The Stanley Cup is 34.25 inches tall, weighs 34.5 pounds and is made of silver and nickel alloy. Others have played four games in five nights - Boston with the Celtics and Bruins in 1957, New York with the Knicks and Rangers in 1972, the Bay Area with the Warriors and Sharks in 2016 - but none have had a four-day non-stop adrenaline rush. The Heat at the Kaseya Center (June 7, 9) and Panthers at FLA Live Arena (June 8, 10). When they return home for Games 3 and 4, South Florida will experience the greatest four-day sports stretch in its history.īeginning June 7, the two teams will alternate home games for four nights. Sharks lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 5Īreas of the country that had NBA and NHL teams playing in the finals in same year Warriors lose to Cleveland Cavaliers in 7 Nets lose to San Antonio Spurs in 6 games Knicks lose to Houston Rockets in 7 games Knicks lose to Los Angeles Lakers in 5 gamesĬeltics defeat Milwaukee Bucks in 7 gamesīruins lose to Philadelphia Flyers in 6 gamesīulls defeat Portland Trail Blazers in 6 games Louis Hawks in 6 gamesīruins lose to Montreal Canadiens in 6 games

Louis Hawks in 7 gamesīruins lose to Montreal Canadiens in 5 gamesĬeltics lose to St. South Florida joins Boston (three times), New York (twice), Philadelphia, Chicago, Northern New Jersey and the San Francisco Bay Area as the regions to send franchises to the NBA and NHL finals in the same year.īut only will South Florida be able to say it hosted finals games on four consecutive nights. 8 seed in either league to win the championship, hoisting the cup in 2012. The Heat are the second team seeded eighth to play for the championship in the NBA. 8 seed to make the finals since the NHL playoffs went to a new format in 1994. And to get there, both stunned the two teams with the best record in the league, the Bucks in the NBA and the Bruins in the NHL. 8 seeds playing for a title in the same year. The Heat and Panthers both are four wins from a championship. Wrong! Do not let that diminish the historical implications of what we are experiencing in South Florida when the Heat open the NBA Finals Thursday in Denver and the Panthers play Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday in Las Vegas. Koepka rooting for Panthers, Heat: The Florida Panthers are going to the Stanley Cup Final. In fact, it's happened a surprising nine times.ĭolphins want in: Mike McDaniel, Dolphins, taking note of Panthers and Heat success If you are wondering, yes, two teams from the same area have reached the NBA and Stanley Cup finals in the same year. Well, it would make spring break on Fort Lauderdale Beach and the Ultra Music Festival in Miami each look like a 'normal tourist visit.' Now, to have Matthew Tkachuk and Jimmy Butler tossing each other a trophy during a dual championship celebration boat parade on the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale or Biscayne Bay (or both, why not?), that would be … We can dream, can't we? But just having those two iconic pieces of hardware on display in the same area, at the same time, as the Florida Panthers attempt to have their names etched onto the Stanley Cup for the first time and the Miami Heat seek their fourth Larry O'Brien Trophy, is surreal. Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley meet Larry O'Brien. And the beautiful weather and the whole vibe, so it’s just a snowball effect.View Gallery: Florida Panthers advance to Stanley Cup Finals Of course, it starts with LeBron James when he announced that he was coming to Miami (in 2010). What’s happening is Florida’s becoming the go-to destination. “Every now and then all the stars are aligned,” said Ed Schauder, a sports and entertainment lawyer who now lives in Florida. Florida having no state income tax makes the contracts signed by Messi, Jimmy Butler and Matthew Tkachuk worth more than in many other places, and it plays a role in elite athletes wanting to call the state home. Some of it is coincidental, but certainly not all of it. Now that he is here, I think all the futbol-slash-soccer fans from all over the world are going to come here and get an opportunity to watch him compete. Obviously, us being in the finals and having an opportunity to do something special.

“I’m excited for the city of Miami in so many different ways. “I’m so excited for the city of Miami, to be able to have a player of that caliber here,” said Heat star Jimmy Butler, who has often said soccer - he calls it futbol - is his favorite sport.

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