“It hasn’t sunk in,” Avs forward Logan O’Connor said of winning both titles within five years. “I don’t know when it will. It’s awesome just sharing this with friends, family, all the guys. It’s a dream come true for everyone.”
O’Connor, 25, helped the University of Denver win the 2017 NCAA title in Chicago and he hoisted the Stanley Cup with the Avs on Sunday after a 2-1 Final-clinching victory over Tampa Bay at Amalie Arena.
“It hasn’t sunk in,” O’Connor said of winning both titles within five years. “I don’t know when it will. It’s awesome just sharing this with friends, family, all the guys. It’s a dream come true for everyone.” O’Connor is just the second former Pioneer to go on and win the Stanley Cup. John MacMillan captured NCAA titles with DU in 1958 and 1960 before winning the Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1962 and 1963. MacMillan is the uncle of current DU assistant coach Tavis MacMillan, whom O’Connor played for from 2015-17 at Denver.“The same championship intangibles have to go into it within the team,” he said.
“And honestly, good people throughout the organizations. That’s the biggest thing. DU had great people, we have great people here. You want to go to war a little harder when you have good people in your corner.” O’Connor also won a national title in North America’s premier junior-A loop , the United States Hockey League. He helped the Sioux Falls Stampede with the 2015 Clark Cup.