Stanley Cup

THE STANLEY CUP…
THE GREATEST TROPHY IN SPORTS…
AND WITH IT…ONE OF THE GREATEST TRADITIONS IN SPORTS…
THROUGH OUT THE SUMMER EVERY MEMBER OF THE WINNING TEAM GETS TO A SPEND A WHOLE DAY WITH “THE CUP”…
YESTERDAY IT WAS IN WINNIPEG…WHERE JONATHAN TOEWS WAS GIVEN THE KEYS TO THE CITY…AND THE PROVINCE NAMED A LAKE AFTER HIM…
THIS WEEK IT WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA…
IN ALL THERE WERE 5 MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS THAT ARE FROM THIS PROVINCE…
ON WEDNESDAY IN SURRY…COLIN FRASER WILL KICKOFF THE PARTY AT THE “CENTRAL CITY PLAZA”…
ON THURSDAY TROY BROUWER WILL TAKE IT TO NORTH DELTA…
THERE’S A BIG PARADE PLANNED…
ON FRIDAY…BRENT SEABROOK HAS A “PRIVATE EVENT” PLANNED IN TSAWWASSEN…
ON SATURDAY THE CUP WILL BE IN PENTICTION…WHERE DUNCAN KEITH PLANS TO TAKE IT TO THE CHILDRENS WARD OF THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL…
THEN ON SUNDAY…IT’S OFF TO MAPLE RIDGE…ANDREW LADD WILL TAKE IT TO THE CAM NEELY ARENA…
IT’S THE SECOND TIME LADD HAS BROUGHT THE CUP BACK…TO HIS HOME TOWN…
UNFORTUNATELY THE CUP DOES NOT ALWAYS RECEIVE THE RESPECT IT DESERVES…
IN 1905…THE OTTAWA SENATORS LEFT IT OVER NIGHT ON THE RIDEAU CANAL…
THE 1940 NEW YORK RANGERS…URINATED IN IT…
IN 1980…CLARK GILLIES LET HIS DOG EAT OUT OF IT…
IN 1991…IT WOUND UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARIO LEMIEUX’S POOL…
IN 1994…THE RANGERS TOOK IT TO BELMOUNT AND LET KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER “GO FOR GIN” EAT OUT OF IT…
AND 2 YEARS AGO…IT WAS PUSHED OFF A TABLE WHILE AT CHRIS CHELIOS’ “CHILI BAR IN DETROIT…
SOMEHOW THE STANLEY CUP HAS SURVIVED IT ALL…AND IN THE MEANTIME…GONE FROM…THE WHITE HOUSE…TO THE TOP OF FISHER PEAK IN CRANBROOK…
IN ALL…IT TRAVELS OVER 100 THOUSAND MILES…EVERY YEAR…
BUT THE REAL MAGIC OF THE CUP…IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN THE EYES OF “THE FANS” WHO FINALLY GET TO SEE IT LIVE AND IN PERSON…
THIS WEEK…HOCKEY FANS IN B.C. WILL GET THEIR TURN…
IN 117 YEARS…IT’S SOMETHING THAT NEVER GETS OLD…