BRENTWOOD, Mo. -- Matthew Tkachuk is a repeat offender when it comes to winning the Stanley Cup.

The Florida Panthers forward had his day with the trophy on Monday in his hometown of St. Louis, and one of his stops was the Brentwood Police Department near St. Louis.

"I took it here before, but I've never took it in a cell," Tkachuk said jokingly after making the visit and posing for some photos with the Cup and some of the department's officers. "That was a first for me. Hopefully that's my last time in a cell unless it's with the Cup again another time."

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It was part of a similar routine Tkachuk followed last year. The first stop was to St. Louis Children's Hospital.

"It always starts off at Children's Hospital," Tkachuk said. "It's always the mandatory first stop. No

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