How do you misplace the Stanley Cup?

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

Easy, work for Air Canada.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1865882

[Thockey17 1]

and the canadians wonder why no one likes them :lol:

[Hockeyman9621 0]

and the canadians wonder why no one likes them :lol:

Quiet you.

[Lightning 0]

You would think that in Canada they would take some extra care with the Cup, maybe even its own seat.

[Chadd 916]

If a 400lb woman can take her miniature poodle as carryon baggage, why can't they take the Stanley Cup. I'd love flying if it wasn't for the other passengers and having to go to the airport.

[MDE3 0]

Any bets the local baggage handlers had one hell of a Stanley cup party over the weekend at someone's house? "Secure area" lolol

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

I just don't get it.

I've sat on the trunk that the Cup comes in and I've seen it opened. It has foam cut out to accommodate the Cup. Now, the Cup weighs 35 lb and the trunk will fit in the belly door of a plane (I've loaded cargo on a plane personally several times)

And it's not hard to mistake, especially when the HHOF logo is on the trunk! As well as a bunch of baggage stickers from the places it's been.

Someone really goofed.

[chippa13 1844]

I just don't get it.

I've sat on the trunk that the Cup comes in and I've seen it opened. It has foam cut out to accommodate the Cup. Now, the Cup weighs 35 lb and the trunk will fit in the belly door of a plane (I've loaded cargo on a plane personally several times)

And it's not hard to mistake, especially when the HHOF logo is on the trunk! As well as a bunch of baggage stickers from the places it's been.

Someone really goofed.

It happened last summer where the Cup missed a flight to either Slovakia or the Czech Republic. A couple of players pooled their time with it together so that neither guy would miss out on his time with it.

There are all kinds of stories about the Cup and its misadventures. Once it was lost for several days when a team left it on the side of the road while their team bus was broken down.

[Chadd 916]

Most likely it was something like this:

Guy one: Quick man, take my pic with the cup.

Guy two: Wasn't it supposed to be on the plane that just took off?

Guy two: Well, we have until it lands to make up a story.

[chippa13 1844]

I was slightly mistaken, it was only on the side of the road for a few hours. Here's some interesting things that have happened to the Cup:

TALES OF THE CUP

The 1904-05 Ottawa Silver Seven

After a night of celebrating their Stanley Cup victory in 1905, members of the Ottawa Silver Seven felt it necessary to see if one could kick the Cup into Ottawa's Rideau Canal. One of them lined it up and gave it a boot, drop-kick style. In a true test of his accuracy and distance, the Cup landed on target, in the canal. That established, the boys went on their merry way, and the Cup stayed in the Canal until the next day when sober heads prevailed and Lord Stanley's mug was rescued. It was then placed in the capable hands of Harry Smith, a Silver Seven member.

In 1907, the Montreal Wanderers left the Cup at the home of a photographer they hired to document their trophy win. The photographer's mother decided it would make a wonderful flower pot, and it served that purpose for a few months until the Wanderers brass remembered and rescued it from the earthly grave.

A cartoon reflecting the forgetfulness of the 1923-24 Montreal Canadiens.

In 1924, Montreal Canadiens players on their way to a victory party stored the trophy in the trunk of their car. On their way to the festivities, the vehicle had a flat. The players removed the Cup to get at the spare, changed the tire and drove off leaving the Stanley Cup sitting on a snow bank. When it came time to drink champagne from the Cup they realized they didn't have it with them. They drove back to where they changed the tire and thankfully the Cup was still there.

During the 1962 playoffs, the Cup sat on display in a huge glass case in the Chicago Stadium lobby. A Montreal fan, Ken Kilander, was upset with the Stanley Cup being in Chicago. He opened the glass case and when no alarms went off, reached in and grabbed the Cup off its stand. Kilander crept through the stadium lobby and headed for the exit doors. He was just a few yards from the exit when a police officer spotted Kilander and asked him why he was taking the Stanley Cup out of Chicago Stadium. "I want to take it back where it belongs," Kilander explained, "To Montreal."

After the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Cup in 1962, the original bowl and collar were retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame, where they were placed on display. In January 1970 the collar was stolen from the Hall and remained missing for seven years, before an anonymous phone call told police to check the back room of a Toronto cleaning store for a very important piece of history. The police weren't sure what they would find, but there, wrapped like a Christmas present, was the original collar of the Stanley Cup, recovered after seven years of hibernation.

The current Cup was almost stolen again in 1977, but a keen-eyed Hall of Fame employee thwarted the attempt. Seven men were spotted near the Cup with a large gym bag. When approached, they dashed outside. In their car, police found a series of photos detailing the Hall's floor plan and the necessary equipment to pull off the heist.

Guy Lafleur with teammate Steve Shutt during their Stanley Cup Parade.

