BUFFALO. N.Y. (AP) – In the third exhausting overtime, the tired eyes of Texas finally gazed upon the Stanley Cup. Brett Hull scored on a rebound at 14:51 of the third overtime, putting a rebound over weary Dominik Hasek as the Dallas Stars won hockey’s biggest prize as much by exhaustion as execution, beating the …
This Day In Hockey History-May 14, 1980-Islanders’ crease like combat zone with battlin’ Billy
NEW YORK — Billy Smith carries a big stick, but he does not speak softly. He does not even shake hands after a Stanley Cup series. As the Islanders awaited the opener of the Stanley Cup final against the Flyers in Philadelphia tonight, .Smith, a native of Perth, seems to be on the wrong team. …