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The Dallas Stars also seemed to fall victim to it on a couple of occasions:īack to 1999. In today’s day and age the rule no longer exists but it was a hot topic in the late 90’s. Meaning no player was allowed in the crease without the puck. At one point in the NHL, there was a “skate in the crease” rule. Of course in typical Dallas Stars fashion, winning can’t come that easy. They are one win away from drinking from Lord Stanley’s Cup. After splitting the first 4 games, Dallas goes up 3 games to 2 on a shutout performance from Ed Belfour.

In the Eastern Conference finals the Sabres upset the Toronto Maple Leafs who were having their best post-season since their 1994 Cup run. Finally returning to the big dance in 8 years, the Stars awaited for their final opponent. Going 7 games, the final curtain came down on Colorado at Reunion arena as the Stars drove to a 4-1 victory. The 2 nd seeded Avalanche gave the Stars a run for their money. Sweeping the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, we had a handful of competition in the St. Photo: The road to the finals was not easy. The Mars Lander has launched, President Clinton is impeached and acquitted, Michael Jordan announces his retirement from basketball (not the first or last time but who’s counting), and we’re partying like Prince said because our beloved Stars have reached the Stanley Cup Finals. The goal stood, Hull, Belfour, and Modano (among others) finally won their Stanley Cup, and Sabres fan have a reason to debate the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals for a lifetime.Let’s go back in time to a world that seemed much simpler. Not satisfied, he stormed out of the Sabres locker room searching for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman who, apparently, offered little to no response. But with under 2 minutes remaining in the second period, Stu Barnes tied the score at 1-1 where it stayed through the end of regulation and two overtime periods! It was time for Brett Hull to make some history…Īlmost 15 minutes into the third overtime of game 6, Dominik Hasek stopped not only Jere Lehtinen’s first shot on goal, but then Mike Modano‘s rebound chance.īut with the nose for the net, Brett Hull lurked in the crease to find Modano’s rebound and bury it past Hasek for the game and Stanley Cup-winning goal.īuffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff pleaded with the officials to no avail to disallow the goal due to Hull’s skate being in the crease.

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