Everybody knows the story by now, but we’ll break it down for those of you who may not.
The scene is HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York during Game 6 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. The Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres are in triple overtime; a Dallas goal would give the franchise their first ever Stanley Cup, while a Buffalo goal would send the series back to Dallas for a deciding Game 7.
With just over five minutes remaining in the third overtime, Dallas forward Brett Hull took a pass and put the puck on net, which was stopped by Dominik Hasek. He then fired the rebound past a sprawled Hasek to end the game and give the Stars the Stanley Cup victory. The only problem – replays showed that Hull’s skate was in the blue paint of the crease, which was clearly against the rules at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWAtMxXVCs
And ironically, the two would later team up to win the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings as part of the legendary 2001-02 season, though they said they never spoke of the incident as teammates!
