When the Florida Panthers took home their first Stanley Cup on Monday, left winger Jonah Gadjovich and his wife Allison found the perfect way to celebrate the team's historic win.
The Miami-based team beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on June 24 in Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final. While many players commemorated the victory by inviting their family onto the ice, Jonah and Allison decided to place their one-month-old twins on the coveted Stanley Cup trophy.
In the photo, the parents stood on opposite sides of the silver trophy, while holding their twins Lion and Adalee. Although the twins were fast asleep during the celebration, they still managed to look cute in matching black onesies with white stars.
Allison shared the sweet family photoshoot on Instagram, as well as a message congratulating her husband on his NHL victory. “Our trophies @jgadjovich,” she wrote, along with a trophy emoji and two baby emojis. “Putting the twins in the cup a month after they were born is a moment we will never forget! We are so proud of you @jgadjovich, our Stanley Cup CHAMPION!
Talking with him Palm Beach Mail, the 25-year-old ice hockey player gushed about this memorable family milestone. “It's amazing,” Jonah told the outlet. “It's just a special feeling that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives. “We will look at this in 20 years and it will be incredible.”
The couple welcomed their twins two weeks early on May 22. Allison announced her birth on Instagram, where Lion and Adalee looked cozy in matching white hats and cream-colored onesies.
“On May 22, 2024, our two babies joined us and showed us a kind of love we didn't know existed. Welcome to the world our son and daughter,” he captioned the post.
Jonah admitted it wasn't easy juggling becoming a first-time father while also competing in the NHL playoffs. “It was definitely difficult, but they are amazing,” he said of his family of four. “Love you very much.”
And he added: “Being a father is the best feeling in the world. “I am very blessed.”
Jonah and Allison weren't the only members of the Panthers team to place their baby on the Stanley Cup trophy Monday night. Defensemen Gustav Forsling and his wife Daniela Kindstrand also posed for photos on the ice with their five-month-old son, Bo, whom they supported in the trophy cup.
