Jon Cooper of the @TBLightning prevailed in the closest three-way Jack Adams Award race since balloting results for this award were first published in 1983-84. #NHLAwards#NHLStats: https://t.co/t4umlv67Uv
At Tampa General Hospital where #GoBolts HC Jon Cooper is having an official ribbon cutting for the Coop’s Catch for Kids Family Lounge.
This is right after he was presented with the Jack Adams Trophy.
At the bottom of a swimming pool in Dubai, two of the city's leading underwater hockey clubs, the Pirates Underwater Hockey Team Dubai and the Abu Dhabi Ducks, prepare to jointly compete at the 2026 CMAS Asian Championship Underwater Hockey in Indonesia next August
Sebastian Aho says “it’s on us to figure it out” when asked about Carolina’s top line struggling to produce.
“We can be a little bit smarter with the puck, that’s for sure. We have to get to our game where we can use our strengths.”
One of the wildest stats in sports:
This is the 46TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON in which a former teammate of Jaromir Jagr has appeared in the Stanley Cup Final.
This year, it's Golden Knights defenseman Rasmus Andersson, who played with Jágr in Calgary in 2017-18.
The Toronto Maple Leafs coaching search is getting more interesting. Sources say Patrick Roy and Peter Laviolette are a part of this weeks stage of the interview process.
Bob Probert In The Hockey Hall of Fame?
from Bob Duff of Detroit Hockey Now,
Is former Detroit Red Wings tough guy Bob Probert worthy of Hall of Fame status? Another former Red Wings player who is already a Hall of Famer is speaking out about this issue. https://t.co/QAyccGDR2R
Tomas Hertl Comes Up Big For Vegas
from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,
Tomas Hertl didn’t just win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final — he rescued it, rewrote it, and stamped his name all over it in a way that will only serve to continue strengthening the belief his Vegas Golden Knights already have. https://t.co/x0utavPwvs
The Carolina Hurricanes Fall First
from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,
The Carolina Hurricanes blinked first.
In this clash of two well-oiled, playoff-savvy title fighters with strong belief and entrenched identities, each slip-up will be magnified.
https://t.co/ZnrpEEgJxR
NHL Short Notes
* A city that waited 20 years for a return to the Stanley Cup Final was treated with a back-and-forth thriller that included fast goals, rallies by both teams and eventually a record-setting victory by the visiting Golden Knights. https://t.co/0eZ25CYUt3
⚔️ Brett Howden leads the NHL with 11 playoff goals, in just 17 GP.
He scored 12 goals all regular season (58 GP)
Even crazier, has 4 years left on his contract at just $2.5M AAV 😳
#ForgedInGold | #StanleyCup
Jordan Staal went 6,202 days between goals in the Stanley Cup Final (with his last coming 6/9/2009). Per @sportradar, that's longest gap between Cup goals breaking his brother Eric's record of 6,198 days (2006 to 2023)
I believe this is mere DAYS short of the NHL record for biggest gap between Stanley Cup Final goals held by ... older brother Eric Staal, also just under 17 full years.