YouTuber Shannon Skanes (aka The Hockey Guy) successfully predicted a 2026 Vegas/Carolina SCF on Sep 24, 2025.

IIHF World Championship Post Game Thread: Finland vs. Canada - 30 May 2026

The World Championship final is set. Switzerland will face Finland. Norway will face Canada in the bronze medal game.

[Gretz] How the Stanley Cup Final teams were built. Only two players selected by either team in the first round. Only one top-5 pick (Svechnikov at No. 2... and oddly enough, Carolina only had the 11th-worst record that year. Big lottery luck).

The Montreal Victoire celebrating their Walter Cup championship with a parade

IIHF World Championship Game Thread: Norway (B2) vs. Switzerland (A1) - 30 May 2026 - 03:20PM CEST

The Carolina Hurricanes are the first Eastern Conference #1 seed to play in the Stanley Cup Finals since Tampa Bay in 2004.