The Stanley Cup has to be the most touched and handled trophy of any professional sports. As a matter of fact, most regular folks do not get a chance to even see the NFL, NBA or MLB championship trophies. Just millionaires and that sort get to see them.
Well, the Stanley Cup is really "The People's Cup." It tours, it goes places. Even now, local stations have a "Where Is It Now" segment to tell where the Cup is and where it will be. Recently, it was in a Chicago suburb with one of the Hawk front office people (they get to take it for a day as well). He had "donated" it to a church who charged $25 for a chance to have a photograph taken with it for charity. One guy put his young baby in the cup bowl. Now, that will be a cherished keepsake.
I also have to say it is probably the ugliest with the base of it being so much bigger than the cup.
As the buses arrived at Grant Park, we got to see trophy row with Der Stanley and four other trophies the Hawks won this year. One was for winning the Western Conference, another for the Campbell and the Con Smyth.
One guy interviewed said this was his 8th championship rally that he'd been to: 5 for the Bulls, two for the Hawks and one for the Sox.
Goalie Ralph Emory shoukld do well in free agency since the Hawks were 17-1 in games where he tended the net. Sorry that he will be leaving as he is a really good goalie, but I'm sure he wants to be the number one goalie, something that wil not be happening with the Blackhawks.
Chelsea Dagger. --RoadDog
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