Monday, June 19, 2006

GAME 7

Tonight we will all (well those of us who actually watch hockey) get the chance to see a game 7 for hockey's holiest grail. I know March will be watching(at least he better be).

Here are some facts on da' cup that are kind of interesting:

*Logged more than 400,000 miles in travel during the past five seasons

*Has raised more than $4 million for charity the past three seasons

*Was purchased for 10 guineas ($48.67 at the time) in 1892 (It is now worth an estimated 3.8 Million dollars as the oldest trophy in professional sports. which is SICK)

*It takes 13 years to fill the ring of the Stanley Cup with names of winners

*Once a bottom ring is full, another one of the same size is removed from the top of the base and
retired at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

*Some misspells on the Cup that never have been corrected:

Jacques Plante's name has been misspelled five times, (incl. "Jocko," "Jack" and "Plant");
Bob Gainey was spelled "Gainy" when he was a player for Montreal in the 70s;
Ted Kennedy was spelled "Kennedyy" in the 40s;
New York Islanders was spelled "Ilanders" in 1980/81;
the Toronto Maple Leafs was spelled "Leaes" in 1962/63;
the Boston Bruins was spelled "Bqstqn" in 1972

3 comments:

March2theSea said...

i can't wait for laviolette to bring it to franklin mA!

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