{"id":705968,"date":"2026-06-15T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705968\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:01:08","slug":"abcs-stanley-cup-final-montage-proved-fans-still-love-a-good-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705968\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC&#8217;s Stanley Cup Final montage proved fans still love a good ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To conclude its 2026 Stanley Cup Final coverage, ABC did something it notably skipped during the NBA Finals: air a concluding montage.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Carolina Hurricanes\u2019 clinching 3-0 shutout of the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 on Sunday night \u2014 their first Stanley Cup since 2006 \u2014 ABC aired a three-minute montage set to \u201cBaba O\u2019Riley\u201d by The Who.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ESPN on ABC showed off a One Shining Moment-esque NHL montage (to \u201cBaba O\u2019Riley\u201d) to close out the Stanley Cup Final coverage. \ud83c\udfd2\ud83d\udcfa\ud83c\udfa5\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StanleyCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#StanleyCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#NHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TwarbKOSbX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TwarbKOSbX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2066372250711052412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans responded warmly, with the consensus being that it was one of the stronger elements of ESPN\u2019s Stanley Cup coverage \u2014 praise that, given some of the criticism the network\u2019s NHL broadcasts have drawn, was not a given.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whatta video. Whatta season. Whatta sport. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NAcRwiCj6p\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/NAcRwiCj6p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Bartner (@MikeBartner) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeBartner\/status\/2066511317775561092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the few things ESPN got right on their coverage. Subban sucks<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PaulCrewe (@Dropkick3points) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dropkick3points\/status\/2066477576697028754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It was pretty damn good!! Great Work!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 6PACandOtto (@6PACandOtto) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/6PACandOtto\/status\/2066373480552210462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sportsnet in Canada produced its own version, running slightly longer and set to \u201cYoung &amp; Wild\u201d by The Strumbellas.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfb6 I stood strong and worked too hard,<br \/>To keep this hope alive \ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thestrumbellas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@thestrumbellas<\/a>\u2018s recap the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs \ud83c\udfd2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZiB2lBvIfE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZiB2lBvIfE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/2066397116516176094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The impulse to close a championship with a montage isn\u2019t new, but it has become increasingly rare. Outside of March Madness and One Shining Moment \u2014 which has aired consistently for nearly four decades \u2014 most networks have quietly abandoned the tradition. TNT Sports bucked that trend earlier this year with a similar piece following its 2026 French Open coverage.<\/p>\n<p>That these moments still resonate when they happen says something. In an era when AI-generated content is creeping into more corners of sports media, a well-crafted, human-made montage set to a classic rock anthem is increasingly the exception.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To conclude its 2026 Stanley Cup Final coverage, ABC did something it notably skipped during the NBA Finals:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[296687,385,212464,99],"class_list":["post-705968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-2026-stanley-cup-final","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-on-abc","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}