Two Wrongs... Or a Right?

[AdamJones113]

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Game 2: Florida 5, Colorado 3

The Panthers came back twice and then closed the door on a shocked Colorado Avalanche team. The Avalanche led 2-0 through half the game, but the Panthers tied it up and then tied it again before winning with a 3-goal 3rd period. Goalie John Vanbiesbrouck made another 29 big saves.

Goal Summary:

1. (15:20 1st) Adam Deadmarsh (Rene Corbet, Mike Ricci)

2. (18:58) Scott Young (Craig Wolonin, Chris Simon)

3. (12:36 2nd) Scott Mellanby (Johan Garpenlov, Ed Jovanovski)

4. (15:46) Jesse Belanger (Mike Hough, Robert Svehla)

5. (17:22) Claude Lemieux (Peter Forsberg, Sylvain Lefebvre)

6. (6:11 3rd) Stu Barnes SHG (Mike Hough, Jason Wooley)

7. (8:14) Jesse Belanger (Unassisted)

8. (9:19) Jody Hull (Ed Jovanovski, Jason Wooley)

[AdamJones113]

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Game 3: Colorado 5, Florida 0

Ah, this is more like it. Colorado came out strong and kept it up through the entire game, with Patrick Roy notching a shutout and Joe Sakic getting his first point of the series.

Goal Summary:

1. (2:02 1st) Sylvain Lefebvre (Claude Lemieux)

2. (4:01) Warren Rychel (Dave Hannan, Mike Ricci)

3. (7:25 2nd) Mike Keane (Mike Ricci, Jon Klemm)

4. (2:19 3rd) Adam Deadmarsh (Valeri Kamensky, Joe Sakic)

5. (19:22) Adam Deadmarsh (Unassisted)

[AdamJones113]

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Game 4: Florida 5, Colorado 3

Well, the Panthers are 1 game away from a major upset. Florida came out strong and stayed strong, cruising to a 5-3 win over beleaguered Patrick Roy and the Colorado Avalanche.

Goal Summary:

1. (4:58 1st) Jesse Belanger (Robert Svehla, Jody Hull)

2. (13:11) Robert Svehla (Rob Niedermayer)

3. (14:00) Ed Jovanovski PPG (Stu Barnes)

4. (19:46) Rene Corbet (Mike Ricci, Uwe Krupp)

5. (9:02 2nd) Tom Fitzgerald (Rob Niedermayer)

6. (16:34) Mike Ricci PPG (Unassisted)

7. (18:16) Johan Garpenlov (Stu Barnes, Ed Jovanovski)

8. (8:41 3rd) Claude Lemieux (Sylvain Lefebvre)

[AdamJones113]

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Game 5: Colorado 4, Florida 0

Patrick Roy stopped everything thrown at him to the tune of 24 saves and his second shutout of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Avalanche came out strong in the first elimination game, scoring 2 goals in the first period and staying strong throughout the course to bring the series to 3-2 for the Panthers.

Goal Summary:

1. (3:38 1st) Stephan Yelle (Rene Corbet)

2. (11:27) Valeri Kamensky (Unassisted)

3. (7:13 3rd) Mike Keane (Troy Murray, Peter Forsberg)

4. (14:31) Peter Forsberg (Adam Deadmarsh)

[Shirazz]

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Great idea for this series. Loved Vanbiesbrouck, hope he can clinch the cup.

[AdamJones113]

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Game 6: Colorado 5, Florida 1

The only big gun stepping up for Colorado has been Patrick Roy, but what he's provided has been plenty. Roy's 31 saves backstopped Colorado to a third win, tying the series at 3 with Game 7 in Colorado the last hurdle to climb.

Goal Summary:

1. (7:20 2nd) Chris Simon (Mike Ricci, Uwe Krupp)

2. (11:25) Ed Jovanovski (Unassisted)

3. (15:35) Stephan Yelle (Chris Simon, Adam Foote)

4. (19:17) Sandis Ozolinsh (Stephan Yelle, Mike Ricci)

5. (19:02 3rd) Rene Corbet (Unassisted)

6. (19:58) Stephan Yelle (Claude Lemieux)

[AdamJones113]

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FORSBEEEEEEEEEERG!

Another commentator's call that will live in infamy.

Goal Summary:

1. 6:43 1st Troy Murray (Sylvain Lefebvre)

2. 9:39 Rene Corbet (Claude Lemieux)

The first period was all Avalanche, as they outshot the Panthers 14-7. Murray's goal squirted past John Vanbiesbrouck and Corbet's found its way through traffic and into the back of the net.

3. 7:17 2nd Claude Lemieux SHG (Adam Foote)

4. 7:39 Stu Barnes PPG (Scott Mellanby, Johan Garpenlov)

The second period nearly saw the dagger. Lemieux's shorthanded goal on a key Florida powerplay almost killed the Panthers, but Stu Barnes responded with a huge goal on the powerplay to keep the game relatively close.

5. 3:17 3rd Tom Fitzgerald (Rob Niedermayer, Terry Carkner)

6. 7:48 Rob Niedermayer (Tom Fitzgerald, Paul Laus)

Fitzgerald scored a key goal early on to cut the lead to one, and on his next shift found a streaking Niedermayer for a huge game-tying goal.

7. 19:45 3rd Peter Forsbeeeeeeerg! (Unassisted)

Forsberg stole the puck in the defensive zone and buried a low slapper, a softie, leading to the now-infamous FORSBEEEEEEERG! call.

Quote of the series:
"We couldn't finish. That was the story of the whole series."
—Panthers regular-season points leader Scott Mellanby, who scored 1 goal and 1 assist in the seven game series.


Conn Smythe Trophy: Peter Forsberg—4 goals, 1 assist, series-winning goal