Pavel Francouz is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender, who most notably played for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Francouz won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022.
Francouz with Czech Republic in 2015
Francouz representing Czech Republic at the 2017 World Championships.
The 2022 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2021–22 season and the culmination of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. The series was between the Eastern Conference and two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Western Conference champion Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, for their third championship in franchise history. Colorado had home ice advantage in the series with the better regular season record.
Andre Burakovsky scored the overtime-winning goal in game one.
Cale Makar scored a power-play goal and short-handed goal in game two.
Steven Stamkos scored a goal and two points in game three.
Nazem Kadri, shown with the Toronto Marlies in 2012, returned to the Avalanche lineup and scored the overtime-winning goal in game four.