Stanley Cup Playoffs July 8, 2021 Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy named 2021 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy was awarded the 2021 Conn Smythe Trophy on Wednesday night after leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to back-to-back Stanley Cup wins, solidifying himself as one of the best goaltenders in the NHL.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 7, 2021 Tampa quickly crowned 'Champa Bay' after Lightning's second straight Stanley Cup title Tampa, Florida, has had a wild 10 months and the latest championship coming back to the Sunshine State has some crowning the city the new title town.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 7, 2021 Lightning winger Pat Maroon captures third consecutive Stanley Cup title Tampa Bay Lightning winger Pat Maroon etched his name in the NHL record books with some of the greats after winning his third consecutive Stanley Cup on Wednesday night.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 7, 2021 Lightning shut out Canadiens in Game 5 to win second straight Stanley Cup The Tampa Bay Lightning hoisted the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row, this time on home ice, after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Columbus Blue Jackets July 7, 2021 Davidson: Sudden death of goalie has 'far-reaching effects' Matiss Kivlenieks traveled to Michigan with teammate and close friend Elvis Merzlikins for the wedding of the daughter of Columbus Blue Jackets' goaltender coach Manny Legace and a Fourth of July celebration.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 7, 2021 Lightning look to be 1st team to win Cup at home since 2015 When the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup on home ice for the first time since before World War II, Jon Cooper could not bear to watch the joyful aftermath.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 6, 2021 `Crazy' Canadiens familiar with staring down adversity During a season that has been anything but normal for Dominique Ducharme, the Montreal Canadiens interim coach finds it somehow apt his team is flying into a potential hurricane for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 6, 2021 After Habs jab Lightning, defending champs look to Game 5 It was no coincidence 5-foot-9 Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher kept going after 6-foot-6 Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman after the first period in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, shoving him and moving linesmen out of the way to continue the altercation.
Columbus Blue Jackets July 6, 2021 Blue Jackets' Matiss Kivlenieks harrowing 911 calls released: 'He's not doing very good' Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks “getting ready to go into convulsions” after he was struck in the chest by an errant Fourth of July fireworks mortar blast in Michigan,” a woman told a 911 dispatcher.
Columbus Blue Jackets July 6, 2021 Late Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks receives touching tribute from teammate Kivlenieks and Elvis Merzlikins were teammates on the Blue Jackets and the Latvian national hockey team. Kivlenieks died in a fireworks accident.