Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Lightning's Jon Cooper rooting for Connor McDavid to finally get his Stanley Cup“I’ve been extremely fortunate to be part of two Cup winners and if somebody else is going to win it, I want it to be guys you really like and respect and you see the time they’ve put into this league and made it a better league."
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Head coach Jon Cooper of Team Canada speaks to his players after the team's 3-2 victory in the Men's Semifinals Playoff match between Canada and Finland on day fourteen of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 20. Photo by Jamie Squire /Getty ImagesArticle contentJon Cooper, the longest-serving NHL coach, has two Stanley Cup rings in Tampa Bay and craves more on his watch, but if the Canadian Olympic team bench boss can’t win another one, he badly wants Connor McDavid to experience the absolute joy.
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He’s seen 97’s exhausting push to excel and win, up close.
Article content“Connor’s got a special place in my heart. You meet these kids and you want to know as a coach if their personality and drive match the talent they show, and with Connor McDavid it does,” said Cooper, who had the Edmonton Oilers captain wearing the C for Team Canada during the last two games in Milan with Sidney Crosby out with a sprained knee.
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