1998 Stanley Cup Finals

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NHL championship series Stanley Cup Finals

The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals was the NHL championship series in which the Detroit Red Wings swept the Washington Capitals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

Aliases (1)

Detroit Red Wings won their second consecutive Stanley Cup ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NHL championship series → Stanley Cup Finals →
champion	Detroit Red Wings →
cityOfGame1	Detroit →
cityOfGame2	Detroit →
cityOfGame3	Washington, D.C. →
cityOfGame4	Washington, D.C. →
conferenceChampionEastern	Washington Capitals →
conferenceChampionWestern	Detroit Red Wings →
country	United States →
DetroitRedWingsConsecutiveCups	2 →
DetroitRedWingsStanleyCupsToDate	9 →
endDate	1998-06-16 →
game1Date	1998-05-31 →
game1Location	Joe Louis Arena →
game2Date	1998-06-02 →
game2Location	Joe Louis Arena →
game3Date	1998-06-13 →
game3Location	MCI Center →
game4Date	1998-06-16 →
game4Location	MCI Center →
league	National Hockey League →
losingCaptain	Dale Hunter →
losingCoach	Ron Wilson →
mostValuablePlayer	Steve Yzerman →
MVPTeam	Detroit Red Wings →
MVPTitle	Conn Smythe Trophy →
nextFinals	1999 Stanley Cup Finals →
notableFact	Detroit Red Wings swept the series 4–0 → Detroit Red Wings won their second consecutive Stanley Cup → Washington Capitals appeared in their first Stanley Cup Finals →
numberOfGames	4 →
previousFinals	1997 Stanley Cup Finals →
radioNetworkCanada	CBC Radio →
radioNetworkUnitedStates	ESPN Radio →
runnerUp	Washington Capitals →
seasonOfLeague	1997–98 NHL season →
seriesResult	Detroit Red Wings 4–0 Washington Capitals →
sport	ice hockey →
startDate	1998-05-31 →
televisionNetworkCanadaEnglish	CBC →
televisionNetworkCanadaFrench	RDS →
televisionNetworkUnitedStates	Fox →
trophyAwarded	Stanley Cup →
winningCaptain	Steve Yzerman →
winningCoach	Scotty Bowman →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Olaf Kölzig →	ledTeamTo
1997 Stanley Cup Finals →	nextEdition
1998 Stanley Cup Finals ("Detroit Red Wings won their second consecutive Stanley Cup") →	notableFact
1999 Stanley Cup Finals →	precededBy