NHL-Lightning zaps Canada's Stanley Cup dreams

[ASFN Admin]

Canada's Stanley Cup drought will continue for at least another year after the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Wednesday to cap a successful National Hockey League title defence and heap more misery on an ice hockey-mad nation. Not since 1993 has a Canada-based franchise lifted Lord Stanley's treasured trophy, and that winless run will extend to a 29th year after the magic ran out on the Canadiens' postseason adventure. Montreal were a 50-to-1 longshot when the playoffs began seven weeks ago but they defied the odds to become the first Canadian club to reach the final since the Vancouver Canucks a decade ago.

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