The Florida Panthers are using their Stanley Cup success to try and seal a high-profile girlfriend for one of their teammates… and it’s all playing out for the whole world to see.
The Panthers sealed back-to-back titles with a 4-2 series win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night, and it has been wall-to-wall partying for the players ever since.
Amid the wild celebrations, star man Matthew Tkachuk took to social media in a bold bid to try and hook up his teammate Anton Lundell with a girl: none other than DJ and model Sommer Ray.
The situation all began to unfold when another of the Florida players – Sasha Barkov – brought Ray, 28, into the conversation on an Instagram Live stream.
While wearing the uniform of another of his teammates, Sam Reinhart, Barkov revealed that he has ‘two names on my Instagram search’.
Revealing more, he said: ‘Sommer Ray and Sam Reinhart. But one is by mistake. I typed Sommer Ray because I was trying to type Sam Reinhart.’
Anton Lundell holds the Stanley Cup after the Florida Panthers sealed back-to-back titles
Lundell is now shooting his shot with DJ and model Sommer Ray, courtesy of his teammate
Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk tweeted Ray in a bid to hook her and his teammate Lundell up
A few hours later, the model was clearly still on the lips of the team, as Tkachuk took to X to shoot his shot for a young teammate.
He wrote: ‘Sorry for bothering you @SommerRay… but our friend Anton Lundell says hi!! Great guy’
The hilarious exchange all unfolded on Friday night and as of Sunday morning, Ray is yet to respond – despite her comments section being flooded with Panthers fans trying to help out their man.
Panthers players, meanwhile, are preparing for yet another parade through the streets of Florida, and it would be no surprise to see Ray mentioned again during the next set of celebrations.
The DJ recently went viral after it emerged she had turned down an eyewatering $40million to join OnlyFans during Covid.
As of Sunday morning, the stunning model is yet to respond to the hockey star’s advances
Ray recently revealed that she turned down OnlyFans, and a potential $40m windfall
Lundell lifts the Stanley Cup trophy above his head during celebrates at E11EVEN in Miami
Speaking on YouTuber George Janko’s podcast, she said: ‘In that time it was like, every single person in my life was coming to me and telling me, “Sommer, if you don’t start an OnlyFans, you’re stupid, you’re stupid”,’ she said. ‘”Like how could you not do that?”
‘The money I could make would be insane. Someone was saying, in that time with COVID… they said I could have made $40million or something like that.’
Despite her insistence on not joining the adult content website, Ray is not doing badly on her own, with her net worth recently valued at around $8m.
Lundell, meanwhile, is currently on a six-year, $30m deal with the Panthers, and he received a signing bonus of $2.5m this time last year.
