Sure, Corey Perry is in the Stanley Cup Final for a fourth time in five years, but he lost his three previous trips.
Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe reacts after scoring a goal during the first period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Edmonton Oilers Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. SUNRISE, Fla. —
“I always had the drive to kind of get better, and I knew I had the talent and I think it just took a little longer for me,” Verhaeghe said. “It took a long time to get here. I think no path is straight, and I think for me it definitely hasn’t been straight. I’ve definitely been to a lot of different places, and everywhere I went I tried to take from that experience and kind of learn from my experience of where I’ve been and try to get better.
“He is definitely an elite player, he has elite speed and goal-scoring ability and he works on it every single day,” captain Aleksander Barkov said. “He has a goal-scoring mindset where he wants to shoot the puck, and he knows how to shoot it. He’s been working on it every single day. That’s why he’s had success.”
Skating was an issue, so he worked on that and took it from a weakness to a strength. Verhaeghe improved it to the point that he made his NHL debut with the Lightning in 2019.“He is an unusual performer, that man,” Maurice said. “He is so good in the most intense and almost chaotic play. He can raise that level.”___From the World Series to the Paralympics, here's a look at some of the more famous sports cheating scandals in history.
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