Overview
- Florida Panthers clinched their second straight Stanley Cup with a 5-1 Game 6 win over the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night.
- Predawn crowds convened before 6 a.m. at the Elbo Room dive bar, where captain Aleksander Barkov hoisted the trophy around 6:30 a.m.
- Attendance swelled from a few dozen to about 100 as fans in jerseys lined Las Olas Boulevard and cheered the arrival.
- Last year’s beer-soaked celebration at the oceanfront bar, led by Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett, has become a team ritual.
- A celebratory parade in Fort Lauderdale is scheduled for Sunday to honor the back-to-back champions.