What year was the ice hockey team who defeated the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals established?
2017 Stanley Cup Finals The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016–17 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators, four games to two. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
2015–16 Florida Panthers season The 2015–16 Florida Panthers season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. The Panthers' regular season began on October 10, 2015 against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 7–1 home win. The Panthers won the Atlantic Division but fell in six games in the opening round of the playoffs to the wild card entrant New York Islanders.