No practice tomorrow, guys *

By Kevin Roderick | June 9, 2010 10:45 PM

blackhawks-tribune.jpgThe Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup tonight in Philadelphia, in sudden-death overtime. That doesn't quite leave the Los Angeles Kings as the NHL team that has gone the longest without a championship — but almost. (The Toronto Maple Leafs last won in 1967, and the Kings and St. Louis Blues came along a few months later.) Former Kings Brent Sopel and Cristobal Huet kissed the cup tonight, and retired ex-King Jeremy Roenick got literally teary as he commented on the scene for NBC. * Fixed: Kings' drought is not the longest.

Noted: Former King Rob Blake retired after 21 years as an NHL defenseman.

Photo: Chicago Tribune


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