Penguins' Kessel Visits Sick Kids With Stanley Cup
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Penguins' Phil Kessel has waited his entire life to win the Stanley Cup and Monday was his day with the cup.
Kessel wasted no time showing off the Stanley Cup and even took it to Toronto Children's Hospital.
The Hospital for Sick Children posted these photos of Kessel visiting kids with the Stanley Cup.
SickKids was buzzing with #StanleyCup fever today! Thx for visiting our patients & families @PKessel81 #NHL pic.twitter.com/OMySknGsW3
— SickKids_TheHospital (@SickKidsNews) July 18, 2016
Kessel spent some time with the cup yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin.
He reportedly brought the Stanley Cup home for a quick visit with family and friends.
Kessel posed with his sister Amanda and brother Blake for a photo on Kessel Court.
The Kessels stop traffic on Kessel Ct with their new pal #stanleycup @penguins @NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/QyAvnXaiRv
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) July 18, 2016
Amanda even got into the Stanley Cup action by drinking out of the cup.
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Before Kessel, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby had the Stanley Cup. He paraded it around his hometown of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, including an impromptu stop at a Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop.