Two Ontario players are now Stanley Cup champions
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The Florida Panthers have made NHL history and two of their players, who call Ontario home, are now celebrating their first big Stanley Cup win.
The Florida Panthers made NHL history on Monday night.
In front of more than 19,000 fans, the team beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 and won the franchise's first-ever Stanley Cup.
It was also a moment two local players – Brandon Montour, the 30-year-old Panthers defenceman from Six Nations of the Grand River, and Steven Lorentz, the 28-year-old Panthers centre from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. – will never forget.
Montour said he can’t wait to bring the Stanley Cup back to Six Nations. Hundreds of fans, as well as his family, have been gathering at the community hall to cheer on their hometown hero throughout the final.
“I’m very proud of him,” Montour’s aunt Jamie previously told CTV News.
Lorentz’s family, meanwhile, watched Game 7 at home.
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