Golden Knights Stanley Cup parade: Best moments from party on Vegas Strip

The Vegas Golden Knights celebrated history with their fans on Saturday night, taking over the Las Vegas Strip in a lengthy Stanley Cup celebration.

As expected, the festivities lived up to the Sin City billing, with the 100,000+ fans in attendance being treated to a party of epic proportions in a way that only Las Vegas could deliver.

Here are all the most epic, viral moments from the evening.

The Stanley Cup Arrives

Escorted by Golden Knights captain Mark Stone as well as Jack Eichel, the Stanley Cup made a mighty entrance onto the scene.

Nic Hague gets the party started

Golden Knights blueliner Nic Hague was among the earliest players featured on the broadcast, and while he wasn’t handed a mic by the end of the night, he made plenty good on his airtime with this hilarious soundbite.

Talladega Knights

Stanley Cup folk hero Adin Hill also made his way onto the broadcast as the parade cruised down the Vegas strip, celebrating in style and tossing in his best Will Ferrell impression

Tarps off

Save for one original Golden Misfit we’ll get to later, it’s hard to argue anybody was having as much fun at the parade as Eichel. Cast off by the Buffalo Sabres and labelled as a player you couldn’t win with, Eichel proved all his doubters wrong, leading the entire postseason with 26 points and finishing second in Conn Smythe voting.

Shame! Shame! Shame!

While no video seems to have circulated of the incident, Golden Knights insider Jesse Granger shared this hilarious anecdote from the sidelines of the parade. It sure sounds like nothing could ruin the spirits of the Golden Knights faithful taking in the moment.

Back-to-back

As the parade finally made its way to T-Mobile Arena for the Golden Knights speeches, Bruce Cassidy wasn’t shy about his elation, as well as his goals for the team next season as he egged the fans to chant along.

The captain speaks

Mark Stone was the first Golden Knights player to take the podium, and while he certainly wasn’t the most vulgar, he had his fun as he shared his gratitude for the organization’s leadership and fanbase.

Stone also undoubtedly earned the honour of having been snapped in the best picture of the night, with this fantastic photo of the 31-year-old raising Lord Stanley’s mug high above his head.

The William Karlsson Show

Of course, it’s impossible to talk about the Golden Knights parade without discussing the shenanigans that William Karlsson found himself in the middle of. Clearly the most inebriated player at the party, Wild Bill earned his nickname and then some from start to finish. Of course, Karlsson began his evening by falling down the stairs, and he was far from finished there.

Karlsson’s entire speech, so long that a Golden Knights attendant had to take the microphone directly out of his hands, is an all-timer in every sense of the definition. Fair warning, plenty of strong language in this one from an extremely inebriated (and shirtless) Golden Misfit.

By the end of Karlsson’s epic rant, fellow Misfit William Carrier had seen enough of his intoxicated teammate, fireman carrying the Swedish sensation away from the mic in what we imagine was the only possible way to shut the kid up.

Always Vegas Strong

Amidst the celebrations, the Golden Knights took the time to reflect on the terrible tragedy that struck just prior to their first ever NHL game in 2017.

The team brought out a "Vegas Strong" banner in honour of the 60 people who were killed in a mass shooting in October 2017 when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the crowd attending a music festival below.

"From day one, it was never about lifting a trophy. It was about lifting a city," Golden Knights in-arena host Mark Shunock said. "And while there are thousands, hundreds of thousands of you here tonight, there are some who would have loved to have been here with us, and we can never forget. So these names on this banner are forever imprinted on our hearts."