The Boston Bruins were a gritty, strongly built team led by Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara,
Brad Marchand, Tim Thomas and Milan Lucic in his prime. They were bruising the Canucks every game and by the end of it, Alexander Edler was playing with a broken hand, Ryan Kesler with a shattered hipbone, and Manny Malhotra with his abhorrent eye injury. The Canucks were tough, fiesty and electric in 2011 but they were no bar room brawlers. What was once ranked as an underdog team turned President champions and one game away from winning the Stanley Cup.