The Stanley Cup is the the oldest trophy competed for a by professional sports team and athletes in North America and it was donated in 1892 by Sir Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston and the son of the Earl of Derby. He purchased the trophy for 10 Guineas, the equivalent $50.00 at that time, to be presented to the championship hockey club of the Dominion of Canada. The first team ever to win and be awarded the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association in the year 1893. Since 1910 when the National Hockey Association took initial possession of the Stanley Cup, the trophy has been symbolic of professional hockey supremacy until 1926, and since then only NHL teams have competed for this prized Stanley Cup trophy.
The Cup is the only professional sports trophy where the name of every member of the winning hockey team is inscribed. The trophy stands at 35 ¼ inches in height and weighs 34 ½ pounds. There is a tradition where each of the winning team's players and staff have the cup for 24 hours for their own personal use.
The Cup is the only professional sports trophy where the name of every member of the winning hockey team is inscribed. The trophy stands at 35 ¼ inches in height and weighs 34 ½ pounds. There is a tradition where each of the winning team's players and staff have the cup for 24 hours for their own personal use.
I think there are a couple of them, especially in light of how they send it out with the players. If they stole one they would just make another. I can't imagine too many people being able to do much with the Cup, the whole world would know it was stolen so you couldn't exactly display it.
I can see this in a Sopranos episode....
Christopher...."T, I got that Cup you wanted, what should I do with it, this thing is like the size of the freakin Statue of Liberty"?
Tony..." Hey relax, just keep out of sight!"
Christopher..."Okay, well Paulie already has his eye on it"
LOL!! Sold to the underworld , LMAO!
Christopher...."T, I got that Cup you wanted, what should I do with it, this thing is like the size of the freakin Statue of Liberty"?
Tony..." Hey relax, just keep out of sight!"
Christopher..."Okay, well Paulie already has his eye on it"
LOL!! Sold to the underworld , LMAO!
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If somebody could steal THE STANLEY CUP, what would it be worth worth in the underworld market???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Ask Kerry Fraser, he just helped steal one.
If somebody could steal THE STANLEY CUP, what would it be worth worth in the underworld market???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Ask Kerry Fraser, he just helped steal one.
Boys, i know you guys won't believe me, but this is the honest truth. I once spent a whole day with the coveted Lord Stanley's Cup.. my buddy Sergio Momesso who I grew up with and was pals with from age 6 to 17 (till he became a star)won the stanley cup in 85-86 with the Habs. Yes, he did play for the Habs and it was all he talked about growing up that it was his dream to play for the Habs one day.. So when he won the cup, he brought home the cup and had it for a few days. He had a big party in one of our friends backyard and brought it with him and we threw it in the water a few times and a few boys were drinking out of it at night pouring Italian home made red wine it and getting plastered. I held that cup a few times and I had tears in my eyes. I will NEVER forget that day. It was a dream come true.
I have pictures of me and Sergio Momesso as young kids to prove it. We were inseparable. I was even in his stanley cup parade float (his car) and we drove by a million people. If you can find a copy of the Stanley Cup parade in June of 86, you will see me in it in sergio's car.
I have pictures of me and Sergio Momesso as young kids to prove it. We were inseparable. I was even in his stanley cup parade float (his car) and we drove by a million people. If you can find a copy of the Stanley Cup parade in June of 86, you will see me in it in sergio's car.
I worked at bar along Lake Erie when the Red Wings won it a while back ..
Scotty Bowman still had some ties in Buffalo and somehow the cup ended up at the bar for a few hours.
I was hoping somebody would urinate in it before it was Brett Hull's turn, but no dice.
Scotty Bowman still had some ties in Buffalo and somehow the cup ended up at the bar for a few hours.
I was hoping somebody would urinate in it before it was Brett Hull's turn, but no dice.
i have seen the CUP many many many times and have held it. Marty Lapointe lives 2 min by car from my house in Ville St Pierre.. It's a 5 min walk from here. When he won the CUP with the Wings a few years ago, he brought the cup home and to his house and brought it out to a big park where they had a festival that night and thousands showed up and were able to touch it and take pics with it. I have seen the cup many many many times here living in quebec.. It is always in display when a french canadian wins it, which is usually every year. I can assure you that this year, Marty and Vinny will bring home the cup here for a few weeks and it will be displayed in many malls in Montreal where people can touch it and take pictures. It is no big deal. But I got to carry it and run around the backyard with it like I just won the Stanley cup.. I will never forget that day..
Thank you sergio.. it's always nice to know a good friend who plays in the NHL and wins a cup..
Thank you sergio.. it's always nice to know a good friend who plays in the NHL and wins a cup..
willy, I swear to GOD, i grew up with that guy. We are such tremendous buddies. For 3 years, I would go to his house everyday for lunch from age 9 till 12 and we'd watch The Flintstones together.
We played on the same hockey team and baseball team every year of our growing up days and we hung out all summers together and after school. I always knew he would be a star hockey player. What a tremendous athlete he was willy. He was great at everything. He was the best dodgeball player in all of our school. What a gun of an arm he had. I SWEAR TO GOD willy, I broke my finger once playing dodgeball when i was a kid and had a sling on it, and guess who broke it, Sergio... He was an unbelievable baseball player too. Led the league every year in homers, rbi's and avg. Best basketball player in the whole area, and he was white..
I guess when you are born with the ability, it is much easier to make the NHL...
We played on the same hockey team and baseball team every year of our growing up days and we hung out all summers together and after school. I always knew he would be a star hockey player. What a tremendous athlete he was willy. He was great at everything. He was the best dodgeball player in all of our school. What a gun of an arm he had. I SWEAR TO GOD willy, I broke my finger once playing dodgeball when i was a kid and had a sling on it, and guess who broke it, Sergio... He was an unbelievable baseball player too. Led the league every year in homers, rbi's and avg. Best basketball player in the whole area, and he was white..
I guess when you are born with the ability, it is much easier to make the NHL...
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> The Stanley Cup is insured for $75,000, but for so many, spending a summer or a day or a moment with arguably the most cherished trophy in sport is, to steal a phrase from a credit card commercial, priceless.
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When the Devils won it in 2000 they allowed every season ticket holder to get an 8x10 with the cup at the arena.. That was AWESOME!!!!!
Just to see the names on there and then to see your team on it and to know that every name on there held that same cup throughout the years is really unreal.
They have 2 guys that travel with it 24/7/365.
Just to see the names on there and then to see your team on it and to know that every name on there held that same cup throughout the years is really unreal.
They have 2 guys that travel with it 24/7/365.
