Friday, June 10, 2011

Stanley Cup Final: Canucks One Win Away From First Title

At Vancouver, British Columbia:


Roberto Luongo rebounds from two terrible games with a sterling shutout in front of the home fans in Game 5.  (Getty Images)


Maxim Lapierre scored the only goal of the match at 4:35 of the third period while Roberto Luongo (pictured here) recovered from two miserable performances in Boston to post a 31-save shutout as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Boston Bruins 1-0 in game five of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday to take a three-games-to-two series lead.  The Canucks, by beating the Bruins in Boston this coming Monday night, would win their first-ever Stanley Cup title---and the first for a Canadian club since Montreal in 1993.  If the Bruins win at home in Game Six, then  the seventh and deciding game would take place next Wednesday in Vancouver.


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