After global IT outage, Panthers forward gets hands on trophy
Dyle Okposo has spent 17 NHL seasons imagining what it would feel like to lift the Stanley Cup, so waiting a few hours more wasn’t going an issue.
And after mostly everyone spent the weekend hovering around airports wishing otherwise, including a global IT outage on Friday to cancel flight schedules en masse that affected Cup shipments too, one person actually got his hands on it. But the mess postponed Okposo’s previously scheduled event.
While Okposo’s effort would fail to match the Panthers 2023-24 season, he also wouldn’t be denied his CupAfter delay, Okposo gets to hoist Stanley Cup in hometown.
Historic Day for Kyle Okposo and his family Home with the trophy for aAfter delay, Okposo gets to hoist Stanley Cup in hometown winner.
Okposo gets to hoist Stanley Cup in hometown come
The grizzled old sniper proudly displayed his trophy on the streets of home in St. Paul, Minn., while positioning before a general store that had hitched up a Panthers banner.
This photo got the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Phil Pritchard(Keeper of the Cup)through what felt like a pretty long day.
Either way, though it was short lived Okposo and the locals scored some. Better late than never – as he would be one of many, many others to confirm when it comes to that night you hold the Cup.
