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From upset to title: Lightning join club of teams to get championship redemption
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 05:07
The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup. Just a year later than many experts expected.In defeating the Dallas Stars Monday, the Lightning redeemed one of the biggest upsets in recent sports history. Last season, Tampa Bay had the league's best record. Winger Nikita Kucherov won the Ross, Lindsay and Hart awards. Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Vezina Trophy as the…
Stars left numb after postseason run falls short
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Monday, 28 September 2020 23:32
Stars captain Jamie Benn sat in silence after Dallas' 2-0 Game 6 loss on Monday night, which handed the Tampa Bay Lightning the Stanley Cup and ended his team's season.A reporter asked Benn what this group of teammates meant to him. He couldn't find the words to respond. Another reporter asked him about the Stars' improbable run to the Stanley…
How the Lightning learned to be Stanley Cup champions
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Monday, 28 September 2020 22:04
The Tampa Bay Lightning eschewed tradition after Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, surrounding NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and hockey's Holy Grail as a team rather than having it handed off to captain Steven Stamkos alone. The result resembled a jubilant class portrait on the last day of school.The last five years were a harsh education for this group.…
Pirri back with Blackhawks after Knights trade
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Monday, 28 September 2020 17:52
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks acquired Brandon Pirri in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, reuniting the forward with his first NHL team.The Blackhawks sent Dylan Sikura to Vegas for the 29-year-old Pirri, who split last season between the Golden Knights and Chicago of the American Hockey League. The forward had two assists in 16 games with…
How Corey Perry has become a 'pain in the butt' playoff hero
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Monday, 28 September 2020 05:13
It's another Zoom media conference in the NHL playoff bubble. Corey Perry and Joe Pavelski of the Dallas Stars are sharing a laugh.For 13 years, they were involved in one of hockey's nastiest divisional rivalries between Pavelski's San Jose Sharks and Perry's Anaheim Ducks. (Perry had 94 penalty minutes in 70 games against San Jose, his second most against any…
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