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When Washington and Connecticut look back at the 2016 season, what they will see are two teams that are more similar than different.Both have 13-20 records. Washington is 5-11 at home while Connecticut is 5-11 on the road. The Mystics are 8-9 on the road while the Sun are 8-9 at home.But the main similarity is that both are on the outside, looking in as the regular season concludes for the two at Washington on Sunday.The Mystics and Sun will look back at this season and see a pair of losing streaks that doomed their chances.Losing the first three games of the season set the tone for the Mystics.Washington bounced back and was 9-8 entering play in July. Then came a seven-game losing skid and the Summer Olympics break, and the Mystics hopes had long since faded.Hopes were sky-high for the Sun after they won all three preseason games. But those hopes came crashing won when they promptly opened the season by losing seven of their first eight games.Connecticut never did find a rhythm until right before the Olympics break. The Sun played better and had a three-game win streak that provided a bit of false hope.On Sunday, players can make a statement with only their pride on the line.Alex Bentley leads the Sun in scoring at 13.0 points per game, but she has struggled a bit of late. Chiney Ogwumike has been a constant. She is coming off a double-double -- 13 points and 13 rebounds-- in a 33-point win over the Dallas Wings on Friday. For the season, Ogwumike has pumped in 12.7 points per game and grabbed a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game.Looking to next season, the Sun will have Morgan Tuck back. Tuck, the third overall pick in the 2016 draft, played in 26 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury. She finished the season averaging 7.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.The silver lining for the Mystics this season has been the play of center Emma Meesseman. Second on the team in scoring at 15.2 points per game, the fourth-year pro has developed into the leagues top 3-point threat.She leads the league at 45.5 percent from beyond the arc and overall she connects on 53 percent from the field, which ranks her just outside the top 10.Between Meesseman and Tayler Hill, who leads the team at 15.6 points per game, the Sun have a solid one-two punch on offense.The Mystics beat the Sun on May 21, 84-76. Hill made 10of 11 free throws and scored 24 in that game.On June 14, the Mystics won an epic three-overtime game, 109-106. Meesseman led the way with 23 in the victory. NBA Jerseys Store . 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But none of them could have imagined it would happen this way: Bolland scoring the game-winner with just under a minute left, the second goal in 17 seconds to stun the Bruins. And while the 27-year-old winger from Toronto seemed too stunned amid the Cup celebration to revel in his hero status, Julia — six months pregnant — couldnt contain her emotions in the moment. "At first I didnt know that he scored," she said. "And then when I found out I started crying and fell to the ground. My mother-in-laws like, Get up, youre going to hurt the baby. It was crazy. It was so fast." Drew Bolland was worried too, but no harm was done. The Bollands beamed as they posed with the Cup. "Its like a dream," Drew Bolland said. "Its one thing winning the Stanley Cup back three years ago, but to come back here, you start thinking, Hey, itd be great if he won the Stanley Cup again. But to score the winning goal just blows your mind away." Bolland made one of the more thrilling endings in Cup final historry sound routine.dddddddddddd Bryan Bickell tied the score with 1:16 left, and defenceman Johnny Oduyas shot found its way to Bolland on the doorstep. "The puck went back to the D, he shot it," Bolland said. "All I knew was it was sitting in front of me, so I had to tap it in." Theres plenty of history between Bickell and Bolland, who played together in the Greater Toronto Hockey League from the ages of 12 to 15. "They were friends all through hockey, so that was unbelievable," Drew Bolland said. "A GTHL guy scores the tying goal, and David scores the winning goal." Bolland, almost stoically called it a "big feeling" to score the Cup-winning goal. "We all dream about scoring that Stanley Cup winner to hoist the Cup, so check that one off the bucket list," he said. In four years, Bolland will have his name on the Stanley Cup twice. A tattoo on his wrist marks the 2010 title, and hell get another for 2013 "somewhere." With Julia due to give birth to the couples first child in three months, the Bolland family has plenty to celebrate. They already know its a girl, and her name will be Lincoln. "Maybe Stanley," Carol-Ann joked. "Not for a girl," Julia said, still smiling. Thats not even necessary, as Bollands goal made for an unforgettable Stanley Cup story to tell his daughter one day. ' ' '