{"id":76841,"date":"2020-05-31T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=76841"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:21:18","slug":"today-in-hockey-history-colorado-avalanche-ray-bourque-oldest-cup-final-scorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/05\/31\/today-in-hockey-history-colorado-avalanche-ray-bourque-oldest-cup-final-scorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Hockey History: Colorado Avalanche Ray Bourque Oldest Cup Final Scorer"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the NHL\u2019s hiatus, we at the Last Word on Hockey are going to look back at each date\u2019s historical significance to the game. We\u2019ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here\u2019s our look at this date in hockey history for May 31st, featuring Ray Bourque<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Today in Hockey History<\/h2>\n

Ray Bourque Oldest to Score in Cup Final<\/h3>\n

2001:<\/strong> The Colorado Avalanche<\/a> defenceman makes his last Stanley Cup playoff goal a memorable one. Bourque tallies 31 seconds into a 3-1 Game 3 win over the New Jersey Devils<\/a> in the Final. He becomes the oldest player to score a goal in the Final at 40-years- old.<\/p>\n

His goal past Martin Brodeur<\/a><\/strong> is his 41st and final postseason marker of his career. Bourque retires at the end of the series after winning the Stanley Cup that’s evaded him his entire career.<\/p>\n

Other Notable Events<\/h3>\n

1961:<\/strong> Montreal Canadiens<\/a> great Doug Harvey<\/a><\/strong> signs a deal with the New York Rangers<\/a> to become player\/coach. Harvey wins the Norris Trophy in the 1961-62 season and the Blueshirts make the playoffs.<\/p>\n

1987:<\/strong> The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> win the Stanley Cup for the third time in four seasons. Edmonton beats the Philadelphia Flyers,<\/a> 3-1, in Game 7 at Northlands Coliseum. Flyers’ goalie Ron Hextall<\/a><\/strong> wins the Conn Smythe to become the fourth player from a losing team to do so.<\/p>\n

1994:<\/strong> The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> win their first Cup Final game in franchise history. Greg Adams<\/a><\/strong> scores 19:26 of overtime as they beat the Rangers 3-2 in Game 1.<\/p>\n

2002: Dominik Hasek<\/a><\/strong> gets his fifth shutout of the same post-season in a 7-0 Game 7 win for the Detroit Red Wings<\/a>. He sets a single-season record for shutouts with the win over Colorado.<\/p>\n

2003: Jean-Sebastien Giguere<\/a><\/span><\/strong> extends his overtime shutout streak to 167:48 as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim<\/a> beat the Devils, 3-2, in Game 3. The late Ruslan Salei<\/a><\/strong> scores 6:59 of OT to give the Ducks the victory.<\/p>\n

2004: Brad Richards<\/a><\/strong> scores a single-season record seventh game-winning goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> win Game 4 of the Final. Richards scores early in the first period in a 1-0 win over the Calgary Flames<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2011:<\/strong> The Atlanta Thrashers officially move to Winnipeg to become the Jets<\/a>. True North Sports & Entertainment buys the club to bring hockey back to Manitoba. The original Jets moved to Arizona to become the Coyotes<\/a> in 1996.<\/p>\n

2017: Jake Guentzel<\/a><\/strong> scores twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> beat the Nashville Predators<\/a>, 4-1, in Game 2 of the final.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday to You<\/h3>\n

1903: Tiny Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1909: Art Coulter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1957: Jim Craig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1960: Greg Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n

1969: Jeff Odgers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1990: Erik Karlsson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1993: Joel Armia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1996: Jared McCann<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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During the NHL\u2019s hiatus, we at the Last Word on Hockey are going to look back at each date\u2019s historical significance to the game. We\u2019ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here\u2019s our look at this date in hockey history for May 31st, featuring Ray Bourque. Today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":52194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8245,4547,4548,6331],"tags":[2961,1887,2250,550,5103,3534,906,3339,4644,1425,2119],"class_list":["post-76841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avalanche","category-history","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-today-in-hockey-history","tag-brad-richards","tag-dominik-hasek","tag-doug-harvey","tag-erik-karlsson","tag-greg-adams","tag-hockey-history","tag-jake-guentzel","tag-jared-mccann","tag-jim-craig","tag-joel-armia","tag-ray-bourque"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479070,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76841\/revisions\/479070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}