Stanley Cup Champion Eric Fehr Hoists the Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup made a trip to Winkler with Winkler's own Eric Fehr Wednesday. Fehr provided the opportunity for the community to celebrate his and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins championship.

"It wasn't even a question," said Fehr. "You saw the support I had for game five here with the big viewing at the (Bethel Heritage) Park. It's a great City. The support is unbelievable here. I am excited to be able to share it with everyone I grew up around."

"It's been awesome. My favourite part has been driving back to Winkler with my brothers and family. It's a nice little down time before the storm hits," added Fehr.

Fehr noted after celebrating with the community, he and The Cup were going to stop by a number of his favourite places in the city and then celebrate with family and friends.

It's many of our childhood dreams to be an NHL player and many of us have dreamt about winning the Stanley Cup. Fehr has now achieved both of these feats.

"It still hasn't fully kicked in. It's still kind of a 'wow' factor for me," said Fehr. "Especially a day like today when you get to walk around with the cup. Especially when you see everybody's faces when they get a look at that Cup. It's a pretty special trophy and im just really honoured to have it for the day."

The Penguins won the Stanley Cup final in six games over the San Jose Sharks in the Shark Tank to capture the NHL's top prize.

"It would be my mom and dad," said Fehr when asked who he wanted to share the Cup with first. "They flew all the way to San Jose to get a chance to hopefully win it there. They were standing in the stands when I got to hold the trophy. I kind of looked up at them and it was kind of special.

As for the minor hockey coaches Fehr attributed a lot of his success to Ed Penner and Calvin Braun, who were his coaches for a majority of his minor hockey days.

If you were watching game six of the Stanley Cup final you may remember that Penguins coach Mike Sullivan had great faith in Fehr to put him out there in the dying minutes of the game to play some shut down defence. What does Fehr do, he accidently high sticks Joe Pavelski.

"I had no idea what I got the penalty for," said Fehr. "I actually had to watch the game a couple days later and I realized I stuck the guy pretty good. I went to the penalty box and saw there was about ten seconds left in the game. I was trying to do the math and see if there was any chance that they could tie the game. I figured we were okay and from then on I was waiting for the clock to tick down."

"It was long, especially because the guy operating the gate didn't want to open it until the final buzzer sounded. I watched a lot of the guys jump over the boards and I was waiting hopelessly in the penalty box," added Fehr.

A word of advice from a Stanley Cup Champion, for those young hockey players dreaming about making it to the NHL, is to keep working, practicing and playing hard and your dream could become a reality just like Fehr's.