The Vegas Golden Knights capped off their sixth season in franchise history by winning the Stanley Cup Finals over the Florida Panthers in five games.
TIME TO CELEBRATE VEGAS 🙌
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 14, 2023
In their sixth NHL season, the Golden Knights are STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS ⚔️🏆 pic.twitter.com/YiUPPCvCQD
The Golden Knights dominated the series-clincher, scoring nine goals in Game 5, which is the most by a team in a Stanley Cup-clinching victory.
Team captain Mark Stone was responsible for three of them, putting up the first hat trick in a Stanley Cup clincher in over a century.
First hat trick in a Stanley Cup-clincher since 1922 💪
Mark Stone did something that hadn't been done in 101 years! pic.twitter.com/lfwwM8BFB1— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 14, 2023
The Stanley Cup win was a huge boost to Las Vegas sports, which recently added an NFL team, the Raiders, and won a WNBA Championship with the Aces. The city is also set to host the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix later this year.
In just the last 7 years, Las Vegas has added the:
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 14, 2023
🏒 Golden Knights
🏈 Raiders
🏀 Aces
🥍 Desert Dogs
⚾️ A's (maybe?)
It's become host to a:
▪️ NFL Draft
▪️ Pro Bowl
▪️ NHL All-Star
▪️ Super Bowl
▪️ Final 4
▪️ F1 Grand Prix
It's now won a:
🏆 WNBA Championship
🏆 Stanley Cup pic.twitter.com/d2AGnBC6Uf
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Vegas Golden Knights: Successful Since Inception
The Golden Knights are one of the rare instances where an expansion team is met with immediate success upon their founding.
They made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in their debut season, the first time such a feat happened in 50 years.
Unfortunately, their dream inaugural season did not meet its happy ending as the Washington Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in five games.
Despite being a relatively young franchise, several fans were awed by the team's success.
A fan sarcastically said that Vegas' drought is finally over.
It’s been a long six years, Vegas. The absolute torture of the Stanley Cup drought hanging over this city is finally over.
— DJ MacKinnon (@djmacjr) June 14, 2023
Another fan was in disbelief on why the Toronto Maple Leafs can't break their 56-year drought.
Six years. Six goddamn years and Vegas has figured out what the Leafs haven't figured out in FIFTY-six years. I'd call it unbelievable ... but I'm forced to believe what I'm seeing.
— Mike Farwell (@farwell_ohl) June 14, 2023
A third fan mocked Canadian teams for their 30-year Stanley Cup drought.
expansion team in vegas winning the cup in just six years, canada in absolute shambles rn
— katie dzwierzynski (@kdzwierzynski) June 14, 2023
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