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5 historic NHL events that happened last time Donald Trump was POTUS
Donald Trump was elected President of the United States on Wednesday morning. It's the second time now that he has been elected.
He served as President from January 2017 until January 2021. During his first reign, there were five historic NHL events that happened.
5 historic NHL events the last time Donald Trump was POTUS
#1, Penguins go back-to-back
The Pittsburgh Penguins were the first team in the Stanley Cup era to win back-to-back finals.
The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 2016, and then months after Trump became POTUS, Pittsburgh won the Cup again in 2017.
#2, Vegas Golden Knights become an expansion team
The Vegas Golden Knights became an NHL team in 2017.
They became the first major-four pro sports team to be based in Vegas. It was a historic event for the NHL, which later led to the Seattle Kraken expansion, putting the league at 32 teams.
#3, Bubble
The COVID bubble was a historic time in the NHL as well as the world.
The NHL played through the pandemic and, in the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals, it held a bubble in Toronto and Edmonton. All the playoff teams went to one of the cities which allowed the league to finish the 2019-20 season.
#4, Canada division
After the 2020 bubble, the NHL had to re-align the divisions in 2021.
A big part was due to the fact that Canada had a quarantine rule which meant people in America couldn't enter Canada. With that, the NHL was forced to re-do its divisions, which included all the Canadian teams being in a division.
#5, Alex Ovechkin wins first Stanley Cup
In 2018, NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup.
Ovechkin is a future Hall of Famer and one of the greatest hockey players of all time. However, the knock on the Russian was he didn't have a Cup.
But, in 2018, Ovechkin and the Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights to win their first Stanley Cup. Having won the Cup cements Ovechkin's legacy even more.
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