For the first time in 49 years, it was the Madhouse on Manhattan celebrating a Stanley Cup victory as captain Jonathan Toews accepted hockey’s holy grail from National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman at the Wachovia Center on Wednesday night. Despite blowing a 3-2 lead with less than four minutes to play in regulation time, and giving up a pair of point blank chances in the dying minutes of the third period, Chicago held on to force overtime and 21-year old Patrick Kane sealed their bet sports fate with the game-winning goal. Kane finished the 4-3 Game Six win with one goal and two assists, as the Blackhawks clinched the series four-games-to-two.

The hockey betting celebrations on the ice continued for over an hour, and included the presentation of the Conn Smythe trophy to Jonathan Toews, who was awarded as the Most Valuable Player to this team during these playoffs. Toews finished the postseason with 29 points in 22 games, which would have been good for the league lead if the Flyers’ Daniel Briere didn’t register three points in the loss to overtake the 22-year old captain on the final night. Perhaps more relieved than any of his teammates was Chicago winger Marian Hossa, who after consecutive years of reaching the cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings, was finally able to hoist the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks, where he signed a multi-year deal in the offseason.