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How the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup: Live updates

Finally, Andrew Cogliano knows what it feels like to lift the 35-pound Stanley Cup high over his head.

After 1,140 regular-season games — the most of any NHL player since 2007, when he entered the league — and 116 playoff games, Cogliano capitalized on the lifeline he received when he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche from the San Jose Sharks three months ago, helping the Avalanche to a 2-1 win Sunday that completed a six-game Stanley Cup Final win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

“Pretty special,” said a bearded Cogliano, who was the third Avalanche player to receive the Cup, after captain Gabriel Landeskog handed it to Erik Johnson, the longest-tenured Denver athlete. “This was something that at the time of getting traded to Colorado, getting traded to a team like this, that the opportunity was there. You couldn’t ask for a better chance at being part of something special.”

It isn’t the first time Cogliano, a 2005 first-rounder for the Oilers, has been part of a long playoff run. He lost in the conference final twice with the Anaheim Ducks (2015 and 2017) and the Cup Final with the Dallas Stars in 2020.

On Saturday night, according to Avalanche coach Jared Bednar and Conn Smythe winner Cale Makar, it was Cogliano who called a meeting and let loose an impactful speech to his teammates.

That’s the type of thing you add a veteran to a Cup contender for.



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