The Strange Travels of the Stanley Cup

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  06.16.09 | 1:53 PM ET

Photo by Mafue via Flickr (Creative Commons)

As the Minneapolis Star-Tribune points out, hockey’s most coveted trophy “has done a lot of traveling over the years.”

Some highlights? A helicopter ride to a B.C. mountain summit, a visit to a Finnish sauna and an aborted drop-in at Lenin’s Tomb—the guards wouldn’t let several Detroit Red Wings stars bring it in. Now that the Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed the Cup, there’s no telling where it might wind up this summer. (Via @douglasmack)

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


3 Comments for The Strange Travels of the Stanley Cup

Robert Reid 06.16.09 | 2:30 PM ET

The real reason Detroit lost this frequently flying trophy? Two Red Wings players snubbed me at the Renaissance Hotel in Pittsburgh the day of game six.

Chris 06.16.09 | 3:38 PM ET

Robert - that sounds like the beginning of a tradition. You need to show up and get snubbed every time there is a game 6 in the finals.

Robert Reid 06.16.09 | 6:57 PM ET

I don’t know if I can handle all the beards though.

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