The Florida Panthers were welcomed into the White House to celebrate their historic victory on Monday but had to wait up to an hour before seeing the 47th president

President Trump lauded the Panthers for winning the Stanley Cup last season for the first time in their 30 NHL seasons and recalled how they won the first three games the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers before losing three in a row and regrouping to win 2-1 in Game 7.

The Panthers are the first professional sports team to visit Trump at the White House since he regained office.

More than seven months after the Florida Panthers won their first Stanley Cup, the team visited the White House on Monday, during which President Donald Trump recounted "one of the most riveting comebacks in NHL history.

President Donald Trump mostly stuck to sports and avoided any talk of tariffs as he celebrated the NHL's defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers at the White House.

President Trump avoided any talk of tariffs as he celebrated the defending Cup champion Florida Panthers at the White House.

The Panthers were also the first championship sports team to visit the White House to meet the new Trump administration.

Though the ceremony was delayed because President Donald Trump was talking to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about pausing tariffs on the country, he did eventually hold a celebration for the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Monday.