For the second straight year a former Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey player is guaranteed to hoist the Stanley Cup. Following a 1-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night in Game 7, Ryan McDonagh and the Tampa Bay Lightning are back in the Stanley Cup Finals. Earlier in the week Cole Caufield and the Montreal Canadiens punched their ticket to the finals, thanks in no small part to Caufield’s four goals in the conference finals.
In a tightly contested Game 7, McDonagh helped the Lightning pitch a shutout.