||LW|L|25|2006|align="left"|Halifax, Nova Scotia|second||||||||
|**54**||align="left"||D|R|26|2007|align="left"|Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|second||||||||
|**20**||align="left"||LW|L|29|2009|align="left"|Welland, Ontario|second||||||||
|**49**||align="left"||C|R|30|2011|align="left"|Guelph, Ontario|second||||||||
|**40**||align="left"||G|L|26|2006|align="left"|Savonlinna, Finland|second||||||||
|**19**||align="left"||C|R|21|2010|align="left"|Brampton, Ontario|second||||||||
|**44**||align="left"||D|L|31|2010|align="left"|Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany|second||||||||
|**34**||align="left"||C|L|27|2013|align="left"|Malmö, Sweden|first||||||||
|**22**||align="left"||RW|R|35|2007|align="left"|Oshawa, Ontario|third||||||||

### Chicago Blackhawks

||#||Nat||Player||Position||Hand||Age||Acquired|class="unsortable"|Place of birth|class="unsortable"|Finals appearance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**29**||align="left"||LW|L|27|2004|align="left"|Bowmanville, Ontario|first||||||||
|**36**||align="left"||C|R|27|2004|align="left"|Etobicoke, Ontario|second||||||||
|**52**||align="left"||LW|L|26|2010|align="left"|St. Charles, Missouri|first||||||||
|**50**||align="left"||G|L|28|2003|align="left"|Montreal, Quebec|first||||||||
|**30**||align="left"||G|L|30|2011|align="left"|Hamilton, Ontario|second||||||||
|**67**||align="left"||RW|L|25|2011|align="left"|Kladno, Czechoslovakia|first||||||||
|**26**||align="left"||C|L|36|2013|align="left"|Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia|first||||||||
|**4**||align="left"||D|L|26|2005|align="left"|Eksjö, Sweden|second||||||||
|**81**||align="left"||RW|L|34|2009|align="left"|Stara Ľubovna, Czechoslovakia|fourth||||||||
|**88**||align="left"||RW|L|24|2007|align="left"|Buffalo, New York|second||||||||
|**2**||align="left"|– **A**|D|L|29|2002|align="left"|Winnipeg, Manitoba|second||||||||
|**16**||align="left"||C|L|23|2009|align="left"|Stockholm, Sweden|first||||||||
|**8**||align="left"||D|L|22|2010|align="left"|Eden Prairie, Minnesota|first||||||||
|**27**||align="left"||D|L|31|2012|align="left"|Stockholm, Sweden|first||||||||
|**32**||align="left"||D|R|34|2012|align="left"|Vlasim, Czechoslovakia|first||||||||
|**20**||align="left"||LW|L|20|2011|align="left"|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|first||||||||
|**7**||align="left"||D|R|28|2003|align="left"|Richmond, British Columbia|second||||||||
|**10**||align="left"|– **A**|LW|R|31|2005|align="left"|Winnipeg, Manitoba|second||||||||
|**65**||align="left"||RW|R|21|2011|align="left"|Belleville, Ontario|first||||||||
|**28**||align="left"||RW|R|24|2008|align="left"|Winston-Salem, North Carolina|first||||||||
|**25**||align="left"||RW|L|27|2010|align="left"|Gothenburg, Sweden|first||||||||
|**19**||align="left"|– **C**|C|L|25|2006|align="left"|Winnipeg, Manitoba|second||||||||

## Infobox (stanley cup final)

- **year**: 2013
- **team1**: 2012–13 Boston Bruins season, Boston Bruins
- **team1 1**: 3
- **team1 2**: **2**
- **team1 3**: **2**
- **team1 4**: 5
- **team1 5**: 1
- **team1 6**: 2
- **team1 tot**: 2
- **team1 short**: Boston
- **team1 coach**: Claude Julien (ice hockey), Claude Julien
- **team1 captain**: Zdeno Chára, Zdeno Chara
- **team1 national anthem**: Rene Rancourt
- **team2**: **2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season, Chicago Blackhawks**
- **team2 1**: **4**
- **team2 2**: 1
- **team2 3**: 0
- **team2 4**: **6**
- **team2 5**: **3**
- **team2 6**: **3**
- **team2 tot**: **4**
- **team2 short**: Chicago
- **team2 coach**: Joel Quenneville
- **team2 captain**: Jonathan Toews
- **team2 national anthem**: Jim Cornelison
- **gm1 ot**: <small></small>
- **gm2 ot**: <small></small>
- **gm4 ot**: <small></small>
- **table-note**: * – Denotes overtime period(s)
- **referees**: Brad Watson (ice hockey), Brad Watson(1,3,5), Chris Rooney(1,3,5), Dan O'Halloran(2,4,6), Wes McCauley(2,4,6)
- **mvp**: Patrick Kane
- **networks**: Television in Canada, Canada (Canadian English, English): Hockey Night in Canada, CBC
Canada (Canadian French, French): LNH à RDS, RDS
Television in the United States, United States: NHL on NBC, NBC, NBC Sports Network
- **net announcers**: CBC: Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healy
RDS: Pierre Houde, Marc Denis
NBC/NBC Sports: Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire
(NHL International) Dave Strader, Joe Micheletti