Good afternoon hockey fans! I am coming to you with my friend Kathleen from the Floral Park Rec Center on this hot but beautiful day in Floral Park, NY. While in Tampa Bay this evening the Colorado Avalanche play Game 6 against the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Colorado is trying to win its first Cup since 2001 when Peter Forbserg, Patrick Roy, and Joe Sakic took home the title. Now 21 years later, the likes of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, and Nazem Kadri try to build their own legacy.
Now let’s turn our attention to the reigning champions, the Lightning. The Lightning are trying to build a dynasty by becoming the first three time consecutive Cup winner since the New York Islanders in the late 80s.
That team boasted Billy Smith, Bryan Trottier, and the late Mike Bossy. With the likes of Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nikita Kucherov, and Steven Stamkos, this team will back down without a fight. But I think Colorado has too much fire power to handle. So my prediction is Colorado wins the Cup tonight 3-2 in overtime to crown a 2022 champion. You can catch all the action tonight at 8pm on ABC or streaming on ESPN+. Enjoy the hockey everyone!
I am going to camp so I will see you in a couple weeks!
