President Joe Biden honored the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday for their 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup wins, marking the first time a championship-winning National Hockey League team has celebrated at the White House since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Florida-based team defeated the Dallas Stars in the 2020 finals in six games, a period in which the NHL and other professional leagues conducted their games in a"bubble" away from fans. They followed up that championship by beating the Montreal Canadiens during in five games in the 2021 finals.Biden called the hockey team"one of the most well-rounded teams in recent memory.
" He added that this past season,"after starting ... with no fans, we capped it off with our second consecutive Stanley Cup championship in front of a roaring capacity crowded Amalie Arena."Ryan McDonagh, a defenseman for Lightning, told the outdoor crowd that it's been a"historic run" for his team."It was the first time we got the hoist the Stanley Cup, an unbelievable feeling that no one can take away from us," McDonagh said of the 2020 win.
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