As the final buzzer sounded, the thousands gathered at Tivoli Quad for the official watch party poured out, if not visibly frustrated than illustratively so with certain fingers pointed at the screen
The Tampa Bay Lightning stopped a Mile High Celebration Friday night, even as thousands of Coloradans gathered in downtown Denver hoping to mark the city’s first major professional championship since the 2016 Super Bowl. Instead, the Colorado Avalanche will head back to Florida, with hopes of bringing back a Stanley Cup.
“I never saw our first cup, so this is insane for me,” Jordan Manning, 21, of Denver, said from a watch party at McGregor Square before the game started. “Everyone’s super hyped up — longtime fans excited, new fans because we made it.” When Denver tied it again, 2-2, at the start of the third period, fans at Tivoli and inside Ball Arena broke into chants of “We want the cup!” A rainbow had just broken out over downtown. Ten thousand fans balanced on the edge of a hockey skate’s blade, ready for every play to lead to heartbreak or ecstasy.
“I think we’re a little hesitant,” Lindsey Sowitch, 18, said in the final minutes. “Hopefully, they can score and it can go into overtime because they’re really good in overtime. We saw that last game.”
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