TAMPA BAY (KMOX) - With a 1-0 victory in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won back-to-back championships and it's three in a row for forward and St. Louis native Pat Maroon.
After the game, Maroon shared video on social media of his mom drinking out of the Stanley Cup:
"I was crying basically on the bench with 1:40 left. I couldn't even throw my stuff off because to be a Stanley Cup champ three years in a row is pretty special. It takes a group. It takes a group of 25 men, and we did it and I'm very proud of these guys. We worked in such a short season, and I'm going to reminisce about this when I retire with my son. But right now, I'm just going to soak it all in."
"This one was special," Maroon said. "It's hard to win, and I was blessed to be a part of good teams and get on a roll. It's hard to go back to back, and to be a part of the group, that's so special. It's just amazing. I was glad my family got to come around the second time around and party with us."
Maroon, 33, won first career Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019. Then he was signed as a free agent by the Lightning before the 2020 season, winning the championship that season and this year.
He is the first player to win the Cup three seasons in a row since a handful of New York Islanders players won it four straight times from 1980-83. He's the first to win it in three straight seasons with different teams since Ed Litzenberger won four straight from 1960-64 with the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs.
"I guess you could put me in some good company," Maroon said. "I'm truly blessed, like I said. I love the game of hockey. I work my tail off every single day, and sometimes you get to play on good teams where you have to play a good role, and I came to Tampa and felt like we had a chance to win. It takes a lot to win one, but it takes a lot more to win two."
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