July 8, 2021 Shirtless Nikita Kucherov rips Canadiens fans after Lightning's Stanley Cup win Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov ranted and raved at the post-Stanley Cup press conference on Wednesday night after the team secured its second consecutive title.
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.
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.
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.
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.
July 5, 2021 Canadiens' Josh Anderson delivers game-winner in thrilling OT victory over Lightning The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final Monday night thanks to Josh Anderson's game-winner.
July 3, 2021 Canadiens ponder lineup changes on brink of elimination Alexander Romanov played 54 games during the regular season for the Montreal Canadiens. Tomas Tatar played 50 and Jake Evans 47.
July 2, 2021 Lightning rout Canadiens 6-3 in Game 3; Tampa Bay one win away from Stanley Cup The Tampa Bay Lightning are just one game away from becoming back-to-back Stanley Cup champions after dominating the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday night to take a 3-0 series lead.
July 2, 2021 Wounded US Marine veteran recalls ‘powerful’ moment before Lightning’s Stanley Cup game Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ty Edwards was given a grim prognosis of ever standing or walking again after he was severely wounded in combat in Afghanistan in 2008 but on Wednesday, the 20-year Marine veteran did just that as he was cheered on by a crowd of more than 17,000 fans at Tampa Bay’s Amalie Arena during the National Anthem before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
July 1, 2021 Canada Dry? Habs seek to end nation's 28-year Cup drought One of hockey’s most iconic shrines still stands at the corner of Atwater and Rue Ste-Catherine, overlooking Cabot Square and amid the Shaughnessy Village’s Victorian grey-stone row houses and Parisian-styled apartment blocks in downtown Montreal.