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Penguins’ Steven Oleksy’s First-Ever Sip of Alcohol Was out of the Stanley Cup

What a badass way to enjoy your first drink.

Penguins’ 30-year-old defenceman Steven Oleksy flushed a life of sobriety down the drain after Pittsburgh beat the Sharks in six games to win the Stanley Cup—the team’s first title since 2009.

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Oleksy, who didn’t appear in a single postseason game for the Penguins, tasted his first sip of alcohol out of Lord Stanley’s Mug during Pittsburgh’s championship celebrations Sunday night.

And who’s that lifting the Cup to Oleksy’s lips? None other than Sidney Crosby. Now that’s a captain!

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