Dustin Brown
Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown was helped by his son, Cooper, as he hoisted the Stanley Cup onto one of nine double-decker buses for the team's celebratory fan parade on June 16.
Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown was helped by his son, Cooper, as he hoisted the Stanley Cup onto one of nine double-decker buses for the team's celebratory fan parade on June 16.
From left: Alec Martinez — who scored Friday's championship-winning goal in double overtime on Friday — Drew Doughty and Trevor Lewis raised their (plastic) glasses in jubilation from one of the open-top buses.
There were approximately 500 police officers monitoring the parade, as around 20,000 fans took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles. "There is no evidence of any trouble and it's a very cooperative crowd," Lt. Coyle of the LAPD told THR.
Thousands of fans, some of whom had traveled up to 150 miles to show their loyalty, crowded the barricades outside Staples Center, waving Kings flags and pictures of their favorite players.
Goaltender Jonathan Quick held up the Stanley Cup as he beamed with pride. "I am not getting on the microphone — they’re not going to let me back on it this year!" he told The Hollywood Reporter before the parade, after notoriously dropping an F-bomb during the 2012 parade.
After embarking from the corner of Figueroa and West 5th streets, the cavalcade of open-top buses traveled slowly through downtown, past L.A. Live, before ending its journey back at Staples Center, where an official rally took place back on the ice where it all began.
Los Angeles Kings captain and right wing Dustin Brown showed off his strength as he easily lifted the 35-pound Cup high above his head.
Nine buses emblazoned with "L.A. Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions" stopped traffic for almost an hour downtown as they dominated the area around Staples Center.
Fans of all ages came out to cheer on the "Comeback Kings," as children sat on their parents' shoulders clutching homemade Stanley Cups.