Chicago Blackhawks: Dissecting The Stanley Cup-Winning Goal

June 25th, 2013 by Jon Fromi Leave a reply »

The Chicago Blackhawks got a historically clutch goal to win the 2013 Stanley Cup Monday night.

Dave Bolland's put-back of Michael Frolik's deflection electrified Blackhawks fans and brought a sudden end to the cup dreams of the Boston Bruins.

Yes, I mentioned Frolik's role in the play, though you likely haven't heard much about it in the postgame euphoria. 

Believe me, though, a lot went into Bolland making the move that gave Chicago its second title in four years.

In fact, let's put the play under the microscope for a moment, starting from when play resumed following Bryan Bickell's equalizer with 1:16 remaining in Game 6.

We were all girding ourselves for the tense overtime session that was surely about to come. The video below comes from NBC's broadcast of the contest.



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