Stanley Cup finals

2022 - 6 - 26

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Stanley Cup dented: Avalanche's Nicolas Aube-Kubel becomes ... (Sporting News AU)

The Stanley Cup has taken plenty of abuse over the years, so it's nothing to worry about.

Something similar happened to the Stanley Cup when Michael Ryder had it after the Bruins won it in 2011. Indeed, the trophy has taken plenty of damage in recent years. It has become part of the lore of sports’ greatest trophy."

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Mile High Morning: Broncos players celebrate Colorado Avalanche's ... (DenverBroncos.com)

For the first time since 2016, a championship parade is coming to Denver. On Sunday, the Colorado Avalanche took down the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 ...

"He created mismatches on the perimeter as a jumbo wideout playing in the slot, and opponents were unable find the right combination of personnel or coverage to limit his impact. "As the O.G. of athletic tight ends in the modern era, Sharpe is on the Mount Rushmore of NFL players at the position," Brooks wrote. Like most Denver residents, Broncos players were thrilled to see the Avs take home the Cup.

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Fischler Report: Feelings About an Incredible Stanley Cup Final (The Hockey News)

Stan Fischler looks back at the Stanley Cup final and how the Avalanche won. Plus, Stan discusses the Hart Trophy, Barry Trotz, Andrew Brunette, ...

Steve's pals, Howard and Edward Milstein, didn't keep the team for long. When they come to us we have to have a good development plan for them." (Four-time author, columnist and sports authority Matthew Blittner recently wrote an excellent story for The New York Extra on being a general manager. Fuming to beat the band over the officials' failure to call the too-many-men-on-the-ice infraction. But unfair enough if this mantra is repeated into the fall over the next season right up to the playoffs. Are these voters inhabiting the Republic of Daydreamsville? The vote: 119 to 29 may be correct but it also sounds like the title of a movie -- "Dumb and Dumber." Rangers author and blogger Sean McCaffrey takes a dim view of the Athletic's report on Drury-Panarin and wonders out loud: Why would Drury bury any of his players to anyone? According to Staple, although Panarin totalled 16 points in 20 games he didn't have the "constant impact anyone around the Rangers hoped for or needed. didn't get the penalty his team deserved. Offside challenges prove that the electronic reviews provide the best assessment of what's happening all over the pond. We all know that the better team usually wins the 2022 Stanley Cup. Don't we? "Put another way, there are not enough top goaltenders for each team to have a really good goalie, let alone a quality back-up.

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Only this dominant Avalanche team could stop the Lightning's ... (For The Win)

The Avalanche gave the Lightning a taste of their own medicine en route to dethroning the back-to-back Stanley Cup champions.

It was always going to take a special kind of team to knock the Lightning off their pedestal. It feels only right that this Avalanche team was the one to finally best the final boss of the NHL for two seasons running. Darcy Kuemper shut the door on any chance of a Tampa Bay comeback after being shaky at times in the Stanley Cup Final. Nathan MacKinnon tallied two points, including scoring the tying goal in the second period. Since 2012-13, the Lightning lead the league in both regular season wins (448) and playoff wins (84). That their reign has lasted this long is a testament to just how deep and talented this team is. We know just how good the Lightning have been over the last few seasons during their run as the best team in the modern NHL. And that’s an undisputed fact too. Colorado went 6-for-16 (or 37.5 percent) over the course of six games, scoring at a relentless pace Tampa could never match.

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Nathan MacKinnon shines in Game 6, helps Avalanche win Stanley ... (CTV News Atlantic)

Nathan MacKinnon was at his best in the Cup-clinching 2-1 victory Sunday night. After a relatively quiet performance in the series until that point, ...

And then came the Lightning, who were vanquished in a terrific series that saw four one-goal games (two won by Colorado in overtime) and a blowout win for each team. "He has a better understanding and a growing understanding of everything that's happening around him and that other guys play an important role in our team's success and it doesn't have to always just come back on him." Wade a 'victory for white life.' "Nate's like a bull in a china shop," said Lightning coach Jon Cooper, whose team came two victories away from the NHL's first three-peat since in the early 1980s. "Nate, he's not afraid or intimidated to go against anybody." "It's crazy," MacKinnon said. He checked as hard as when he had the puck." Instead of doing that, MacKinnon ratcheted up his game. It's hard to describe. Fate didn't help MacKinnon sneak a perfect shot past 2021 playoff MVP Andrei Vasilevskiy for Colorado's first goal or help him set up Artturi Lehkonen for the second. No, it was skill and sheer determination for a player seeking a championship that had eluded him for several years amid playoff disappointments. "We just felt like it was fate," MacKinnon said.

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