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Princeton University Athletics
Paul Krepelka '91 Wins Stanley Cup With Florida Panthers
June 27, 2024 | Men's Ice Hockey
Paul Krepelka '91 lifted the Stanley Cup on June 24 when the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 2-1, in Game Seven in Sunrise for the franchise's first-ever Stanley Cup.
In his fourth season with the Panthers -- and first as Senior Vice President, Hockey Operations, Krepelka has been an instrumental part of Florida's front office as the Panthers have recently won the NHL's President's Trophy in 2021-22 and reached the 2023 Stanley Cup Final before ultimately claiming hockey's biggest prize this season.
Krepelka is now the sixth former Princeton men's hockey player to be part of a Stanley Cup championship as a player, coach, or executive -- each coming since 2007. He is joined by George Parros '03 (Anaheim, 2007 as a player), Kevin Westgarth '07 (Los Angeles, 2012 as a player), Jeff Halpern '99 (Tampa Bay, 2020 and 2021 as assistant coach), Brent Flahr '96 (Anaheim, 2007 as an executive) and Chris Patrick '98 (Washington, 2018 as an executive) as Tigers to lift Lord Stanley.
After graduating from Princeton in 1991, Krepelka played for Hampton Roads in the ECHL during the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons before earning his law degree from Suffolk University after retirement. He then went on to a 20-year career as an agent -- including a period where he co-founded Orr Hockey Group -- before joining the Carolina Hurricanes where he served as Vice President of Hockey Operations from 2018-20.
In his fourth season with the Panthers -- and first as Senior Vice President, Hockey Operations, Krepelka has been an instrumental part of Florida's front office as the Panthers have recently won the NHL's President's Trophy in 2021-22 and reached the 2023 Stanley Cup Final before ultimately claiming hockey's biggest prize this season.
Krepelka is now the sixth former Princeton men's hockey player to be part of a Stanley Cup championship as a player, coach, or executive -- each coming since 2007. He is joined by George Parros '03 (Anaheim, 2007 as a player), Kevin Westgarth '07 (Los Angeles, 2012 as a player), Jeff Halpern '99 (Tampa Bay, 2020 and 2021 as assistant coach), Brent Flahr '96 (Anaheim, 2007 as an executive) and Chris Patrick '98 (Washington, 2018 as an executive) as Tigers to lift Lord Stanley.
After graduating from Princeton in 1991, Krepelka played for Hampton Roads in the ECHL during the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons before earning his law degree from Suffolk University after retirement. He then went on to a 20-year career as an agent -- including a period where he co-founded Orr Hockey Group -- before joining the Carolina Hurricanes where he served as Vice President of Hockey Operations from 2018-20.
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