{"id":410224,"date":"2026-01-16T05:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410224\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:14:13","slug":"what-did-florida-panthers-present-to-trump-at-white-house-stanley-cup-celebration-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410224\/","title":{"rendered":"What did Florida Panthers present to Trump at White House Stanley Cup celebration? | VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump was presented with several custom gifts when he hosted the Florida Panthers<\/a> at the White House to celebrate their latest Stanley Cup triumph.<\/p>\n

\"USUS President Donald Trump is presented a jersey during a celebration for the 2025 Stanley Cup champions in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (Bloomberg)<\/p>\n

Trump<\/a> welcomed the Panthers on Thursday to mark their 2025 Stanley Cup victory, making the team two-time defending champions. The Panthers clinched the title in June, securing back-to-back championships for the franchise.<\/p>\n

Panthers present gifts to Trump<\/p>\n

During the White House<\/a> ceremony, Panthers players Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and Seth Jones presented Trump with a set of gifts on behalf of the team.<\/p>\n

As reported by multiple reports, the players handed the president a custom red Panthers jersey featuring the number \u201c47\u201d and the name \u201cTrump,\u201d a nod to his position as the 47th president of the United States.<\/p>\n

Trump was also presented with a golden hockey stick and the Florida Panthers\u2019 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup championship rings.<\/p>\n

The New York Post reported that Trump put on one of the rings during the ceremony and briefly displayed it to cameras. He also lifted the gold stick and waved it, joking that it was \u201cgood for slashing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also Read: What are Trump\u2019s \u2018Patriot Games\u2019? Who will participate? Here’s all you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump praises Panthers\u2019 Stanley Cup run<\/p>\n

While addressing the team and guests, Trump congratulated the Panthers on their second straight championship win. According to Fox10, he described the team\u2019s postseason performance as \u201cperhaps the most dominant playoff run in NHL history\u201d and praised Panthers owner Vincent Viola for his leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese men are responsible for the greatest feats in Panthers franchise history,\u201d Trump said during his remarks.<\/p>\n

The president also pointed out that the Panthers prevented a Canadian team from winning the Stanley Cup, drawing applause from the audience. \u201cYou denied Canada the Stanley Cup,\u201d Trump said, adding that the United States has \u201ca little competition\u201d with its northern neighbor.<\/p>\n

Read More: Donald Trump gifted \u2018real Club World Cup trophy\u2019 as FIFA decide to award replica to Chelsea: \u2018Forever in Oval Office\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

After the East Room event, Trump invited the Panthers players for a private tour of the Oval Office, Fox10 reported. The visit followed the long-standing tradition of championship-winning sports teams being honored at the White House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump was presented with several custom gifts when he hosted the Florida Panthers at the White…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[51634,62,57,5141,5,4,63,14,9194,51635,9595],"class_list":["post-410224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida-panthers","tag-championship-rings","tag-florida","tag-florida-panthers","tag-floridapanthers","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-panthers","tag-stanley-cup","tag-trump","tag-trump-gifts","tag-white-house"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115903075239690350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}