[NYer]

Boston Bruins right wing Nathan Horton is carried from the rink after he was checked to the ice by Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome during the first period in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Boston, Monday, June 6, 2011. Rome was called for a 5 minute interference major and a game misconduct.

Boston Bruins' Nathan Horton hoists the Stanley Cup after his team defeated the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 to win the NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoff in Vancouver, British Columbia June 15, 2011.

Was Horton's injury the turning point of the series?

[deadrock]

...1994 Stanley Cup Final loss to Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky....

Gretzky was playing for LA at the time.

[Paladin2]

"...even when Montreal and Toronto were using Boston as punching bags. "

Sounds like the 60's.

[bridgemanusa]

... as the “passive” Canadians eat their own.

This series was a classic example of a team win. As GREAT as Thomas played, it would take me two hands to count the times that one of his players made huge game-changing saves to help the Bruins win Lord Stanly’s challis.

After watching the finals it is very easy to hate the Canucks style of euro-trash, cheap-shot hockey. I am really looking forward to next year when these two team meet again during the regular season. The Bruins have a LOT of scores to settle with those scumbags.

British Columbia should be embarrassed, but not surprised. The better TEAM won.