Vancouver, BC (Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins are champions for the first time since 1972 thanks to Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Tim Thomas.Wesley Woodyard Titans Jersey Cyber Monday . Bergeron scored a pair of goals -- including a key short-handed tally -- and Thomas made 37 saves for his fourth shutout of these playoffs, as the Bruins handled the Canucks, 4-0, in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Marchand had two goals and an assist for Boston, which won the Cup for the sixth time in franchise history (1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972). Thomas, the 2009 Vezina Trophy winner, went 35-11-9 in the regular season and 16-9 in the postseason. He was sensational in the Cup Finals, stopping 238- of-246 shots in all, and was awarded with the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP for his efforts. I think I went even further than I thought, a weary but content Thomas admitted following the game. I never envisioned three Game 7s in one playoff series and still being able to come out on top. The Bruins staved off elimination on Monday by using a four-goal barrage in the first period to take a 5-2 win over the Canucks at TD Garden. The home team had won the first six games of this series, making Bostons victory on the road in Game 7 at Rogers Arena even more impressive. It marked the first time in NHL history that a road team clinched a title in a terminal game by shutout. It was also the second time in the last three seasons that a visiting club won the Cup on the road in a seventh game, after Pittsburgh did so at Detroit in 2009. The future looks bright with all the guys that we have, Bergeron said. But to be honest, Im looking forward to the celebration right now. The Canucks, who won their first-ever Presidents Trophy this season, failed to capture their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Vancouver was playing in the Cup Finals for the third time, following a four- game loss to the Islanders in 1982 and a seven-game setback to the Rangers in 1994. Our players gave it their best shot, Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault said. At the end of the day youve got to give credit where credit is due. Boston played a real strong game. Roberto Luongo had been the key factor for the Canucks at home in this series, In his three prior games in Vancouver in the Cup Finals, Luongo stopped 95- of-97 shots and posted two shutouts. But the story was a lot different for Luongo on Wednesday, as he gave up three goals on only 20 shots. The Canucks almost sent the home crowd into a frenzy just 7 1/2 minutes into the game. Daniel Sedins backhand shot from the slot almost snuck through the legs of Thomas, who was able to find the puck behind him after a brief pause of uncertainty. But it was the Bruins who lit the lamp first to quiet the crowd. A right-circle faceoff win by Boston led to Marchand controlling the puck at the bottom of the circle. Marchand skated around with a defender on him before sliding the puck into the slot. The pass intentionally went between the legs of linemate Mark Recchi, before Bergeron tipped the disc home through traffic in front. Thomas stopped all eight shots he faced in the first period to keep Boston in front. Anybody that knows the story of Tim Thomas, hes taken a real bumpy road to get to the NHL, said Bruins head coach Claude Julien. Hes had so many obstacles in front of him that hes overcome, it makes him a battler, it makes him the perfect goaltender for our organization because thats what we are, were a blue-collar team that goes out and works hard and earns every inch of the ice that you can get. Luongo needed a little help from the post early in the second, as Marchand found all iron from in close. Vancouvers best chance to score came nine minutes into the middle frame. Alexandre Burrows had a wide open net with Thomas out of position, but there was a big problem. Zdeno Chara, standing at 6-foot-9, stopped the puck with his left knee to keep the Canucks off the board. The rest of the period belonged to the Bruins, who made it 2-0 at the 12:13 mark. A shot from the left point set up a rebound in front. Marchand gathered the puck behind the net and completed the play with a wrap- around goal. Luongo initially stopped the puck with his stick and blocker, but appeared to push the puck into the net. Chara was sent to the penalty box for interference at 16:07 to give the Canucks the first power play of the game for either side. But Vancouver registered zero shots on net during the man advantage while Boston increased its advantage. A clearing attempt around the boards by Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg sent Bergeron on a breakaway up the middle of the ice. He was brought down from behind on the play, but somehow managed to score as he collided with Luongo. A brief review determined that the Quebec native did not strike the disc with his hands as he slid towards the right post. Just very disappointed, said Canucks defenseman Christian