“Honestly feel bad” – Pat Maroon felt more for Lightning teammates than own missed Stanley Cup chance


“Honestly feel bad” – Pat Maroon felt more for Lightning teammates than own missed Stanley Cup chance

Pat Maroon

Tampa Bay Lightning left winger Pat Maroon‘s efforts couldn’t turn out to be enough for his side’s fourth straight season win in the Stanley Cup Final. The Lightning went down 1-2 against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 on Sunday at Amalie Arena. 

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The Missouri native Maroon was thinking more about the heartbreak some of his teammates, including Corey Perry, were experiencing. He stated that what the Lightning went through to get there made this loss even tough for him. 

“I honestly feel bad for [Pierre-Edouard] Bellemare, [Riley] Nash, [Nicholas] Paul, [Brandon] Hagel, [Brian] Elliott … ‘Perrs,'” Maroon said, as quoted by NHL.com. “We owe them one and hopefully we’ll be back next year and have a better feeling than this.”

This one stings because of what our guys battled through every single day,” he said. “The injuries … and some people counted us out of being here. This one stings the most.”

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“Didn’t expect to be in this position”

Pat Maroon
Pat Maroon

Maroon, 34, clinched the Cup in the past two seasons with the Lightning and won it in 2019 with the St. Louis Blues. However, he missed out on the golden opportunity to join the likes of Ed Litzenberger (1961 Chicago Black Hawks, 1962-1964 Toronto Maple Leafs), Ab McDonald (1958-1960 Montreal Canadiens, 1961 Black Hawks) and Eddie Gerard (1920-21 Ottawa Senators, 1922 Toronto St. Patricks, 1923 Senators) as the only NHL players to win the Stanley Cup at least four consecutive seasons with multiple teams.

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We didn’t expect to be in this position and shake hands tonight,” Maroon said. “They’re a good team over there. I give them credit for what they’ve been through. They have been through a lot of adversity and downfalls.”

“When the injury report comes out you guys are going to be shocked,” Maroon said. “We’re warriors. I’m just so proud of these guys for what we put ourselves through in the last three years. But with this group, no one really believed in us. We made a run and we fell short tonight.”

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