Leafs’ Max Domi reacts to ex-Dallas Stars’ Joe Pavelski winning the American Century Championship for the first time

Former NHLer Joe Pavelski won the 2025 American Century Championship for the first time on Sunday. He led the tournament from start to finish and sealed his win with an eagle on the 18th hole.

Maple Leafs forward Max Domi posted a clip of Pavelski’s winning moment on his Instagram stories immediately after and penned a congratulatory message for his former Dallas Stars teammate.

“Clutch. Congrats! @jpav8” Domi wrote, adding a trophy sticker in the corner.

Pavelski finished with 73 points under the modified Stableford scoring system and won by nine points over former MLB pitcher John Smoltz. The victory saw him bag $150,000 from the $750,000 prize pool. It was his ninth appearance at the event.

The former NHLer had finished in the top three of the tournament for the past three years, coming second in 2024 and third in 2023. With this win, he became the third NHL player to win the celebrity golf event, joining Dan Quinn and Mario Lemieux on the list.

His former Stars teammate, Tyler Seguin, also cheered him on on his Instagram stories after the championship victory. Seguin reposted a graphic featuring Pavelski as the champion of the tournament and wrote:

“Let’s go!!!!”

Pavelski's win came during the same week as his 41st birthday and 17th wedding anniversary. He celebrated the occasion by jumping into Lake Tahoe with his family.

Max Domi visited Ontario strawberry farm with partner Estelle

Earlier last week, Max Domi and his girlfriend Estelle Phillips visited Kelly’s Strawberries, a local farm in Ontario. Domi later shared several Instagram stories from their outing on Friday.

One of the clicks saw Domi crouching in a strawberry field, smiling at the camera with sunglasses, a backward cap and a blue shirt while holding freshly picked strawberries. Another photo showed his tattooed arm holding a full container of red strawberries.

Estelle was also seen in the field smiling and holding a Coors Light-branded tray filled with strawberries in the next story. She wore a black wide-brimmed hat and a white sleeveless top on the occasion.

Domi then posted a clip of himself driving while eating strawberries from a large box. In another picture, he posed in front of the farm’s wooden shack with staff members. He tagged the farm’s Instagram handle in the caption and added a heart emoji.

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Anjum is an NHL reporter at Sportskeeda with over five years of professional experience in the spectator sports industry. Raised in Bahrain, Anjum grew up close to the Formula 1 and GP2 scene, but it was ice-sports that she truly had a chance to play at school.

Anjum prioritizes thorough research, fact-checking and verification of sources when reporting, and has worked for Oil on Whyte, Leafs Herald, the Nation of Blaugrana, Barca International Cules, FromTheBend, Last Word On Sports and NASA.

She got interested in ice hockey after watching the “MVP” trilogy as a second grader and has not gotten over the sport yet. Her favorite player is Alex Ovechkin, whose legendary one-timers live rent free in her heart. The iconic moment when Ovechkin reached 800 career goals with a hat trick in Chicago as the away crowd chanted “Ovi, Ovi” is probably her happiest memory from an ice-rink.

When not enjoying the game, Anjum can be found sailing, star-mapping or collaborating with fellow citizen scientists at NASA.

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