The Chicago Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup in six season with a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the finals.
It was the first time that a game in this series was decided by more than one goal and also turned out to be the first one featuring a shutout.
For such players as Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, it was business as usual. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was a huge disappointment. Tampa Bay was fancied to make a big statement, but simply could not take down a far more experienced club.
Here are some reasons why Chicago is the Stanley Cup champion yet again.
A Champion knows how to win in the face of adversity. No odds are too great or mountain too difficult to overcome.
The Chicago Blackhawks are champions. Or at least they have been twice since 2010. The team proved that yet again with a thrilling Game 1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. True to form, the Blackhawks came back from a late 1-0 deficit to win 2-1, with two goals in under two minutes.
Here are some reasons why Chicago currently has a 1-0 lead in the best of seven series.
The 2014-15 NHL season is almost a quarter of the way complete. The Eastern Conference has had a lot of close, tight races thus far. In the Metropolitan division, the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins have emerged as the favorites.
While the sport of ice hockey has never been the most popular in the Latin American community, there are a number of countries that have contribute to the National Hockey League. Latin Post.com list the Latino players and countries that have played in the NHL.
The 2014-15 National Hockey League regular season has begun. So many questions are floating around about this upcoming season. Latin Post lists five big NHL storylines heading into this brand new season.
With Montreal eliminated, no Canadian hockey team has won the Stanley Cup since 1993. This is by far the longest drought in for the nations rich hockey history.
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The Montreal Canadiens look to not only win an NHL-high 25th Stanley Cup, but they are also attempting to break the longest Stanley Cup drought in Canada's rich hockey history.
