(Photo Credit: Ken Boehlke, SinBin.vegas)
After four Stanley Cup Finals games, the current situation couldn’t have set up any better for Vegas Golden Knights fans. Their favorite hockey team is 60 minutes away from hoisting the city’s first Stanley Cup trophy. Along with the Las Vegas Aces, the Golden Knights have a chance on Tuesday to deliver the second professional sports championship in city and state history.
"The fans should enjoy their moment. They've been behind this team for 6 years now.
You play for the guys in the room for your family and for the organization but the crest represents the fan base and they're why we're here. So we want to make sure we do right by them." -Cassidy
— SinBin.vegas (@SinBinVegas) June 11, 2023
Funny enough, Stanley Cup champions tend to end a series on the road. The Golden Knights can buck that trend a win in Game 5. Since 2000, 10 teams were presented the 124-year-old trophy on home ice, and only three over the past 10 seasons. That rare occurrence can happen for a fourth time in front of passionate home fans on Tuesday.
SCF Winning Team – Home/Road Clinching Game Since 2013
- 2022: COL – Road
- 2021: TB – Home
- 2020: TB – Neutral
- 2019: STL – Road
- 2018: WAS – Road
- 2017: PIT – Road
- 2016: PIT – Road
- 2015: CHI – Home
- 2014: LA – Home
- 2013: CHI – Road
Tampa Bay snapped the five-year road stretch in 2021 when they defeated the visiting Montreal Canadiens in five games. The Golden Knights could match the Lightning’s approach tomorrow night from T-Mobile Arena.
