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My Lightning fell short, hats off to Colorado and, now, we get to wait until next season…..such is life as a hockey fan I guess! Now though, two months until the college football season, and this Gator fan is damned well ready!
The Colorado Avalanche are back atop hockey’s mountain after dethroning the two-time defending champions.
Behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history and first in more than two decades by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the final Sunday night.
It’s the first title for this core group led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar and it follows years of playoff disappointment. The Avalanche lost in the second round each of the past three seasons after getting knocked out in the first round in 2018.
With a mix of speed, high-end talent and the experiences gained from those defeats, Colorado broke through this time — earning every bit of the championship by knocking off the team that hoisted the Cup the past two years. Like the Avalanche fully expected, it wasn’t easy.
So, there it is. Sports is down to NASCAR or have they changed the name to WOKECAR yet? Golf? NOPE! Regular season baseball, does not do a ton for me if you cannot watch at the ballpark. so, until September Thank you Bolts! And GO GATORS!
