Mark Lorentz ‘on cloud nine’ as his son enters the Stanley Cup Finals [Video]

Kitchener born and Waterloo raised Steven Lorentz is expected to play in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in his career with the Florida Panthers on Saturday.

His father can’t wait.

“We’re on cloud nine. This has been his dream since he was a little boy,” Mark Lorentz, Steven Lorentz’s father said.

“There’s a lot of great talent over here locally and so hopefully Stevie can get lucky and do us proud,” Lorentz said.

Mark Lorentz talks to CTV News about his son making it to the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals on June 6, 2024. (Colton Wiens/CTV News)

Mark says his son always wanted to be a professional hockey player.

“We always knew Stevie was going to do one thing and that was play hockey,” Lorentz said.

Steven is the second oldest of four siblings and the only son.

Mark said the family is trying to get to some of the games …