Not even the rainy weather could keep fans away from Fort Lauderdale Beach to help the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers celebrate their first-ever Stanley Cup championship.
Crowds flocked to Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard to cheer the double-decker busload o' skaters as a phalanx of motorcycle cops escorted them southward through the gloom.
Some Panthers even descended from their bus-top perches before the procession reached the stage at the end of the parade route — perhaps most notably Matthew Tkachuk, who stopped off at the iconic Elbo Room watering hole. (Not long afterward, Tkachuk would reprise his Tuesday-afternoon Stanley Cup trophy dip in the Atlantic.)
Browse this selection of scenes from the festivities, courtesy of frequent New Times contributor Michele Eve Sandberg.