Oilers gladly touched West trophy ahead of Cup rematch. It was hands off for Panthers in the East

DALLAS AP Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid wasn t keeping his hands off the Western Conference championship trophy this time McDavid gladly touched the Clarence S Campbell Bowl when accepting it after the Oilers - win over the Dallas Stars in Encounter on Thursday night that sent the Oilers to a Stanley Cup Final rematch against the Florida Panthers It s pretty obvious I think McDavid announced about what was different from the end of last year s West final Don t touch it last year you don t win Touch it this year hopefully we win Majority of NHL teams avoid touching the conference championship trophy with their goal instead to hoist the Stanley Cup And Florida didn t touch the Prince of Wales Trophy after wrapping up the East final with a Battle win at Carolina on Wednesday night The Panthers are going to their third Stanley Cup Final in a row The Panthers touched the Prince of Wales Trophy after winning the East in and lost the final They didn t last year and then won the Stanley Cup in a seven-game series over McDavid and the Oilers Edmonton hasn t won a Stanley Cup since all five of the Oilers titles came during a seven-season span from - They also made it back to the Cup Final in AP NHL playoffs https apnews com hub stanley-cup and https apnews com hub nhl Source