ONLY BOBBY ORR AND SERGE SAVARD WE WERE YOUNGER. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE STANLEY CUP MANY. [ ♪♪ ] [ [ ♪♪ ] >> >> CONGRATULATIONS BOTH TO THE LIGHTNING AND THE AVALANCHE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR TERRIFIC SEASONS AND FOR GIVING US A SPECTACULAR STANLEY CUP FINAL. FOR THE LIGHTNING, THIS WAS THEIR THIRD STANLEY CUP FINAL APPEARANCE IN THREE YEARS. >>Cheers and Applause ]. >> A FEAT THAT IS UNMATCHED IN THE NHL IN NEARLY 40 YEARS, AND ONE THAT'S NEVER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE DURING THE SALARY CAP ERA. [ Cheers and Applause ]. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO OWNER JEFF BENNIC, GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD COACH JON COOPER AND ALL THE LIGHTNING PLAYERS ON THIS TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT. [ Cheers and Applause ]. >> FOR THE AVALANCHE, IT'S BEEN 21 LONG YEARS SINCE THEY HOISTED THE STANLEY CUP.
BUT WITH A TREMENDOUS REGULAR SEASON AND A DOMINANT PLAYOFF PERFORMANCE, THEY CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN AND ARE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO THE AVALANCHE PLAYERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR SACRIFICE, THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN WINNING THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER TROPHY IN ALL OF PROFESSION TEAM SPORTS. CONGRATULATIONS, ALSO, TO OWNER STAN AND JOSH, GENERAL MANAGER JOE SAKIC, CHRIS McFARLAND, CHARLOTTE GRAHAM, HEAD COACH JARED BEDNAR AND THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF. ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AND COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO INVITE AVALANCHE CAPTAIN GABRIEL LANDESKOG TO COME OVER AND ACCEPT AND HOIST THE STANLEY CUP. [ Cheers and Applause ]. [ [ ♪♪ ] >> >> Chris: I'LL TAKE ONE LIFT. YOUR RIDE. BEST TRIP. AND ERIK JOHNSON, THE OLD ROOMMATES, LANDESKOG'S FIRST ROOMMATE, HANDS IT OFF TO THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE. >> Craig: THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS AND THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS YOU THINK MAYBE IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
A MAGICAL YEAR, A MAGICAL MOMENT THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER FOREVER. AND ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HOW TEAMMATES REACT TO EACH OTHER. AND HERE NOT SURPRISINGLY, ANDREW COGLIANO, 1140 GAMES IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, HIS 115th PLAYOFF, AND THIS MOMENT HE'S BEEN DREAMING OF HIS ENTIRE LIFE >> Chris: ON THE LOSING SIDE AGAINST TAMPA BAY IN DALLAS, AND YOU HEARD ALL THE REFERENCES DURING THE INTERVIEWS WHEN THE FIRST PLAYERS MENTIONED, ANDREW COGLIANO. AND HERE'S THE GUY WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, COAL HARBOUR, YOU HAVE ANOTHER STANLEY CUP! >> >> YES! YA! YES! >> Craig: ANOTHER GRIZLED VE VETERAN, GIVES THEM OVER A THOUSAND GAMES IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AND A KEY CONTRIBUTOR. WHEN YOU GET INJURIES, GUYS HAVE TO STEP UP AND JOHNSON DID AMAZINGLY >> Chris: HE LOOKS AROUND AND IT'S GOING TO BE NAZEM KADRI WHO COMES BACK FROM THE BROKEN THUMB FOR THE BIGGEST GOAL OF HIS LIFE. AND NOW THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF HIS HOCKEY CAREER. >> Craig: CHRIS, JUST THE NINTH PLAYER IN ALL THE HISTORY TO SC SCORE AN OVERTIME GOAL, NO BIGGER GOAL FOR NAZEM KADRI.
>> Chris: THE GUYS WE HOPE TO SEE TONIGHT WHO HAS LIFTED THE CUP BEFORE, ANDRE BURAKOVSKY WAS WITH WASHINGTON. HE SCORED IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES IN THIS SERIES BUT UNABLE TO FINISH. >> Craig: HOW ABOUT DARCY KUEMPER! SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE GOALTENDER AT THE OTHER END, WELL, HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO. DEALT WITH INJURY, GOT HELP FROM PAVEL FRANCOUZ, BUT IN THE END DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO TO WIN.
