Sights from the postgame celebration

Shortly, I’ll post the professional photos from last night — Andy Bernstein, Noah Graham and others do a tremendous job — but first, here are the amateur photos I took, both on the ice during the Kings’ celebration and at the party afterward. There were a lot of happy people.

(Drew Doughty)

(Mike Richards, with friends and family)

(Jarret Stoll, with family)

(Anze Kopitar, crowned)

(Dustin Brown, with sons Jake and Mason)

(Dustin Brown, holding son Cooper)

(Anze Kopitar and family)

(Willie Mitchell)

(Willie Mitchell)

(Colin Fraser)

(Jarret Stoll and superfan Kent Bentley)

(Dean Lombardi, Jordan Nolan and co-director of scouting Mike Futa)

(Dustin Brown, taking the Cup to fans)

(Dean Lombardi and wife, Wandamae)

(The Stanley Cup arrives at the party)

(Dustin Brown with Nick Nickson)

(Bob Miller, Nick Nickson and Jim Fox lift the Cup)

(Bob Miller)

(Anze Kopitar and family)

(Tim Leiweke and family)

(Tim Leiweke, Anze Kopitar and Staples Center executive Michael Roth)

(Willie Mitchell, amateur bartender)

(The Conn Smythe Trophy)

(Where Jonathan Quick’s name will soon be…)

(One last look…)

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