{"id":29644,"date":"2021-07-15T23:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T03:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=29644"},"modified":"2021-07-22T23:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T03:23:25","slug":"auroran-lifts-the-stanley-cup-for-third-consecutive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/auroran-lifts-the-stanley-cup-for-third-consecutive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Auroran lifts the Stanley Cup for third consecutive season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s one heck of a time to be proud to be an Auroran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the third consecutive season, one of the Town\u2019s own has lifted the Stanley Cup and a member of the winning team of arguably the most prestigious trophy in sport is none other than Tampa Bay Lightning forward Barclay Goodrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lightning earned their first ever back-to-back victory in franchise history taking out the Montreal Canadiens in five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodrow put up an exceptional four points in five games throughout the series including a goal in Game Four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadiens, who have done an excellent job in shutting down the opposition\u2019s top players, struggled to deal with Goodrow\u2019s third line along with Blake Coleman and Quebec native Yanni Gourde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the victory amidst celebrations, Goodrow also didn\u2019t hesitate to fire some backlash at Toronto Star writer Damien Cox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cox openly criticized the Lightning\u2019s victory in the playoff bubble in September last year. He tweeted, \u201cNot as difficult to win a cup when there\u2019s no road games, no travel. Still a difficult thing to win it all. Tampa gave lots of sweat and blood to make this happen. But let\u2019s not compare bubble hockey with the real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, Goodrow immediately responded to Cox, stating how hard it was to be away from his family for so long living in a hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently after this win, he replied to the same tweet from a year ago saying, \u201cSooo how about now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequently, many quotes and replies to this tweet heavily mentioned Tampa Bay being $18-million over the salary cap limit in these playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What that means for Goodrow is an uncertain future. Sure, the Lightning would love to keep the 6-foot-2 centreman, however, considering the franchise must alleviate this overage there is no telling what this offseason will look like in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is happening now is a lot of partying and enjoying as the offseason begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the Canadiens, this was their first time returning to the Stanley Cup finals since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were also the last Canadian franchise to lift the trophy. Since then, other teams such as the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators and the Vancouver Canucks (twice) have all had their chances to bring the cup north of the border again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Habs now become a part of that list to fall short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after the victory, the area school where Goordrow studied shared their congratulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Country Day School is incredibly\u00a0proud of alumnus\u00a0Barclay Goodrow ’11\u00a0for capturing a second Stanley Cup in just his second season with Tampa Bay Lightning,\u201d said CDS. \u201cA highpoint for all was Ron MacLean’s shout out on Sportsnet following the big win\u00a0when he mentioned the long-time support of Barclay’s parents, Janice and John Goodrow of Aurora, and\u00a0credited his former CDS\u00a0hockey coaches and teachers\u00a0for helping him along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Belardi<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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