AND WHAT A GREAT ACQUISITION AGAIN BY SAKIC ENDING IN THIS MOMENT. >> Chris: TEN WINS FOR KUEMPER; SIX FOR FRANCOUZ. MIKKO RANTANEN LIFTS IT HIGH AS WE JOIN >> Kyle:. >> Kyle: ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALONGSIDE NATHAN MacKINNON. NATE, IN YOUR NINTH YEAR, YOU WON THE BIG ONE. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND HOISTING THAT OVER YOUR HEAD. >> IT'S HEAVY MAN. WHAT A FEELING JUST TO SHARE IT WITH THESE GUYS. WATCH A GUY LIKE COGLIANO HOIST THE TROPHY. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ALL OF US. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT FOR THE WHOLE PLAYOFFS. ABOUT THE GUYS IN THE ROOM. HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. JUST SURREAL. IT HASN'T SUNK IN YET. >> Kyle: I KNOW YOU PUT SO MUCH PRESSURE ON YOURSELF TO BE GREAT EVERY NIGHTMENT WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE NOW TO FINALLY EXHALE KNOWING THAT THE JOB IS DONE? >> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. THIS IS WHAT WE WORK FOR. CAN'T WAIT TO HUG MY DAD.
JUST TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE, YOU KNOW. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO YOU KNOW, NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT SHARING IT WITH MY TEAMMATES AND MY FAMILY. SO IT MEANS EVERYTHING. >> Kyle: YOU MENTIONED THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. YOU'VE BEEN A GUEST AT A COUPLE OF STANLEY CUP PARTIES BACK HOME AT COAL HARBOUR. WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE TO HOST ONE? >> I'VE BEEN THE DRUNKEST GUY AT TWO OF HIS SO HE BETTER BE DRUNK AT MINE.
I HAVE THE NAME ENGRAVED ON THE CUP WITH 87, MY IDOL, AND ALL THE BEST PLAYERS TO PLAY THE GAME. WE GET IT ENGRAVED WITH THESE 26 WARRIORS, JUST A DREAM COME TRUE. >> Kyle: CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANKS. >> Kyle: DAVID AND ELLIOTTE. >> David: WE'RE HERE WITH NAZEM KADRI. LISTEN, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DREAMED OF SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE GUY. WHAT'S IT LIKE NOW? >> IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM NOW. FEELS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT. IN THE FASHION WE DID IT. THE ADVERSITY WE FACED. PICTURE PERFECT. THIS IS INCREDIBLE >> Elliotte: YOUR JOURNEY, YOU GET INJURED AGAINST EDMONTON, YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO PLAY.
THE GAME WINNING GOAL THE OTHER NIGHT. JUST TAKE US THROUGH THE EMOTION OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS. >> SUCH A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE IN TERMS OF EMOTIONS. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I BREAK MY HAND. I THINK I'M DONE. I CAME BACK, I COULDN'T EVEN TIE MY OWN SKATES. COULDN'T TIE MY OWN SKATES. SO A SHOUT OUT TO THE TRAINER TYING MY SKATES BEFORE EVERY GAME. I DON'T CARE, WHATEVER IT TOOK I WAS GOING TO BE OUT HERE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. >> David: YOU HAVE A LOT OF FANS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO, LONDON OF COURSE, TORONTO ET CETERA.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO STAY TO THOSE FANS WHO STUCK WITH YOU AND WANTING TO SEE YOU HAVE THIS MOMENT. >> I LOVE YOU GUYS, I LOVE YOU GU G, THAT'S ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. I HAD SUPPORTERS IN MY CORNER NEVER WAVERED. THOSE GUYS WHO THOUGHT I WAS A LIABILITY IN THE PLAYOFFS YOU CAN KISS MY ASS. [ Laughter ] >> >> Chris: SAMUEL GIRARD WHO WAS HURT IN THE ST. LOUIS SERIES, GOT THE LIFT THE CUP. HAD TO COME IN. THINKING BACK, KADRI UNVEILING THE FACT HE COULDN'T EVEN DO UP HIS SKATES AND WE'LL HEAR THOSE STORIES NOW ABOUT HOW BADLY HURT A LOT OF PLAYERS WERE ON BOTH SIDES TO GET TO THIS MOMENT >> Craig: YEAH, HERE IS WHERE THE JOURNEY IS SO WORTH IT. YOU HEAR ABOUT TEAMMATES, HERE'S A PRETTY BIG TEAMMATE DOWN WITH KYLE.
