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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 2004 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS
GAME-USED GOAL NET!
An incredible piece of hockey history!
This is the actual net that Tampa Bay Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin played in front of,
on Tampa's home ice, when the Lightning won the 2004 Stanley Cup Championship!
We only know of two of these nets... one from each end. The other net was cut up into tiny squares and mounted on plaques that sold for $100 apiece.
Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from Steiner Sports.
Sold with a second Certificate of Authenticity from Lelands Auction house,
one of the longest-running and most respected Sports Auction Houses.
And, if you desire, sold with a third Certificate of Authenticity from The Autograph Source
in Aspen, Colorado (see our website for more information about The Autograph Source).
The net is completely intact, and shows stick marks from used during the game.
* In the Stanley Cup Finals against the upstart Calgary Flames the Lightning got off to a rocky start losing dropping the first game 4-1.
* The Lightning would rebound in Game 2 with a 4-1 win of their own.
* As the series shifted to Calgary the Lightning were thrown into an impossible situation as the Flames hosted the first Stanley Cup Finals game in Canada in a decade winning 3-0 as an overflow crowd at the Saddledome was loud through out the game.
* Facing the prospect of falling behind 3-1 the Lightning scored first in Game 4 on an early first period goal by Brad Richards from there it was up to Khabibulin as he stopped all 29 shots as the Lightning evened the series with a 1-0 win.
* With the series shifting back to Tampa the Lightning and Flames continued to battle in tough tight games as Game 5 went to overtime tied at 2. In OT the Flames would quiet the crowd at the St. Pete Times Forum winning on an Oleg Saprykin goal.
* Facing elimination the Lightning went back to Calgary facing elimination in front of a rowdy crowd. The game would go back and forth with Brad Richard scoring twice in the 2nd period as the second straight game went to overtime tied at 2. With the crowd roaring with every play the Lightning were in goal away from losing the cup as both teams were kept off the board in the first overtime. In the second OT it would not take the Lightning long as Martin St. Louis scored 33 seconds into the 2nd overtime to send the series back to Tampa for Game 7.
* In Game 7 the hockey world was focused on Tampa-St. Pete as the Lightning jumped out to a 2-0 lead on two goals by Ruslan Fedotenko. Trying to hold on the Flames made it 2-1 on a power play goal by Craig Conway in the 3rd period. From there the Flames threw everything they could at the net but Khabibulin stopped every shot as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to a 2-1 win to win the Stanley Cup, as Brad Richards who scored 12 goals and had 14 assists won the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP.
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