After the traditional Stanley Cup parade honouring the 1979 Montreal Canadiens, star forward Guy Lafleur impulsively grabbed the Stanley Cup and placed it in the trunk of his car. He then drove to his parents' house in Thurso, Quebec, where he displayed the Cup on the front lawn and allowed friends and family to photograph and enjoy the trophy. While Thurso residents enjoyed the prank, the men responsible for the Cup's safety were searching frantically for the missing prize. Lafleur returned the Cup later that night, but was told never to repeat his stunt.

In 1996, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Sylvain Lefebvre christened his child in the bowl of the Stanley Cup after his championship season.

The Stanley Cup has visited three government buildings including the Parliament Buildings in Canada, most recently with the Montreal Canadiens following the 1992-93 season, the White House in the United States most recently with the Detroit Red Wings in 2001-02, and the Kremlin in Russia with Igor Larionov most recently following the 2001-02 season.

[Ryan 0]

How funny would that be a Canadian airline losing the Stanley Cup. There would be boycotts, protests, they'd go bankrupt, a national day of mourning.

[flaming_june 2]

How funny would that be a Canadian airline losing the Stanley Cup. There would be boycotts, protests, they'd go bankrupt, a national day of mourning.

danm right

[Nigel 0]

Ugh, the cup was heading to Fort St. John too. What a dump that place is. :P

[RadioGaGa 162]

Other Cup Stories:

Mark Messier took the Cup to a strip bar in NY after the Rangers won it and he and Brian Leetch were the first (if I'm not mistaken) to have the Cup on US latenight TV when the appeared on Letterman.

I'm also pretty sure that during the festivities after one of the Penguins Cups, it ended up at the bottom of Mario Lemiex's pool.

Not quite the grand adventures of the 60's & &0's but still pretty funny.

Anyone got any others???

[headonaswivel 1]

When I was in University in Edmonton, there were a few bars with pictures of celebrities that visited all over the club.

There are many many pics of the mid eighties Oilers pissed, with all kinds of people pouring drinks on the cup and just generally partying. There are straws in one pic.

Fuhr and Semenko stand right close, high on the 'experience' I'm sure.

As for the Pens, I know that Phil Bourque fed his dog out of it. Thats just sacrilage.

[Dangles 0]

So much shame as a northern Britsh Columbia citizen

[Chadd 916]

The Stars had a party with the guys from Pantera and it was at the bottom of the pool in the morning, never heard the other pool story.

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

headonaswivel - I thought Clark Gillies was the one who fed his dog out of it.

Yes, the Cup ended up on the bottom of Lemieux's pool.

Also, Eddie Olczyk fed Go For Gin out of the Cup at Belmont Park.

The Rangers did so many crazy things with it and mangled the Cup so bad, that's when they started to have the Keeper accompany it at all times.

There's also another set of names IN the Cup...the base has broken off several times and players etched their names on it.

[Shorthanded67 0]

Not really much of a misplaced Cup story but....

Didn't Adam Deadmarsh's name get misspelled as "Deadmarch"? I believe they had to add a little curve to the "c" to change it to an "s".

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

There's a ton of misspellings. But yeah, he was one of them.

[kosydar 0]

They misspelled Manny Legace's name aswell.

[RadioGaGa 162]

There is at least one name on the Cup that was put on in err, so it was etched over with XXXX's...

...can't for the life of me remember who/team or year...but I know they he was included without playing the proper games etc...

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

I know they did that to the Oilers - Pocklington put his dad's name on it, even though he didn't work for the Oilers in any capacity.

[RadioGaGa 162]

I know they did that to the Oilers - Pocklington put his dad's name on it, even though he didn't work for the Oilers in any capacity.

Maybe that was the story....sounds like something Peter Puck would do...

[Nigel 0]

So much shame as a northern Britsh Columbia citizen

Haha, where are you from? I'm from Terrace...

Wasn't the other pool story when the Stars were partying with it and dropped it from a big height, intending for the cup to land in water but it ended up missing the pool and landed on the deck? Then they had to pay for the repairing of the dent.

Edit: I'm not sure if it missed the pool and made a dent but I can confirm a Stars player attempting to drop it into a pool:

"The Stanley Cup has probably endured more indignity than any other major professional sports trophy. In 1905, it was kicked into Ottawa's Rideau Canal on a dare. In 1924, it was left on the side of the road after the players carrying it home stopped to fix a flat. In more recent years, it was reportedly dropped from the second story of a house when a Dallas Stars player attempted to throw it into a swimming pool.

One player christened his child in the Cup. It has been taken to the top of a mountain (Fisher Peak, in British Columbia), and has even traveled to Russia and Japan. A team of three Hall of Fame employees travels with the cup to maintain its safety and security."