AHL grads lead Lightning to Stanley Cup
The Tampa Bay Lightning captured the Stanley Cup on Monday night with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars to win the NHL’s championship series, four games to two.
The Tampa Bay Lightning captured the Stanley Cup on Monday night with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars to win the NHL’s championship series, four games to two.
For most of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars, the Stanley Cup Final is a new NHL experience. But it’s not completely new thanks to their time in the AHL.
Corey Perry scored 9:23 into the second overtime period on Saturday night to lift the Dallas Stars to a season-saving 3-2 win over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final.
Kevin Shattenkirk scored 6:34 into overtime as Tampa Bay defeated Dallas, 5-4, in Game 4 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final on Friday night.
The Tampa Bay Lightning took a 2-1 series lead in the 2020 Stanley Cup Final with a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 3 on Wednesday night.
The Tampa Bay Lightning scored three times in less than four minutes during the first period and held on for a 3-2 win over Dallas in Game 2 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final on Monday night.
Connor Hellebuyck and Roman Josi were among several American Hockey League alumni who captured NHL awards as they were announced Monday night.
Joel Hanley and Joel Kiviranta – two players who spent a majority of the 2019-20 season in the American Hockey League – provided an offensive spark to help the Dallas Stars to a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final.
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars head into the 2020 Stanley Cup Final stocked with AHL All-Stars, Calder Cup winners and other alumni of the American Hockey League.
When you watch Carter Verhaeghe on the ice with the Lightning, he’s a player who battles every shift — and that’s a perfect way to describe his road to the National Hockey League.