Ehrhoff, who brought down Bergeron. We worked very hard all season long. Thomas made 13 saves in the second to help put Boston on the verge of victory. Thomas worked his magic once more in the third, as the MVP turned aside 16 shots as Vancouver made one last stand, taking control of play for wide swaths of the final stanza. He was outstanding throughout the whole playoffs. He gave us a chance to win every game. He was so strong, so solid, and he deserves to be the MVP, said Chara of his goaltender. In a desperate gamble, Luongo was pulled for an extra skater with under three minutes remaining. Marchands empty-net goal at the 17:16 mark put the game away. GAME NOTES:The Bruins snapped an 0-for-5 skid in the Finals since their victory in 1972 over the New York Rangers...Recchi, playing in his 11th career Game 7 and on the verge of retirement, won his third Stanley Cup (1991 with Pittsburgh, 2006 with Carolina)...Jeff Tambellini of Vancouver played for an injured Mason Raymond, who suffered a vertebrae compression fracture in Game 6...The Canucks went 0-for-2 on the power play and went 2-for-31 in the series...Vancouver was trying to become the first Canadian team to win Cup since Montreal in 1993...Bruins forward Nathan Horton, who sustained a severe concussion in Game 3, traveled with his club and was seen in the pregame to pour some melted TD Garden ice onto the Rogers Arena surface. 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Jerryd Bayless scored 11 points, including two free throws to end a Knicks flurry that had trimmed a 19-point deficit to four in the final half-minute. "This was going to be a tough one. It is not easy winning here," point guard Mike Conley said. "For us to come in and win says a lot. Hopefully this will spark something for us." Conley finished with nine points and eight assists after missing two games with a bruised left thigh for the Grizzlies, who had a 56-29 rebounding advantage and outscored the Knicks 60-28 in the paint. "Thats embarrassing, especially when you start a big lineup," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said, adding that Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Andrea Bargnani needed to rebound better. "I thought that was the difference." Anthony scored 30 points, while reserves J.R. Smith and Tim Hardaway Jr. each had 16 for the Knicks. Chandler had eight points and six rebounds in his second game back from a broken leg, while Bargnani managed just three points and two boards in 22 minutes after moving back into the starting lineup. Randolph and the Grizzlies front line outworked the Knicks, methodically increasing their lead until they were able to build a big cushion with a 15-5 run that spanned the end of the third quarter and early fourth. "It was real critical me being aggressive, getting to the free throw line, making shots. Something Ive been trying to do these last couple of games," Randolph said. "Been a lot of focus on me packing the paint. I was kind of hoping that I could operate down there." Randolph had 10 points and eight rebounds in the third quarter, including a follow shot for the first of three straight Memphis baskeets that turned an eight-point lead into a 72-58 advantage. Eddie George Jersey Black Friday. He made two free throws to open the fourth, then Bayless had the next three field goals for the Grizzlies to push the lead to 81-63. Memphis seemed comfortably ahead after Randolph scored in the lane and Allen came up with a steal and basket to make it 91-78 with 3:04 to play, but Smith and Anthony made consecutive 3-pointers to start a run of nine straight Knicks points that made it 91-87 with 25 seconds remaining. Bayless than knocked down a pair of free throws and Allen closed it out with a final basket. "I thought that we played really, really hard," Memphis coach Dave Joerger said. "Every coach puts up on his board, play hard, play smart, play together. I thought just about every single minute of the game we played hard." The Knicks fell to 4-10 at home, matching their total number of home losses all of last season in 41 games. The Knicks tried to change their luck in home day games, where they had lost by 41 points to the Celtics and 31 to the Spurs in noon starts, by staying in a hotel the night before. They were much more competitive, but far from good enough until it was too late. "Its a sense of inconsistency right now," Anthony said. "We have spurts where were playing great basketball and then we just have spurts where were just dead out there. So weve got to get better at that." Memphis is still playing without Marc Gasol and Tayshaun Prince, but was stabilized by the return of Conley, even though he shot just 4 of 18 and failed to score in double figures for the first time this season. The Grizzlies jumped to a 17-8 lead, but Knicks woke up early this time compared to the previous matinees and cut it to 25-22 after one. Memphis scored the final five points of the half, taking a 50-40 lead into the break after Ed Davis dunk with a second left. 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