FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers became Stanley Cup champions for the second straight year Tuesday night after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1, and their championship parade is now scheduled for this weekend.
The parade will be held at noon Sunday and travel down A1A in Fort Lauderdale beach.
“We’ll kick off the parade just south of the Bonnet House, make our way all the way down A1A and go south of Las Olas, where the stage is going to be on the sand and it’ll be pretty much the same like that,” Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Steven Glassman said. “There will be ways for people to take the water taxi to the beach, there will be ways for people to take the shuttle to the beach. All of that information will be coming out in the next few days.”
Congratulations to our very own Florida Panthers for winning the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive year!! Stellar back-to-back championships. Looking forward to another great parade on our beach. pic.twitter.com/9LvwINcI8T
— Mayor Dean J. Trantalis (@DeanTrantalis) June 18, 2025
At least 200,000 people gathered to watch last year’s parade, despite heavy rainfall.
The Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.
Sam Reinhart scored four goals, becoming just the sixth player in league history and the first since Maurice Richard in 1957 to get that many in a game in the final. His third to complete the hat trick sent rats, along with hats, flying onto the ice. Matthew Tkachuk, one of the faces of the franchise, fittingly scored the Cup clincher.
More rats were part of the victory celebration when the clock hit zeroes. Panthers players mobbed in the corner, while the Oilers watched in dismay.
“We’ve got to be a dynasty now,” Tkachuk said. “Three years in a row -- finals, two championships. This is a special group.”