Penguins kings of NHL, Bourque carries Bears to AHL title and Vinny to Habs?

The hockey season has officially ended with its two major leagues crowning champions. The NHL saw the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 and hoist Lord Stanley's cup. The series was a great one, exceeding last year's drama and ending in seven games.

In the AHL, the Hershey Bears won their 10th American Hockey League title with a 4-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose on Friday night.

The Bears were the team to knock the Providence Bruins out of the playoffs in the previous round.

The other Bruins related note in this is that Chris Bourque, son of Bruins legend, Ray Bourque scored the eventual game winning goal in the deciding game. The Bears defeated the Moose, four games to two.

The Bears are the Washington Capitals farm team while the Moose are the Vancouver Canucks minor league team.

So this concludes the 2008-2009 campaign, but that doesn't mean we are on vacation until October. BruinSpace will still have updates coming up over the next month on the NHL awards show, the NHL draft and then the opening of free agency on July 1.

Also, we will be all over it when the Bruins re-sign their RFA's. Boston still needs to try and lock up Bitz, Hunwick and Kessel.

This year's draft could be huge also as the Tampa Bay Lightning are in talks with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings to trade for Vinny Lecavalier for a slue of picks.

Keep it here Bruins fans.