Chicago Blackhawks’ Last-Minute Heroics Put Exclamation Point on Historic Season

June 24th, 2013 by Steve Silverman Leave a reply »

The Chicago Blackhawks saved their best achievement for last in their record-setting 2013 NHL season.

Potentially facing a decisive Game 7 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, the Blackhawks scored two goals in 17 seconds late in the third period to earn the 3-2 win and their second championship in four years.

Bryan Bickell scored the tying goal when he took a feathery pass from Jonathan Toews in front of Tuukka Rask with 1:16 left in regulation. Rask got tangled up with Zdeno Chara, and Bickell quickly sent the puck to the back of the net.

Just 17 seconds later, Dave Bolland scored the series winner. Johnny Oduya took a shot from the left point, and Michael Frolik tipped it as it went toward the net. Bolland got inside position on Johnny Boychuk, and when the puck came close, he made no mistake about it.

"How can you call that?" Toews said to NBC's Pierre McGuire after the game. "We knew we needed just one bounce there. You never know what can happen, so you don't stop playing till the end. This is a nice finish, not having to go back [for Game 7] to Chicago."

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