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The ‘biggest attribute’ John Tortorella has seen in Golden Knights’ run to Final
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The Vegas Golden Knights took Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final over the Carolina Hurricanes . It was a historic victory for the Golden Knights , coming back from multiple goals down in the game.
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As the Golden Knights sit just three games away from lifting the Stanley Cup, head coach John Tortorella is giving the reason for the team's success, per Mike Zeisberger of NHL.com.
"I think that the biggest thing that showed up is there wasn't panic," he said. "We knew — and again, it looked bad, we're down 2-0 — but I still thought we got to our game early in a few shifts but we're down 2-0. I just think we kept our patience, tried to find our game more consistently and we did. Still made some mistakes at crucial times in the second period. I thought we had a few mistakes in the third period we're going to have to correct, but I just thought we stayed together. "
The Golden Knights could have easily panicked. They gave up a goal just 25 seconds into the game, and were down by two just 12:08 into the contest. Still, they made the comeback. Vegas scored just 1:20 after the Hurricanes, and then tied the game 30 seconds into the second period.
"I think that's the biggest attribute I've seen with this team in the short time I've been with them is they stay together. They don't break apart and I think that gets you through some situations. We're playing against a very good team. We're going to have things happen to us tomorrow. But we're going to have to stick together to try and find a way," Tortorella continued.
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The never-give-up attitude of the Golden Knights has led them all the way to the Stanley Cup Final. Now, they look to take a 2-0 series lead on Thursday night in Game 2 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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