RALEIGH, N.C., June 19 (UPI) -- Cam Ward made 22 saves Monday as the Carolina Hurricanes won Game Seven and the Stanley Cup Finals with a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.
Frantisek Kaberle scored the game-winning goal in the second period after Aaron Ward scored in the first period. Justin Williams added an empty-net goal in the third in Carolina's first-ever Stanley Cup Championship.
Carolina played without veteran Doug Weight, who missed the game with a shoulder injury.
Ward, a 22-year-old rookie goaltender, survived his second Game Seven of this year's playoffs as the Hurricanes needed seven games to get past Buffalo in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Fernando Pisani scored Edmonton's lone goal, while Jussi Markkanen made 24 saves in defeat.
