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Tom Kuhnhackl has had a big year. On his second NHL contract, he finally got to make his NHL debut. Not just that, but he played 24 games in the playoffs, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a Stanley Cup - and becoming just the third German to ever win hockey’s ultimate prize, after Uwe Krupp and Dennis Seidenberg.
That called for a great celebration, and that’s exactly what Kuhnhackl did, bringing the Cup to his hometown of Landshut - the first time it has ever been in Germany.
Tom Kuhnhackl (@Tkuhn14) of the @Penguins celebrates with the #StanleyCup in his hometown of Landshut. More later. pic.twitter.com/y9iBqxafIq
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) August 16, 2016
Kuhnhackl shared it with the next generation of Germany hockey players...
Tom Kühnhackl-an inspiration to German youth hockey (Landshut, Germany) #stanleycup @penguins @NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/aXgTiy64Q8
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) August 16, 2016
... the current, who aren’t quite so fortunate to win it yet...
Coyotes' Tobias Rieder drinks w/Tom without touching #StanleyCup (Landshut, Germany) @penguins @NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/KhnT3MNwuj
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) August 16, 2016
... and his father, a German hockey legend in his own right.
Erich Kühnhackl - a German hockey legend and his son (Landshut, Germany) #stanleycup @penguins @NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/4p4gga3Rbz
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) August 16, 2016
And the Cup undoubtedly had as German - and awesome - day as possible.
Tom Kühnhackl fills up the Stanley Cup German-style (Landshut, Germany) #stanleycup @penguins @NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/aFehIUOxxw
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) August 16, 2016