Panthers Take Stanley Cup For A Swim, Waterboard A Guy With Beer

If you worked your entire life trying to win a Stanley Cup, you wouldn't want to waste any time celebrating with it, and the Florida Panthers certainly didn't waste a second.

I don't know if the fellas got any shut-eye — it's probably safe to assume that they didn't — but Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk had the most famous trophy in sports out on the town in Ft. Lauderdale early Tuesday morning.

Tkachuk — along with his old man Keith Tkachuk (who never won a Cup in his playing days, but damn, he sure deserved one) — hit the Elbo Room in Ft. Lauderdale, and got there by gold cart.

Very South Florida…

If you thought the Cup was there just for a photo op, you are mistaken, and must not be well-versed in how these celebrations tend to go. 

Throw some brewskis in that thing and let's get this party started!

The Cats even let some fans get in on the fun, including this guy who looked like he was getting waterboarded by a deluge of suds from the Stanley Cup.

If I'm being honest with you, this is how I'd like to go out. Drowning in a shower of Stanley Cup beer. That would be a real "He died doing what he loved." 

But if you thought dousing fans with beer was the extent of the celebrations, again, you. are mistaken (stop doing that). They decided the Cup needed a quick dip in the ocean.

However, first, it had to be Frogger-d across the street, which could be seen on the Elbo Room's live stream camera.

Once it was on the beach, Matt Tkachuk took off his championship belt (which you can buy) and took the most famous trophy in sports for a swim.

I can assure you, this would not have happened if Edmonton had won…

Although, I don't want to be that guy, but is salt water good for the Stanley Cup? I can't imagine it is. I'm sure Keeper of the Cup Phil Pritchard (legend) was having a panic attack watching this go down.

But what a day for the Stanley Cup, which I think will have a wild summer ahead of it.