It's the first Stanley Cup final involving a pair of Original Six teams since 1979 -- the Chicago Blackhawks vs. the Boston Bruins.

On Saturday night Patrick Kane finished his hat trick with a blistering goal with 8:20 left in the second overtime and the Blackhawks eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion L.A. Kings 4-3 to win the Western Conference final in five games. Duncan Keith and Kane scored early to give Chicago a quick 2-0 lead. But the Kings fought back and tied it. Kane gave Chicago a 3-2 lead with 3:52 left in regulation. But Mike Richards scored on a deflection with just 9.4 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 3 and force overtime.

Next up are the Bruins, who swept the Pittsburgh Penguins to win the Eastern title.   Chicago will host the Boston Bruins in Game 1 on Wednesday night.

Chicago won the Cup in 2010, ending a 49-year drought.  Boston captured the title in 2011.

BASEBALL

INTERCOUNTY BASEBALL LEAGUE

Hamilton 2 Toronto 15

Brantford 6 Kitchener 7

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Interleague
Minnesota 0,4 Washington 7,5

American League 

The Texas Rangers' big bats overpowered the Blue Jays to avoid a sweep in Toronto. Nelson Cruz, David Murphy and Adrian Beltre each homered as Texas scored six unanswered runs to beat the Jays 6-4. Jose Bautista could've tied the game up for Toronto in the ninth inning with two runners on base. But he struck out swinging and then was ejected for yelling at the home-plate umpire.

Texas 6 Toronto 4
Cleveland 1 Detroit 4
L.A. Angels 5 Boston 10
Baltimore 10 Tampa Bay 7
Houston 0 Kansas City 2
Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 4
N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 1

National League
Miami 8 N.Y. Mets 4 (10)
Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 9
Pittsburgh 1 Chicago Cubs 4
Atlanta 8 L.A. Dodgers 1
San Diego 7 Colorado 8 (10)
San Francisco 6 Arizona 2
St. Louis 11 Cincinnati 4 (10)

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

Calder Cup Finals

Grand Rapids 6 Syracuse 4

(Grand Rapids leads series 2-0)

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

Championship Round

San Antonio 84 Miami 103

(Series tied 1-1)

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Western Conference Final
Los Angeles 3 Chicago 4 (2 OT)
(Chicago wins series 4-1)

(Chicago versus Boston Bruins final series begins Wednesday night.)

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Calder Cup Final
Grand Rapids 3 Syracuse 1
(Grand Rapids leads series 1-0)

INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE BASEBALL

Brantford 5 Burlington 0
Barrie 7,10 Guelph 5,3

Hamilton 3 London 10

JUNIOR INTERCOUNTY BASEBALL

Brantford 3,2 St. Thomas 5,8
Guelph Silvercreeks at K-W Junior Panthers
Cambridge Cubs at Hamilton Cardinals

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Interleague
Minnesota 4 Washington 3 (11)

American League

The Toronto Blue Jays won the longest game they ever played.  Rajai Davis' RBI single in the 18th inning lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday in a 5 hour and 28 minute game that matched the longest in club history for both teams.
Emilio Bonifacio hit a one-out single in the 18th and took third with two outs on a wild pickoff throw by Ross Wolf (1-1).
Davis followed with a bouncing single down the third base line, sending the Blue Jays streaming out of their dugout in celebration and ending a game that started under sunny skies but finished with the stadium lights on.
Aaron Loup (3-3), the ninth Toronto pitcher, went one inning for the win.
L.A. Angels 9,2 Boston 5,7

Texas 3 Toronto 4 (18)
Cleveland 4 Detroit 6
Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 8
N.Y. Yankees 3 Seattle 1
Oakland 1 Chicago 4
Houston 2 Kansas City 7

National League
Miami 2 N.Y. Mets 1 (20)
Pittsburgh 6 Chicago Cubs 2
Philadelphia 3 Milwaukee 4
San Diego 4 Colorado 2
St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 4
Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 1
San Francisco 10 Arizona 5

The defending Stanley Cup champions are on the edge of elimination. Los Angeles heads to Chicago for Game 5 of the Western Conference final. The Kings trail the Blackhawks 3-1 in the series. Chicago is looking to return to the Stanley Cup final for the first time since winning the championship in 2010.

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A second Stanley Cup title in three years is four wins away from reality for the Boston Bruins. Adam McQuaid scored and Tuukka Rask made 26 saves as Boston shut out Pittsburgh 1-0. The victory swept the Penguins out of the Eastern Conference final. The Bruins last won the Cup in 2011

 

NHL Playoffs

Eastern Conference Final
Boston 1 Pittsburgh 0
(Boston wins series 4-0)

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Baseball

Interleague
Minnesota at Washington (postponed)

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American League

Toronto 6 Texas 1
Detroit 7 Cleveland 5
Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 1
L.A. Angels at Boston (postponed)
Kansas City 4 Houston 2
Oakland 4 Chicago White Sox 3
Seattle 4 N.Y. Yankees 1

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National League

Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs 0
Miami at N.Y. Mets (postponed)
St. Louis 9 Cincinnati 2
Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 4
Colorado 10 San Diego 9
Arizona 3 San Francisco 1
L.A. Dodgers 2 Atlanta 1 (10 innings)

 

Intercounty Baseball League:

Brantford 3 Kitchener 2

The Brantford Red Sox opened the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, and fought off a late Kitchener comeback to down the Panthers 3-2 last night at Arnold Anderson Stadium in Brantford. Starter Brandon Huffman had a great outing and earned the win, allowing just four hits and one earned run with five walks and four strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings. Stefan Strecker earned the save, allowing one hit before registering the final out. Maybe even more impressive was the fact that Brantford managed to win the game while registering just one single hit in the game, a three run homer by Steve Lewis in the fifth inning, scoring Todd Betts and Tyler Patzalek. Starter Matt Robertson pitched a complete game eight innings and took the loss, giving up just one hit and three earned runs while walking four and striking out an impressive ten batters faced.

London 2 Toronto 0

Jordan Townshend pitched a complete game five-hitter as the London Majors blanked the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 at Labatt Park, just hours after the Leafs re-acquired slugger Jon Waltenbury from the Barrie Baycats for infielder Jordan Castaldo and veteran pitcher Brett Lawson. Toronto (4-8) has now lost six straight games while London (8-4) took advantage of two Toronto errors to score the lone two runs of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, handing the Leafs yet another tough loss.   Starter Marek Deska tossed six shutout innings, allowing just three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. Reliever Adam Garner was charged with the two runs in the eighth on two hits with one strikeout and one walk to take the loss.