News Article: 22 Things You Might Not Know ABout the Stanley Cup

[deeshamrock]

Pretty good article on the Cup history and some unusual things associated with it

http://mentalfloss.com/article/51140/22-things-you-might-not-know-about-stanley-cup


Close Pete but no cigar...

But Peter Pocklington—the former Edmonton Oilers owner perhaps best known for trading away The Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky—included his father, Basil, on the list of names to go along with the 1983-84 champion Oilers, despite the fact that his father wasn’t officially affiliated with the team. Once found out, the league had the engraver strike out Basil’s name with a series of capital Xs (above).
There is a photo of that area


and very cool

but in 2007, the Stanley Cup went to war. To boost morale for Canadian and American troops serving in the Middle East, the Cup was flown into an active war zone at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for a meet and greet
There is a link posted there for the HoF journal that recorded the soldiers comments

There are 12 women who have their names on the Cup but only one is Canadian, the co-owner of the 88-89 Flames.

Two babies were baptized in it (which is very cool )

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[tigermask48]

I love any and all articles about the Cup. Always good reads.

There are 12 women who have their names on the Cup but only one is Canadian, the co-owner of the 88-89 Flames.

The Kings are responsible for one of the 12 women, Nancy Anschutz is on the list from 2012.

Also the best part about the Rangers "curse" is that the ring displaying the 1939-40 team was removed before the 1993-94 season. The Rags one another cup the very first year the "cursed" team was no longer on the trophy.

I'm surprised the legend of the engravings on the inside of the cup didn't make it into the article.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

This is the best part:

11. One fan tried to steal the Cup—but not for the reason you'd expect.

Montreal fans are so adamant about the Cup that during the 1962 playoffs, when the Cup was on display at Chicago Stadium for the defending champion Black Hawks (the name was compressed to “Blackhawks†in 1986), Habs fan Ken Kilander attempted to take the Cup and walk right out the door with it. When a police officer caught and questioned him, Kilander responded, “I want to take it back where it belongs, to Montreal.â€