The way it was presented, like you couldn't pick it apart, it was just perfect the way the whole thing went down. The ring, it exemplified everything that happened to us. "Anytime you go through something like that, it's the memories that you relive. "Magical night," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said of the ceremony at the Viniks. Upon lifting the lid, the ring was displayed, held in place by a locking clasp, and a video montage of playoff highlights and a message from the Viniks played on a screen on the lid's underside. The box could only be opened by a special key unique to each one. Each player, coach and staff member was presented a box with his or her name on it. It wasn't just the championship ring that was elaborate, however. "We just really as a mark in our season we got together." "That was a big part of our season was that trip to Stockholm, kind of bonding as a group, won both games," Hedman said. They arrived in Stockholm with a losing record at 6-5-2. Tampa Bay went 35-16-4 in the 55 games that followed their return from Sweden, the most wins in the NHL over that stretch. The Lightning swept the Sabres in the Global Series, winning 3-2 Novemand 5-3 November 9, 2019.
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The inside also displays the results of each playoff round - 4-1 CBJ, 4-1 BOS, 4-2 NYI and 4-2 DAL - and an engraving of each player's unique signature.Īnd the coup de grace: the diamond-encrusted Stanley Cup on top of the ring can be lifted up and rotated 90 degrees to reveal a black diamond representing a hockey puck and the word "STOCKHOLM", recalling the location of the NHL Global Series games the Lightning took part in against the Buffalo Sabres in early November, a trip that galvanized the team and was the start of them coming together to become the championship group they would finish the season as.
On the bottom of the ring, "GRAVY TRAIN", the Bolts' win song during the 2019-20 season, played as the team entered the locker room after another victory, is displayed.Įngraved inside the ring is 216:14, the number of overtime minutes played during the postseason, most of those coming in the five-overtime Game 1 of a First Round series versus the Columbus Blue Jackets. The other side of the ring features each player's name, along with their number in diamonds.
On one side of the ring, the Tampa Bay Lightning logo is displayed under the words "CHAMPIONS" and "2020 DISTANT THUNDER", a nod to the fans and the team's playoff motto as all 25 playoff games and 65 days in total were spent in Toronto and Edmonton bubbles, playing in empty arenas but with Bolts Nation cheering on the team from afar. More Info: A first look at the Lightning's 2020 Stanley Cup Ringsīut more than the size and number of precious gems, the ring has an abundance of nuances that are unique to the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. "It's huge," Lightning defenseman and 2020 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Victor Hedman said when asked what stood out about the ring the most. Most teams were scheduled to resume play on December 28, but the home games of all seven Canadian teams through early January were further postponed due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions imposed by local health officials.The championship ring is crafted in 14-karat white gold and features approximately 557 diamonds and 81 custom-cut genuine blue sapphires, the combined weight of which is 25.0 carats, making it the largest ring by carets in the history of ring manufacturer Jostens. On December 22, all games were suspended league-wide through at least December 26 (officially termed as an extension of the regularly-scheduled Christmas break), in order to reconcile COVID-19 outbreaks that have impacted a large number of teams and resulted in various game postponements.
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The league had an October-to-April scheduling and a full 82-game regular season for the first time since the 2018–19 NHL season as the previous two NHL seasons were shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league expanded to 32 teams with the addition of the Seattle Kraken. The 2021–22 NHL season is the 105th season of operation (104th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). Please contact us if you have any questions. Solid sterling silver Or brass with gold plating.Ībout 10 days to make a new ring for you if your size is out of stock. High AAA graded studded PRONG SET Cubic Zirconia stones on top. All pictures of this Tampa Bay Lightning 2021 ring were taken in kind, what you see will be what you receive.
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