The Tampa Bay Lightning became only the third back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in the last quarter of a century with a 1–0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. The Lightning clinched the best-of-seven series 4–1 in front of a packed arena to end a magical run by Montreal, who were Canada’s latest hope of ending the ice hockey-mad country’s longest Stanley Cup drought. No Canada-based team has won the Cup since Montreal in 1993. Unlike last year, when Tampa Bay won the Cup without fans present inside the NHL’s biosecure bubble in Edmonton, they did not squander a chance to close out the series in front of their boisterous supporters. “To do this in front of our fans and our family, we didn’t get a chance to do that last year,” said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos. “That was huge motivation for this group. “It doesn’t take anything away …