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A Salute to Multiple Sports Champions Halfway Through 2025

A Salute to Multiple Sports Champions Halfway Through 2025
Florida Panthers' Sam Reinhart (13) celebrates his goal against Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) as Panthers' Carter Verhaeghe (23) reacts during the first period in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., on June 17, 2025. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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In hockey, the storied Stanley Cup playoffs featured a rarity: only the second rematch of the previous year’s finals in the past 40 years. Once again, the defending champion Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers, preventing the Oilers from being the first Canadian franchise to hoist the Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens did it in 1993. Like last year, the Panthers clinched the cup on home ice, this year in Game 6 after going the full seven games last year. 
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.