Canadians should wait at the very least one other 12 months to see a crew north of the border raise the Stanley Cup.
Canada’s NHL championship drought prolonged to 33 years on Monday when the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 in Sport 5 of the Japanese Convention Closing of the NHL playoffs.
It’s the primary time in three seasons {that a} Canadian crew hasn’t made the Stanley Cup remaining, after the Oilers misplaced to the Florida Panthers in consecutive years.
The 1993 Montreal Canadiens are the final Canadian crew to seize hockey’s high prize.
The 2006, 2024, and 2025 Edmonton Oilers, 1994 and 2011 Vancouver Canucks, 2004 Calgary Flames, 2007 Ottawa Senators, and 2021 Canadiens all misplaced within the Stanley Cup remaining to an American crew.
The earlier longest drought between Canadian Stanley Cup champions was a six-season hunch from 1936 to 1941.
The Habs have been the final Canadian crew remaining within the NHL playoffs, after the Ottawa Senators and Edmonton Oilers have been eradicated within the first spherical.
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