The 1981–82 Vancouver Canucks  made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to a team that plays its home games at Barclays Center, located in the borough of what?
Brooklyn
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City.
 They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The team plays its home games at Barclays Center, located in the borough of Brooklyn.
 The Islanders are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, and their fan base resides primarily on Long Island.
1981–82 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1981–82 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 12th in the NHL.
 The Vancouver Canucks made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Islanders 4 games to 0.
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 24th NHL season.
 Vancouver finished the season second in their division and qualified for the playoffs as the number seven seed.
 In the post season the Canucks pulled several upsets and reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in franchise history.
 In the finals they fell behind the New York Rangers three games to one before making a comeback to force a game 7.
 Vancouver fell short in its bid to capture the franchise's first Stanley Cup losing game 7 by a final of 3–2. 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks season was the 42nd season in the modern Canucks history.
 The Vancouver Canucks were the defending Western Conference champions and three time defending Northwest Division champions.
 The Canucks opened the regular season against the Pittsburgh Penguins at home on October 6.
 Their final regular season game was held at Rogers Arena against the Edmonton Oilers on April 7, 2012.
 The Canucks entered the season expected to again contend for their first ever Stanley Cup.
 The Canucks struggled out of the gate, hovering around .500 until roughly the 20 game mark due to weak defensive play and a slow start from Roberto Luongo.
 The Canucks then rebounded, playing their best hockey of the season from the end of November until the beginning of January.
 The team dominated much like they did the season prior during this stretch, as goals came in bunches and the offense was backed up by strong goaltending from the tandem of Luongo and Cory Schneider.
 The peak of the Canucks' season came on January 7, 2012, in a game against the Boston Bruins, a 2011 Stanley Cup Final rematch.
 The Canucks prevailed 4–3 in a hard-fought playoff atmosphere, and they seemed to state to the hockey world that they would be heard from again come playoff time.
 The winning ways continued for the rest of the season, but the team did not play with the same heart they played with that January afternoon again.
 The Canucks often played down to their competition, barely beating some of the weakest teams in the league as the offense seemed to disappear.
 The Canucks pulled a shocking deal at the trade deadline, trading blue-chip prospect Cody Hodgson to the Buffalo Sabres for a skilled, but unproven prospect Zack Kassian.
 While Kassian should eventually emerge as a solid NHLer, this deal was probably pulled too soon as the offensive mojo disappeared but the team was lucky to have outstanding goaltending that led them to their second consecutive Presidents' Trophy on the final day of the regular season when they defeated the Edmonton Oilers.
 Despite entering the playoffs as the top seed, the Canucks were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in five games by the Los Angeles Kings. 1982 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1982 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the Vancouver Canucks in their first Finals appearance and the defending champion New York Islanders, in their third Finals appearance.
 The Islanders won the best-of-seven series four games to none, to win their third straight and third overall Stanley Cup.
 This is also the most recent time that a Stanley Cup Champion has won three in a row and the first, and so far only, time that a U.S.-based team has won three straight Stanley Cups. 1998 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1997–1998 season, and the culmination of the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs.
 It was contested by the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals.
 It was the 105th year of the Stanley Cup being contested.
 The series was the Capitals' first appearance in a Stanley Cup Final since the franchise's inception in 1974.
 The Red Wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none.
 It was the Wings' ninth Stanley Cup, and the most recent time when a Finals concluded with a sweep (as of 2017).
 This was also the last time until that a Stanley Cup Finals ended after an NBA Finals in the same season had concluded.
 Detroit coach Scotty Bowman won his eighth Stanley Cup in that capacity (having previously done so with the Montreal Canadiens in , , , , and , the Pittsburgh Penguins in , and the Wings the previous year), tying him with former Canadiens coach Toe Blake for the record of most Cups won by a coach (which he would break when he helped the Red Wings win the 2002 Cup). List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
 The Canucks are a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The Canucks currently play home games at Rogers Arena.
 The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team, along with the Buffalo Sabres.
 They have advanced to the Stanley Cup finals three times but were defeated by the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994, and the Boston Bruins in 2011.
 The Canucks are owned by Francesco Aquilini, Jim Benning is their general manager, and Henrik Sedin is the team captain. Towel Power
Towel Power is a term used by the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) to describe the waving of rally towels by their fans.
 The tradition started in the 1982 Campbell Conference Finals when Vancouver played the Chicago Blackhawks.
 During game two of the series, head coach Roger Neilson waved a white towel on the end of a hockey stick in a mock surrender after being upset with the officiating.
 Neilson was ejected and the Canucks lost 4–1.
 When Vancouver returned home from Chicago for the following game fans supported both Neilson and the Canucks by waving towels first at the airport when the team arrived and then during the next game.
 The Canucks won the next three games and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals where they were defeated by the New York Islanders.
 As part of the tradition, the Canucks hand out towels prior to playoff games for fans to help support the team. 2002 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2002 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2001–02 season, and the culmination of the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs.
 It was contested by the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes.
 It was Detroit's twenty-second appearance in the Final, their previous appearance being a win in .
 It was Carolina's first appearance in the Final in franchise history.
 Detroit defeated Carolina in five games to win their tenth Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.
 The Red Wings became the first team in NHL history to win the Cup after starting the playoffs with two losses at home.
 After losing the first two games in the Conference Quarterfinals to the Vancouver Canucks, the Red Wings won 16 of their next 21 games en route to win their third Cup since for coach Scotty Bowman.
 Bowman won his ninth Cup as a head coach (he had previously won it in that capacity with the Montreal Canadiens in , , , , and , with the Pittsburgh Penguins in , and with Detroit in 1997 and 1998), surpassing the mark he held jointly with Montreal coach Toe Blake. Alain Vigneault
Alain Vigneault (born May 14, 1961) is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Vigneault has previously coached the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL, as well as in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
 During his career with the Canucks, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach of the year in 2006–07 and has become the team's record holder for wins as a coach.
 Under Vigneault, Vancouver won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies (2010–11 and 2011–12) and made one Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2011).
 In his first season with New York, he led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2014) in 20 years.