Jon Cooper is a pretty famous guy right now.
He joined the elite fraternity of head coaches who have won the Stanley Cup three weeks ago in Edmonton when the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars 2-0 in Game 6 of the NHL final – becoming the first B.C.-born head coach ever to win hockey’s most coveted prize.
“That was the hardest cup to win.”
That’s according to Prince George born Jon Cooper who is now a Stanley Cup champion as head coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
They called themselves the Wednesday Night Club.
The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team walked off the court national champions on April 8, 2019, having completed an unprecedented redemption arc after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose in the NCAA Tournament’s first round a year prior.
Lightning captain Steven Stamkos stood in the middle of the team’s dressing room at Rogers Place Wednesday night, likely knowing he had played his last game of the season.
The Lightning coach took criticism for last season’s flop, but he continues to win at a near-unprecedented pace in the NHL.
Ferris State hockey coach Bob Daniels won’t quite ever forget some of the key contributions Derek Lalonde made as a member of his coaching staff. Lalonde is currently coaching for Tampa Bay against Dallas in the Stanley Cup finals.
Will be first coach, former assistant to face each other in championship series
Trotz of Islanders, Cooper of Lightning reminisce about special time at Notre Dame
Paul Maurice has a theory about the rhythm of a new hockey season.
The three coaches couldn’t be from more varied backgrounds.
While his Tampa Bay Lightning players were filming viral videos on jet skis back in Florida, coach Jon Cooper has been situated in one of the least Florida-like locations in the U.S. during the NHL’s paused season.
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