Most Cup winners overcome adversity

Like past Stanley Cup Champions, the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins have faced adversity at one point or another in their run to the final. And two games into the Cup final, the Bruins once again have their backs against the wall.At the beginning of the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Carolina Hurricanes faced an 0-2 first-round deficit to the 7th-seeded Montreal Canadiens. Martin Gerber was dreadful in the first two games, as the ‘Canes lost 6-1 and 6-5, respectively.Without having a goaltender that could stop the puck to save their life in those two games, how were the 2nd-seeded Hurricanes – one of the best teams all year long – going to battle back from that early deficit? Well, in came Cam Ward and the rest was history! Those Hurricanes went on to skate the Cup after taking Game 7 in the final over Edmonton.That Carolina team is just one of many to battle through adversity on their way to glory in recent years.Pittsburgh went through a coaching change in the middle of 2009 ...