A giant dog had a front row seat at the Stanley Cup final. Meet ‘Brodie That Dood’
.jpg "Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) kisses the Stanley Cup after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. Brodie is seated at far right.")
Not all Florida Panthers fans are human.
Amid all of Monday night’s excitement at Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amarant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, you may have spotted a large animal with the best seat in the house.
The giant fuzzball, which looked like a cross between a Wookiee and ALF, has since been identified by the Internet as Brodie the Goldendoodle, and he’s a local.
Brodie didn’t growl, bite or have an accident. Wearing Panthers-red noise cancellation earmuffs on his floppy ears, the pooch sat placidly watching the action in the front row, his snout and huge paws pressed against the glass.
The 5-year-old showstopper is not only very well behaved, but an influencer, aka Brodie That Dood. His Instagram account boasts a whopping 1.2 million followers.
OK, so Brodie is a lot of things, but not Internet savvy. Yet. The page is run by his dad, Cliff Brush Jr., who is also his manager and bestie whose handle is @Cliffthatdude.
How close are these two? More or less inseparable. Scan a few social media posts rand you see them hanging out all over South Florida and beyond. The pair even invented a dog grooming line called Floof Juice (the products passed the cutie crossbreed’s sniff test).
“‘Wherever I go, Brodie goes’ is usually one of my rules,” Brush told The Los Angeles Times after the big Stanley Cup win. “I do get a much more enjoyable and fun experience if he comes along, and he’d rather be with me than at home by himself.”
This story was originally published June 26, 2024 at 2:59 PM.
