Former Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy says he’s bringing the Stanley Cup to Cape Cod this summer season

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The Stanley Cup may make a number of journeys to Massachusetts this summer season.

Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy holds up the Stanley Cup after the Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Knights won the series 4-1.
Bruce Cassidy may deliver the Stanley Cup again to Massachusetts within the coming months. (AP Picture/John Locher)

The Stanley Cup is coming to Massachusetts this summer season.

Simply not within the method most Bruins followers hoped for.

Whereas the Bruins’ season got here to a crushing finish within the first spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, their former coach Bruce Cassidy lifted hockey’s prime prize on Tuesday evening with the Vegas Golden Knights.

And after successful the Cup in his first season with Vegas, Cassidy is planning on bringing some spectacular {hardware} down the Cape within the coming months.

Cassidy advised NHL.com’s Amalie Benjamin and different reporters following the Golden Knight’s 9-3 championship clincher that his day with the Stanley Cup will probably be held in Cape Cod, the place he and his household normally spend their summers.

Throughout Vegas’ championship spherical in opposition to the Florida Panthers, Cassidy admitted that he was nervous in regards to the jeers his household would obtain this summer season if Boston gained the Stanley Cup in its first yr with out him on the helm. 

Honest to say, the Cassidy clan gained’t have to fret about that going ahead.

“I’m an enormous boy. I can take care of it,” Cassidy advised The Athletic’s Jesse Granger. “What I used to be extra involved with was we’ve a home in Cape Cod, and we prefer it there in the summertime. We have now numerous roots there. I labored there for 15 years and the youngsters had been born there.

“I used to be somewhat relieved after [the Bruins] misplaced within the playoffs for my youngsters not having to listen to about ‘Oh, in case your dad had executed a greater job…’ You realize what I imply? Youngsters say issues. … I consider my youngsters every single day, as a result of in the event that they’re completely satisfied I’m completely satisfied, and in the event that they’re unhappy I’m unhappy. I used to be so relieved from that time, for them.”

Cassidy won’t be the one Golden Knight to deliver the Cup to the Bay State.

North Chelmsford native and Boston College product Jack Eichel will probably take his flip with the Stanley Cup someplace close to his hometown this summer season.