The Colorado Avalanche Are Your 2022 Stanley Cup Champions

The Colorado Avalanche take home their third Stanley Cup. Defenseman Cale Makar wins the Conn Smythe trophy..

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Cale Makar takes home the Conn Smythe

Liam McHugh: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar wins the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP. He also won the Norris Trophy and is just 23 years old.

First time winners

Peter Baugh: First time Stanley Cup Champions.

Andrew Cogliano: 1140 career games
Jack Johnson: 1024 career games
Erik Johnson: 857 career games

Injured Avs and Lightning

Peter Baugh: Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri’s thumb had multiple breaks. Normally it would have been a six week recovery. He did it in two.

Joe Smith: Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said that had it been a regular season game, they would have called up half of their AHL team. The number and type of injuries was “mind boggling.”

 

Gary Bettman out with COVID, Bill Daly steps in

Pierre LeBrun: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is recovering from COVID, so NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly handles the Stanley Cup presentation.

Doh!
Series recap
Kadri with some parting words

Sipping from the Cup
It keeps on going
Closing montage
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