The New Jersey Devils pose with the Stanley Cup after defeating the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in game seven of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals at Continental Airlines Arena on June 9, 2003 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Devils defeated the Ducks 3-0 to win the Stanley Cup. (Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty Images/NHLI)
The playoffs are in full swing, and the excitement is off the charts. There is nothing in sports like a great Game 7 in the game of hockey. The winner-take-all premise is just unlike anything else. Yes, there are Game 7s in other sports, and football’s playoffs are always winner take all, but there’s something about Game 7 in hockey that seems better than anything else.