2001 Stanley Cup Finals: A True Championship Showdown

The NHL playoffs are notorious for their unpredictability, so the chance to watch a true showdown in the Finals between the two best teams doesn’t happen very often. In fact, it’s only happened once in the last 24 years. Fortunately, that one time–the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals between the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche–was all it was billed to be, going the full seven games.