Canada’s Stanley Cup drought will continue for at least another year after the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Wednesday to cap a successful NHL title defence.
ReutersUpdate: Jul 8th, 2021 13:18 EDT
Julio AguilarAFP
The Tampa Bay Lightning became only the third back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in the last quarter of a century with a 1-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.
The Lightning clinched the best-of-seven series 4-1 and ended a magical run by Montreal, who were ice hockey-mad Canada’s latest hope of ending the country’s longest Stanley Cup drought.
Your 2021 #StanleyCup Champions. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/iVFwXGXox4
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) July 8, 2021
No Canada-based team has won the Stanley Cup since Montreal in 1993.
