Matthew Tkachuk takes the Stanley Cup for a dip in the Atlantic Ocean

UPDATE: The Florida Panthers' Monday night Stanley Cup celebrations have carried through the evening and have spilled out into Tuesday morning, where the team has met up with fans at the famous 'Elbo Room' beachside bar in Fort Lauderdale.

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Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk has become the first Tkachuk to hoist the Stanley Cup.

Tkachuk and the Panthers finally, mercifully clinched the Stanley Cup this evening with a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

And when Tkachuk hoisted the Cup he made sure to find his family in the crowd, including father Keith Tkachuk and brother Brady Tkachuk so that he could celebrate in clear view of them. Brady, captain Ottawa Senators, appeared overcome with emotion in the moment. 

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Just moments after this Tkachuk was interviewed by Sportsnet where he shouted out Calgary Flames fans and assured them that he 'couldn't let Edmonton win.'

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Check out this incredible moment in the wake of the Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup celebration this evening when head coach Paul Maurice was presented with the Cup mid-interview with ESPN's Emily Kaplan:

What a moment!

Maurice is all class, this is a well deserved victory for the hockey lifer.

And if you need any more evidence of his class, here's Maurice just moments earlier personally wishing for a Winnipeg Jets Stanley Cup victory next season:

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Connor McDavid has won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup Playoffs MVP.

McDavid becomes the first forward from a losing team to win the award since Philadelphia Flyers forward Reggie Leach won the award in 1976.

McDavid was not on the ice to accept the award, as he and his Oilers teammates had already departed the ice for their dressing room.

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The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup!

The Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final this evening, clinching the game with a courageous last minute defensive effort from

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Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky may have just made the biggest save of his career. With the Panthers holding a 2-1 lead over the Edmonton Oilers late in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, Bobrovsky made this potential game saver:

UPDATE: Some words from Brady below.

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Just moments after it looked like the Edmonton Oilers would take a 2-1 lead over the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, it's the Panthers who have tallied the go-ahead goal.

Panthers forward Sam Reinhart put his team up 2-1 with a bullet after his teammate Dmitri Kulikov saved a goal in the defensive zone.

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2-1 Panthers!

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Hold the phone! The Edmonton Oilers have tied things up thanks to a breakaway goal from forward Mattias Janmark!

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Tie game!

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The Florida Panthers have struck first in Game 7!

After a lacklustre powerplay to open the game, forward Carter Verhaeghe managed to open the scoring with a beautiful tip in goal to give his team a 1-0 lead over the Edmonton Oilers this evening.

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1-0 Cats early!