The Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup champion meme started on social media after the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup on 12 June 2016. One of its earliest variants was some version of "It's June 12th and Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup champion."
Notable participants include the Pittsburgh Penguins twitter account, Steve Dangle, Sidney Crosby, and President Barck Obama.
The meme is based on the significance of Phil Kessel being a Stanley Cup champion. Kessel was traded to Pittsburgh after six difficult years in Toronto where he was signed to a long-term and high-paying contract; he was often unfairly blamed for much of the Maple Leafs's problems despite being their best player six seasons in a row. He is a survivor of testicular cancer, but was sometimes vilified or ridiculed by the Toronto media for his physique or perceived lack of engagement, and described as 'cancer' to the locker room atmosphere.
Phil Kessel deserve good things, in other words.