Nathan MacKinnon

TAMPA, Fla. — Nathan MacKinnon fell to the ice as the time on the clock ran out and he hugged his long time teammate and friend, Erik Johnson.

This year, MacKinnon took on a new role, while still being the Avalanche's offensive workhorse. And for MacKinnon, he's cemented his legacy as one of hockey's greatest, finally hoisting the Cup. This playoffs, for me, was a little bit of a coming out party because what I think that he learned — and I'll have to talk to him more about it — is he didn't have to just rack up points to be successful.

Though it had been more than two decades since the Colorado Avalanche won a Stanley Cup, the past th...

"You bring in a guy like Jack Johnson who hasn't won, and [Andrew] Cogliano comes in, and these older guys who have been around a long time and now have their opportunity to win their first cup. "It feels great, it's amazing," he said. It's been an amazing ride, and I'm just grateful that I've been able to be a part of it with this team." it's just amazing, I don't have any more words." It's just surreal, amazing." "They've been here so many years, the ups and downs.

MacKinnon led the Avalanche with 13 goals in this year's playoffs, also adding 11 assists and contributing a key goal and assist in the deciding Game 6. Just ...

I have my name engraved on the Cup with 87, my idol, along with all the best players to ever play this game. "It’s unbelievable. It means everything."

Playing hockey on fast forward, the Colorado Avalanche blazed their way to the Stanley Cup championship with a...

“We have a good five minutes and we’re moving on to the next,” Bednar said. Coach Jared Bednar, in his sixth season behind the bench, is behind that strategy of breaking games down into 5-minute increments. There was never any denying a team featuring Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen has enough talent to win.

Nathan MacKinnon's playoffs last season ended in frustrating fashion. After a second-round loss to the Golden Knights, MacKinnon didn't hold back, ...

MacKinnon was a critical part of the team's success in both the regular season and the playoffs. Colorado suffered a first-round loss in 2018, then finally, MacKinnon won his first series when the Avs upset the Flames in 2019. MacKinnon had 25 points in 15 games during the 2020 playoffs.

Nathan MacKinnon saved his best performance in the Stanley Cup Final for when it mattered most.

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. “It’s crazy,” MacKinnon said. “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.” “He plays the power game. 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. “We just felt like it was fate,” MacKinnon said.

After nine years in the NHL and tons of playoff heartbreak, Nathan MacKinnon has been crowned champion. TSN Hockey's Ryan Rishaug and Pierre LeBrun join Jay ...