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After 21 years, the Colorado Avalanche hockey club received another Stanley Cup, the third in history after 1996 and 2001. Of the current “avalanche” cadre, only the strikers Darren Helm and Andre Burakovsky did not enjoy the prestigious career trophy for the first time.
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The Denver team maintained 100% success in the finals as the only team in the history of the overseas NHL when they succeeded on the third attempt. He finished the dominance of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the champion of the last two seasons. Defender Erik Černák has not yet become the second Slovak with three titles after Marián Hoss.
Swedish striker Gabriel Landeskog became the fourth European captain in history to lead his team to the Stanley Cup. Before him, Niklas Lidström (Detroit Red Wings, 2008), Zdeno Chára (Boston Bruins, 2011) and Alexander Ovečkin (Washington Capitals, 2018) did it.
Cale Makar is the third defender to win the Conn Smythe Trophy at the age of 23 or less. The youngest was Bobby Orr in 1970. Makar is also the only player in history to win the Hobey Baker Award for Best NCAA Player, the Calder Trophy for NHL Rookie, the Norris Best Defender Trophy, the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy.
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“I felt a great deal of satisfaction and great relief when the match was over. I’m so proud and excited that the players were rewarded for their efforts.” admitted Colorado coach Jared Bednar.
He became the first coach in history to triumph in all three of the highest men’s competitions in North America. In addition to the Stanley Cup, he also won the Calder Cup for his overall AHL victory and the Kelly Cup for his ECHL championship. Colorado set the league record with 72 winning matches in one season, both in the regular season and in the playoffs. On the way to the title, they have lost only four times as the sixth team since 1987.
General manager Joe Sakic led Colorado to the first two Stanley Cups as captain, and after 21 years he finished third as a club official. “They never looked too far ahead, they were only preparing for the next match. This team is great. They trusted each other throughout the season, held together and didn’t let anyone split them. Even though they had a failed match, they shook off the next day and were ready to perform better, ” said a member of the Triple Gold Club and the NHL Hall of Fame and the International Hockey Federation (IIHF).
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“We ran out of strength and we are angry. But they managed to return to the match. We met in the series with an equal opponent. In the playoffs we played against the star-laden teams, we did not lose to any outsider. I hope there will be a few more people. years to think about our team and write about what we have achieved in the last three years. But we are not done yet. ” said Tampa coach Jon Cooper. His charges have succeeded in 11 consecutive playoff series, since they were eliminated 4-0 by Columbus Blue Jackets in the opening round in 2019.
“We kept pushing for it, we never gave up and we felt it on the ice. We have so many fighters in the team, we really struggled. This loss hurts all the more because we know how difficult it was to get to the finals.” said Tampa captain Steven Stamkos, who was the top scorer of the Florida club in the playoffs together with the Czech Ondřej Palát with 11 goals.
The “Bolts” did not record a master hat as the first team since the 1980s, when the New York Islanders triumphed four times in a row (1980-1983). In the last three seasons, they played 71 duels in the playoffs, by far the most of all teams.
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