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Rangers poured onto the ice in celebration. However, the Canucks touched the puck to stop play with 1.1 seconds left in
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conferred and came up with a gambit to ensure the
Rangers' win. Both of them, deciding that the officials wouldn't call a penalty at such a dramatic moment, committed infractions on the final drop of the puck as first MacTavish, then Messier whacked and cross-checked Vancouver's star forward
183:, the NHL cited an obscure rule stating that the deciding game in a Stanley Cup Finals cannot be played on neutral ice. Maple Leaf Gardens was labelled "neutral" because its tenants proper were the Leafs, and Madison Square Garden was still occupied by the circus at the time. The
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Division Semifinals) in the Eastern Conference Finals. Devils fans had picked up the "1940!" chant and the curse myth from Islander fans, and curiously, the hockey
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season, many NHL players entered the armed forces to fight in World War II. This hurt the
Americans more than the other teams, and so Dutton announced his team would suspend operations for the duration of the war. He was named NHL President upon the death of
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title, won in the team's 11th season of existence, gave them one more championship than the
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gave up 310 goals in the team's 50 games, a league record for worst goals-against-average (6.2 goals/game) that has stood since. (The closest any goalie since has come to equalling this record is
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