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2022 Stanley Cup Final: Pat Maroon is the Tampa Bay Lightning's class clown, motivational speaker and family guy

TAMPA, Fla. -- Pat Maroon was just doing his job.

In Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Tampa Bay Lightning winger passed the puck to teammate Nikita Kucherov. His job was to go straight to the Colorado Avalanche net and get behind their defense. Once he did, he shouted "yeah, yeah!" to Kucherov, who hit him with a pass that Maroon roofed for the Lightning's fifth goal of their 6-2 rout.

After Maroon's wide-grin celebration, the 34-year-old tapped gloves with the 26-year-old Kucherov and said, "Good play .