{"id":711155,"date":"2026-06-02T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711155\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:14:08","slug":"new-quest-for-the-stanley-cup-episode-follows-canadiens-through-ecf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711155\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Quest for the Stanley Cup\u2019 episode follows Canadiens through ECF"},"content":{"rendered":"

What we learned: Early on, the episode highlights Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Newhook<\/a>, who scored the game-winning goal in both of the team\u2019s winner-take-all Game 7s in the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Not only was it the first time in team history that the\u00a0Canadiens won back-to-back Game 7s on the road, Newhook became the first player in NHL history to score the game-winner in both games.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayoffs are about finding ways to win,\u201d Newhook says in the episode. \u201cPlaying in those big moments and scoring big goals is a fun part of hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n

What we kind of knew already: While the Canadiens took Game 1 of the series, the Hurricanes ultimately rebounded to win the next four games and clinch their spot in the Stanley Cup Final. The episode takes fans though a behind-the-scenes look at each game of the series, including an emotional Hurricanes locker room after the series-clinching Game 5 victory.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen<\/a>\u00a0got the celebratory rope from the team after the win, not only for his stellar play throughout the game, but also to honor the late Claude Lemieux<\/a>, who was a longtime advisor to Andersen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just can\u2019t thank you guys enough for the way you guys have supported me the last two days,\u201d Anderson tells his teammates after the game, holding back tears. \u201cIt\u2019s been special. Let\u2019s go get four more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotable: Before Game 5, the Canadiens got together for a team banquet which included a pregame meal and gave players a chance to unwind before taking the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is for sure one of the closest teams I\u2019ve ever been a part of, and I think these are the moments you look forward to the most,\u201d says Canadiens forward Cole Caufield<\/a>\u00a0in the episode. \u201cTalk about something other than hockey and have a good meal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What we learned: Early on, the episode highlights Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Newhook, who scored the game-winning goal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-711155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}