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Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk helps raise the Stanley Cup trophy after defeating the … More Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers for the second straight year in a row to capture the Stanley Cup on June 17. This marks the sixth Stanley Cup final in a row featuring a hockey team from the Sunshine State. It has been an incredible stretch of hockey at the highest levels for both the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. On the other side of the emotional spectrum, Canadians are once again left waiting to bring the Cup back to the birthplace of ice hockey. There was a sense that this might finally be the year Canada broke its long, frustrating drought. Hopes were high going into this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, as five of seven Canadian NHL teams qualified for the postseason. The last time a Canadian team won the cup was in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings. Portrait of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team as they pose on the after defeating the Los Angeles … More Kings in the Stanley Cup finals, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 9, 1993. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images) Getty Images That was also the debut season for the Tampa Bay Lightning and came just one year before the Florida Panthers joined the league. In the time since, teams from Florida have hoisted the Cup five times. EDMONTON, ALBERTA – SEPTEMBER 28: Steven Stamkos #91 of the Tampa Bay Lightning hoists the Stanley … More Cup overhead after the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the…

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