‘So proud’: Tearful Russian hockey girlfriend Fedotova celebrates after Mikhail Sergachev wins Stanley Cup (PHOTOS)

Elizaveta Fedotova was diminished to tears after witnessing her boyfriend Mikhail Sergachev carry the 2020 Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday.

The Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-Zero courtesy of targets from Brayden Level and Blake Coleman at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada to win the finals collection Four-2.

Fedotova was fast to have a good time the victory on Instagram, posting an image of Sergachev with the Stanley Cup alongside the caption “Merely the very best morning this 12 months! My love! My champion.”

On her Instagram Tales, the yoga teacher posted a video of herself watching the ultimate moments of the sport on a laptop computer, cheering wildly on the last whistle.

A visibly emotional Shelby shared additional movies of her tears throughout the trophy presentation, alongside the caption “change in feelings.”

“I’m so pleased with you, you deserve it,” she added in a caption of one other picture of Sergachev hoisting the trophy aloft.

She additionally shared a screenshot of a FaceTime name she made to the 22-year-old, captioning it “Stanley Cup 2020 model” in a nod to the long-distance assist given the strict Covid-19 restrictions in place.

Amid the coronavirus lockdown, NHL sides spent 65 days in bio-secure bubbles in Edmonton and Toronto with a view to play out the remaining 130 video games of the season with out interruption.

Sergachev helped Tampa Bay win the Stanley Cup for the second time within the crew’s historical past, following their first win in 2004.

The defenseman was certainly one of 4 Russian gamers on the roster, alongside Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Alexander Volkov.

Kucherov ended the playoffs as the highest scorer having amassed 34 factors from seven targets and 27 assists, whereas Vasilevskiy turned simply the second goaltender in NHL historical past to register his first shutout of the playoff 12 months within the sport that clinched the Stanley Cup for his crew.

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