The Florida Panthers stuck to recent custom and touched the Prince of Wales elderly executive vice president, advertising and principal branding officer Brian Jennings presented the prize to Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov following a 4 3 win versus the Carolina Hurricanes in Video Game 4 of the Eastern Meeting Final at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Wednesday. Barkov and his teammates presented for images with it before he brought it off the ice." The last point that we're mosting likely to do is be is superstitious about not touching it, " stated onward Matthew Tkachuk, that racked up the game winning goal with 4.9 seconds left in the third period. "Like, no one claimed we were also going to make the playoffs. I assume it's pretty awesome to touch it, lug it around and take pictures with it. We made that point." The Tampa Bay Lightning, who won the Prize each of the previous 3 periods, touched it all 3, yet were defeated in the Mug Final by the Colorado Avalanche in 6 games last period. Prior to that, they won the Mug in 2020 versus the Dallas Stars and in 2021 against the Montreal Canadiens after touching it each 1996, the only various other time Florida won the Prince of Wales Trophy, captain Brian Skrudland lifted the prize; the Panthers were then brushed up by the Avalanche in the Mug will play the Vegas Golden Knights or Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Final. Las vega leads that series 3 1 and can advance to the Cup Final with a win in Game 5 on Saturday 8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, CBC , SN, of the previous seven groups to win the Mug have touched the Royal prince of Wales Prize. Prior to 2020, Sidney Crosby touched it in 2016 and in 2017 prior to assisting the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Cup each period, and Alex Ovechkin did the very same in 2018 with the Washington Capitals, that won the tradition of not touching the Prince of Wales Trophy hasn't exercised well for Eastern Conference champions in recent periods. The Boston Bruins in 2011 are one of the most recent group to win the Cup after choosing not to touch it. The previous 5 teams to refrain from doing so shed the Cup captain Zdeno Chara did not touch the prize in 2019, and Boston lost to the St. Louis Blues in 7 video games in the Mug Final. The New Jersey Devils 2012, Bruins 2013, New York Rangers 2014 and Lightning 2015 all shed in the Cup Final after refusing to touch the of short-lived local realignment because of COVID 19 in 2020 21, the third round of the playoffs was renamed the semifinals, rather than the meeting finals. The Prince of Wales Trophy was granted to the Lightning after they beat the New York Islanders in the Prince of Wales Prize has been granted to the Eastern Seminar champion because the 1993 94 season." [We most definitely really did not do it the very easy method, " Tkachuk claimed. "We made it. I feel like if you're blocking shots, taking hits, doing whatever it takes to win a trophy like that, you might as well appreciate it."  

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