Inside the Golden Knights’ wild Vegas party: Stanley Cup champs show off the trophy in a nightclub, Steve Aoki DJs – and champagne-soaked captain Mark Stone dons an Elvis Presley wig
The Las Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history Tuesday night after defeating the Florida Panthers in Game 5 – and the winners’ victory celebrations were certainly befitting of the moment.
Starting in the locker room after the game, players doused each other in champagne following the 9-3 series-clinching win, with Jack Eichel and Jonathan Marchessault among those to take turns drinking out of the Stanley Cup.
Captain Mark Stone also let his hair down – literally – as he put on an Elvis Presley wig and glasses during the celebration.
From there, it was off to the club, as players turned up for DJ Steve Aoki’s performance at Omnia Nightclub.
Aoki, a Vegas resident, got fans pumped up before the win with a pregame set outside Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates with the Stanley Cup after the win
Captain Mark Stone had a hattrick in the win as his team won its first-ever title
Nicolas Hague of the Vegas Golden Knights pours a drink into the Stanley Cup
Stone dressed up in an Elvis wig and glasses in the locker room during the celebrations
Jonathan Marchessault of the Vegas Golden Knights drinks from the Stanley Cup in t
And he brought the energy later in the night as well as he celebrated with Aces players and they even allowed him to lift the Stanley Cup.
Aoki donned a Golden Knights jersey during his Omnia set as highlights of the team played on a screen, and he later locked arms with the players and danced while standing on an elevated surface.
Even ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch made an appearance.
Later, Aoki played the Queen classic ‘We Are the Champions’ for the newly-crowned winners, with goaltender Adin Hill later getting on the mic to rap Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself.’
The Golden Knights won their first Cup just six years after their inception – exactly the time period that owner Bill Foley predicted.
DJ Steve Aoki and Golden Knights players lifted the Stanley Cup later at Omnia Nightclub
Aoki danced with players and sung ‘We are the Champions’ after the team’s win
Goalkeeper Adin Hill grabbed the mic to rap Eminem’s classic ‘Lose Yourself’ in the club
Vegas closed out the series in five games to win the cup before a delirious franchise-record crowd of 19,058 at T-Mobile Arena that drowned out the pregame introductions of forward Jonathan Marchessault and goalie Hill and cheered all the way through the final buzzer.
‘Vegas, you certainly know how to throw a party,’ NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told the crowd. ‘What’s going on inside this arena and outside is incredible and a testament to what a great hockey market this is.
‘What has happened here has been simply incredible. Not only is Vegas a hockey town, it’s a championship town.’
Stone’s recorded a hattrick in the win – the first in a Stanley Cup Final since Colorado’s Peter Forsberg in 1996, also against the Panthers.
The Knights got the rest of their scoring from Nic Hague, Alec Martinez, Reilly Smith, Michael Amadio, Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy.
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