The Golden Knights are two victories away from winning their second championship in four years, leading the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final.

Experience Matters

The Golden Knights have a locker room full of players who have lifted the Stanley Cup, and their experience is especially valuable when the goal of winning it again is so close.

Forward Brett Howden, who has a playoff-leading 13 goals, said, “I think it goes a long way… the experience that we have in this locker room, the leadership, the way we’ve gone through adversity, the way our team stays composed. It just speaks volumes to our locker room.”

Aiming for History

Hockey historian Eric Zweig said the Golden Knights are on the short list of top expansion franchises in NHL history, and another Stanley Cup should put them in the conversation as the best.

Zweig noted that the Golden Knights are already in the company of the Flyers, Islanders, and Oilers, who all had significant success in their early years.

The Golden Knights aren’t overly concerned about history, but they are trying to survive what has been an unexpectedly high-scoring series against the Hurricanes filled with whiplash-inducing momentum swings.

Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.