2000 Stanley Cup Finals Explained

Year:

2000

Dates:

May 30 – June 10, 2000

Team1:

New Jersey Devils

Team1 1:

7

Team1 2:

1

Team1 3:

2

Team1 4:

3

Team1 5:

0***

Team1 6:

2**

Team1 Tot:

4

Team2:

Dallas Stars

Team2 1:

3

Team2 2:

2

Team2 3:

1

Team2 4:

1

Team2 5:

1***

Team2 6:

1**

Team2 Tot:

2

Table-Note:

• indicates periods of overtime

| mvp = Scott Stevens (Devils)| location1 = East Rutherford: Continental Airlines Arena (1, 2, 5)| location2 = Dallas: Reunion Arena (3, 4, 6)| team1_short = New Jersey| team2_short = Dallas| referees = Don Koharski (1, 3, 6)
Bill McCreary (1, 4, 6)
Kerry Fraser (2, 4)
Dan Marouelli (2, 5)
Terry Gregson (3, 5)| coaches = New Jersey: Larry Robinson (interim)
Dallas: Ken Hitchcock| captains = New Jersey: Scott Stevens
Dallas: Derian Hatcher| team1_national_anthem = Arlette Roxburgh| team2_national_anthem = Kenny Chesney| series_winner = Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT, G6)| hofers = Devils:
Martin Brodeur (2018)
Scott Niedermayer (2013)
Scott Stevens (2007)
Stars:
Ed Belfour (2011)
Guy Carbonneau (2019)
Brett Hull (2009)
Mike Modano (2014)
Joe Nieuwendyk (2011)
Sergei Zubov (2019)
Coaches:
Ken Hitchcock (2023)
Larry Robinson (1995, player)| networks = Canada:
(English): CBC
(French): SRC
United States:
(English): ESPN (1–2), ABC (3–6)| net_announcers =(CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale
(SRC) Claude Quenneville and Michel Bergeron
(ESPN/ABC) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement}}

The 2000 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1999–2000 season, and the culmination of the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils against the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars. The Devils were led by captain Scott Stevens, head coach Larry Robinson and goaltender Martin Brodeur. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, head coach Ken Hitchcock and goaltender Ed Belfour.

The Devils defeated the defending champion Stars four games to two to win their second Stanley Cup in franchise history. This was the first of two Stanley Cup Finals where two relocated teams faced each other; the other being in 2001.

Paths to the Finals

See also: 1999–2000 Dallas Stars season and 1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season.

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey defeated the Florida Panthers 4–0, the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 to advance to the Finals.

Dallas Stars

Dallas defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4–1, the San Jose Sharks 4–1 and the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were one more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the Cup in game six on a one-timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup overall and first since 1995.

For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Finals that a defending Stanley Cup champion lost in the Finals. This happened to the Devils themselves the following year when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche. This would be the last appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stars until 2020.

This was the first Finals that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as the first Finals in which both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.

Team rosters

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

Dallas Stars

	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
20			G	L		Carman, Manitoba	third
21			C	R		Sept-Îles, Quebec	fifth
3			D	R		Quebec City, Quebec	first
35			G	L		Etobicoke, Ontario	first
44			C	L		Sudbury, Ontario	first
2		– C	D	L	1990	Sterling Heights, Michigan	second
16			RW	R		Belleville, Ontario	third
12			RW	R		Winnipeg, Manitoba	fifth
15			RW	R	1993	Cloquet, Minnesota	second
26			RW	R	1992	Espoo, Finland	second
36			C	R	1997	Murmansk, Soviet Union	first
6			D	L		Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	first
29			RW	R		Port Credit, Ontario	second
24			D	L	1991	Edmonton, Alberta	second
9		– A	C	L	1988	Livonia, Michigan	third
45			LW	L	1997	Carlyle, Saskatchewan	first
22			C	L		Kingston, Ontario	second
25		– A	C	L		Oshawa, Ontario	third
4			D	R		Lethbridge, Alberta	second
49			LW	L	1996	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia	second
10			C	L		Peace River, Alberta	fifth
11			RW	R		Park Ridge, Illinois	second
5			D	L		Edmonton, Alberta	third
17			LW	L		London, Ontario	first
56		– A	D	R		Moscow, Soviet Union	third

New Jersey Devils

	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
25		– A	C	R		Collingwood, Ontario	first
6			D	L	1990	Powell River, British Columbia	first
30			G	L	1990	Montreal, Quebec	second
10			RW	R	1993	Montreal, Quebec	first
18			LW	L	1992	Moscow, Soviet Union	second
3			D	L	1982	Windsor, Ontario	second
26			LW	L	1994	Třebíč, Czechoslovakia	first
23			C	L	1998	Anchorage, Alaska	first
16			LW	R		Jihlava, Czechoslovakia	second
15			C	L		Vancouver, British Columbia	first
22			RW	R		Buckingham, Quebec	fifth
11			C	L		Toronto, Ontario	first
7			D	L		Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union	first
21		– A	RW	R		Montreal, Quebec	second
89			RW	L		Khabarovsk, Soviet Union	first
12			C	L		Moscow, Soviet Union	second
27			D	L	1991	Edmonton, Alberta	second
29			LW	L	1993	Tychy, Poland	first
20			LW	L	1993	Winchester, Massachusetts	first
28			D	R		Dearborn, Michigan	first
4		– C	D	L		Kitchener, Ontario	second
17			RW	L	1995	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	first
31			G	L		Providence, Rhode Island	second
5			D	L	1996	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia	first

Stanley Cup engraving

The 2000 Stanley Cup was presented to Devils captain Scott Stevens by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Devils 2–1 double overtime win over the Stars in game six.

The following Devils players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1999–2000 New Jersey Devils

Broadcasting

In Canada, the series was televised on CBC. In the United States, this was the first year under the new joint American TV contract with the Disney-owned networks ESPN and ABC, with ESPN airing the first two games of the Cup Finals and ABC broadcasting the rest of the series. Devils team broadcasters Mike Miller and Randy Velischek called the series on local radio on WABC–AM 770 in New York City. In Dallas, Stars broadcasters Ralph Strangis and Daryl Reaugh called the series on WBAP 820 AM.

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season
• 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
• List of Stanley Cup champions

Further reading

• Book: Podnieks, Andrew . Hockey Hall of Fame . 2004 . Lord Stanley's Cup . Triumph Books . 978-1-55168-261-7.

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