Kane 2010

It is overtime in Philadelphia, and Brian Campbell gathers the puck just inside the Flyers' blue line.

"I could have shot it, but instead I just passed it off the half wall and then let him do his magic," remembered Campbell, now a Blackhawks' Development Coach. "I pretty much stayed there, just prepared to play more defense. Next thing I know, there's Kaner coming around from behind (Philadelphia goalie Michael) Leighton and he's throwing his gloves up in the air. I don't know what's going on. I'm thinking, 'What's Kaner doing?' He's jumping all over the ice and this game isn't over. I sure wasn't going to throw my gloves off yet. He didn't even score."

2010 REWIND

Ah, but Patrick Kane does. He burrows deep on the left, jukes through the circle, almost to the goal line extended, shadowed by Kimmo Timonen. Kane rips the puck from a nearly impossible angle at Leighton, and there is a sense of suspended animation throughout the Wachovia Center. He thinks he might have stopped it, but there is no immediate proof. Nor is there clear evidence he didn't. Broadcasters to the United States and Canada pause. Blackhawks and Flyers at their respective benches stand. Spectators wait. The world's fastest sport suddenly, awkwardly, shifts to slow-mo. Only when Kane, sans stick or gloves, is halfway on his 200-foot mission to hug goalie Antti Niemi does the hockey world learn of Kane's secret. Even Niemi is unsure. "Is it in? Is it in?" he asks of a deliriously happy Kane.

On The Tape: Kane's Cup Clincher

"I saw the puck go through Leighton to the back pad of the net," recalled Kane. "The puck is kind of hidden in the corner. I think he knows it's in, but hopes it's not. Andrew Ladd is down low. I don't think he knows. Sharpy, by his reaction, I think he knows. I was just trying to throw the puck on net and luckily it went in. There are like two celebrations - mine and then a second one when the team found out. Then there are my buddies, sitting in the top row of the building, giving it to the Flyers' fans. I've actually had bad dreams about this. The puck doesn't go in and I'm celebrating, taking my gloves off and Philly comes back."

"I actually don't remember any of this. You've seen so many replays, you don't really remember it until after the fact. You watch it, so you remember. It's almost like it didn't happen. Honestly, I don't remember being in that moment and shooting the puck. It's so surreal."

But real. Blackhawks win, 4-3, at 4:10 of sudden death to capture their first Stanley Cup since 1961.

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