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The 2023 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2022–23 season and the culmination of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers four games to one in the best-of-seven series to earn their first championship in their sixth season.
The 2022–23 Vegas Golden Knights season was the sixth season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season . On March 30, 2023, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth after the Nashville Predators lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, returning to the playoffs after missing the previous postseason. [2]
The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. Founded in 2017 as an expansion team, the team is the first major sports franchise to represent Las Vegas.
2011–present. Jonathan Marchessault ( English: / ˈmɑːrʃəsoʊ /; [1] né Audy-Marchessault; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Panthers .
Goaltenders. Marc-Andre Fleury played in 46 games during the inaugural season of the Golden Knights, later winning the Vezina Trophy in 2021. Adin Hill started 14 playoff games in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, including all five games of Vegas' Finals victory. Logan Thompson is one of two goaltenders to have played 100 games with Vegas.
Date. Longest winning streak. 10 games. April 9 – April 28, 2021. Longest home winning streak. 8 games. October 15 – November 24, 2017. Longest road winning streak. 7 games.
Dave Goucher [5] – Golden Knights play-by-play. Shane Hnidy [11] – Golden Knights color commentator. Darren Eliot – Golden Knights studio analyst. Ashali Vise – Golden Knights rinkside reporter. Gary Lawless – Golden Knights reporter/radio color commentator. Dan D'Uva - Golden Knights radio play-by-play.
The Golden Knights joined the NHL as an expansion team in 2017. The team's first head coach, Gerard Gallant, was hired on April 13, 2017. [1] Gallant was fired on January 15, 2020, and replaced by recently fired San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer. [2] DeBoer served as head coach until his firing on May 16, 2022. [3]