For the third time in the past six years and the sixth instance in their history, the Chicago Blackhawks won Lord Stanley's Cup, this time defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
It was extra sweet for the Blackhawks to win it in Chicago's United Center, as Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweeted Monday:
It's hard to ignore just how special this team has been in the past six years. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN summed it up nicely:
The Blackhawks certainly had to be dominant, as they faced some seriously stiff competition, per ESPN Stats & Information:
They also won with class in the end. One of the enduring moments of their championship celebration will always be Jonathan Toews handing off the Cup to Kimmo Timonen first in one very simple but profound gesture, as noted by Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
More than a few folks around the NHL were happy to see the 40-year-old Timonen—who is retiring after this year and has suffered from blood clots in the past, which nearly ended his career& ...
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