On Wednesday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning team defeated the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5 to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup, the prestigious trophy for the winner of the North American National Hockey League. On the winning squad was also the 24-year old Slovak defender Erik Černák. It marks the third time in the franchise's history that Lightning has won the Stanley Cup as they also won it in 2004 and 2020. Erik Černák is the first Slovak hockey player to win the Stanley Cup in two consecutive seasons.
Zuzana Botiková, Photo: AP/TASR
