Chicago Blackhawks advance to Stanley Cup finals

Brent Seabrook — (Image credit: Harry How/Getty Images)

The Chicago Blackhawks bested the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 in Saturday night's Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, the Associated Press reports. Center Jonathan Toews led the team, scoring two goals during the first period.

In their third trip to the Stanley Cup finals in seven years, the Blackhawks will face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The series begins June 3 in Tampa at 8 p.m.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.