Game 5 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks is coming up Saturday night, and after several close games, it seems as if this series will go down as one of the hardest fought in recent memory.
What remains to be seen is if one player will rise up and own the series with clutch performances.
Perhaps it will be Daniel Paille, who has netted two game-winning goals already, or one of the Blackhawks stars, Jonathan Toews or Patrick Kane. Maybe it will be one of the goaltenders, Corey Crawford for Chicago or Tuukka Rask for Boston, who will steal a game or two and change the course of the series.
One thing is for sure, by the end of the Stanley Cup, a hero will have been made.
Which brings us to this list, over the last four decades there has been no shortage of playoff heroes, stars who have elevated their play on hockey's highest stage to lead their team to hoist the Stanley Cup.
A few points are in order:
First, this list begins its considerations in 1967 and ends after the most recent Stanley Cup Final. Why? Because in 1967, the NHL doubled its size and expanded f ...
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