2000 Stanley Cup Finals

The 2000 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by 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.
For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Final that a defending Stanley Cup Champion had lost in the Final.
This is also the first-ever final that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as being the first championship series that both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.
== Quotes ==
"Elias centers, shot.... SCORE! THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP! JASON ARNOTT WITH THE GAME WINNING OVERTIME GOAL!" - Gary Thorne when Jason Arnott scored the overtime winner in Game 6
"Now Stevens for New Jersey, held it in at the left point... Flipped it right into the goal mouth area. Elias is gonna chase it down in front to Arnott... AND SCORES! JASON ARNOTT HAS SCORED! AND THE DEVILS HAVE WON THE CUP! JASON ARNOTT! JASON ARNOTT HAS SCORED! THE DEVILS WIN IT 2-1! AND THE STANLEY CUP HAS FALLEN FROM THE STARS! THE NEW MILLENNIUM HAS ITS FIRST STANLEY CUP CHAMPION; AND IT'S THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS! AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN SIX YEARS, THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS ARE THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS! JASON ARNOTT GETS IT! THE DEVILS HAVE WON THE CUP!" - Mike Miller, the Devils radio announcer, when Jason Arnott scored the overtime winner in Game 6
"Shot through the line, Stevens kept it in! Hull flipped it... It hit Stevens, put it in wide of the net for Elias, to dig it out, right in front, THEY SCORE! THE STANLEY CUP GOAL IS SCORED BY ARNOTT! THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS ARE CELEBRATING! ED BELFOUR IS IN SHOCK! JUST NOW GETTING UP! 2-1, THE DEVILS WIN GAME SIX! THE DEVILS OF NEW JERSEY HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP!" - Bob Cole when Jason Arnott scored the overtime winner in Game 6
== New Jersey Devils 2000 Stanley Cup champions ==
=== 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 games - 4 in games conference final.
*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.
Players who did not have their names engraved:
*Willie Mitchell† played in 2 regular season games, but did not play in 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.
== Aftermath ==
The Devils went to the Stanley Cup Finals once again the following year, only to be ousted by the Colorado Avalanche in seven games. As for the Stars, they fell in the second round to the St. Louis Blues in a four game sweep. 
==See also==
* 1999–2000 NHL season
* 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
* List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
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==Notes==
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