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The Holy Grail

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1. Saw it in person
2. Saw it from less than 10 feet away
3. Touched it

Actually the HHOF was the only redeeming thing about my visit to Toronto.
 
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KnightsOfTheRound said:
I've been led to believe there are 3 Cups:

1. The original bowl - this one is always in a vault in Toronto under Fort Knox-like security
2. The Presentation Cup - the Cup that gets awarded at the end of the playoffs
3. A replica Cup - This one always stays at the HHoF in Toronto

My understanding is the Cup on display at the HHoF is either the Presentation Cup or a replica depending on whether the Presentation Cup is out on business or not.

Can anybody clear this up?
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Exactly correct. Along with the original in the vault (that can be toured) are also the bands that are removed to make room for the newer winning teams.
 
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Randy McKay brought up to Houghton when the Devils won it. Stood in line and got my picture taken and touched it as well.
 
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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
Exactly correct. Along with the original in the vault (that can be toured) are also the bands that are removed to make room for the newer winning teams.
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I was wondering how that worked-if a new band was going to be added. I think the current one only has room for a few more years.

I believe the Presentation Cup is considered the "real" one (the original bowl is too fragile to travel around everywhere), and I've heard you can tell the difference because this is the one with the engraving mistakes, and that they've been corrected (or were done correctly in the first place) on the display one.
 
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The Exiled One said:
You're going to find that a lot of people have done this, myself included.
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So...a 40 or so person tie for second place. Dirty is going to have a busy summer.

I got to spend 10-15 reading the names, got to touch it, and take pictures with it when it visited Houghton for a celebration of an anniversary of the first professional hockey game. It was at Dee Stadium and there were maybe 20 people in there at the time, looking at displays, including the cup, so we had plenty of time to check it out.
 
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My daughter lives in South Boston, and one day last spring she went out for a walk. As she passed a nearby fire station, she noticed a big commotion and walked over to see what it was. It was the Stanley Cup on display; team members were taking the Cup to various neighborhood spots so that the locals could see it in person.
 
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Unless they've changed the replica base in Toronto, there is a difference between the plastic bottom to the cups. One has (I think) the NHL logo (the Replica), and the presentation cup has the HHoF logo.
 
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Here's a good one, and maybe it wins my nephew $10.

My brother's in-laws were originally from Cloquet, but had moved to Grand Forks (and then to Minot, where my brother and his wife met). Anyway, they still had some relatives back in Cloquet...going by the last name Langenbrunner. My nephew was born in December of 2002, and that summer after, my brother, his wife, and my nephew got invited to a little shindig with the Langenbrunner's. My brother is not much of a hockey fan, and it turned out it was the day that Jamie got to spend with the Stanley Cup. Needless to say, in addition to touching the Cup and all that, my nephew (again, about 6 months old at the time), got to sit in Lord Stanley's Cup. My brother has pictures somewhere of the two of them standing next to, and my nephew sitting in the Cup. I'll try to see if he can send them my way, and I'll post them here.

Cool thread burd.
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Here's a good one, and maybe it wins my nephew $10.

My brother's in-laws were originally from Cloquet, but had moved to Grand Forks (and then to Minot, where my brother and his wife met). Anyway, they still had some relatives back in Cloquet...going by the last name Langenbrunner. My nephew was born in December of 2002, and that summer after, my brother, his wife, and my nephew got invited to a little shindig with the Langenbrunner's. My brother is not much of a hockey fan, and it turned out it was the day that Jamie got to spend with the Stanley Cup. Needless to say, in addition to touching the Cup and all that, my nephew (again, about 6 months old at the time), got to sit in Lord Stanley's Cup. My brother has pictures somewhere of the two of them standing next to, and my nephew sitting in the Cup. I'll try to see if he can send them my way, and I'll post them here.

Cool thread burd.
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Sweet!!! I pray to god he doesn't come in 2nd.
 
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My brother saw it at school in calumet ill have to ask him who brought it though, probably randy mckay
 
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KnightsOfTheRound said:
I've been led to believe there are 3 Cups:

1. The original bowl - this one is always in a vault in Toronto under Fort Knox-like security
2. The Presentation Cup - the Cup that gets awarded at the end of the playoffs
3. A replica Cup - This one always stays at the HHoF in Toronto

My understanding is the Cup on display at the HHoF is either the Presentation Cup or a replica depending on whether the Presentation Cup is out on business or not.

Can anybody clear this up?
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so are we going to say whether we have been within 10 feet of cups 1, 2 or 3???


I have been within 10 feet of cup number 3, only
 
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Everyone knows the orgins of the Cup trace back to when one of Stanley's daughters traveling from Regina to Monetreal got sidetracked in a snowstorm and ended up in Biwabik, MN. Ole Swenson found the daughter passed out in a snowbank and brought her into his inn, warming her up by a fire and providing ebelskivers, sardines, lingenberries and rye. When she woke the next morning she noticed a stack of bowls in a glass chest. It drew her attention because they didn't match and changed size and shape from top to bottom. She spent time drawing on a tablet with a clay pencil Ole had provided for her to pass the time until she was well enough to finish her journey. She finally made it home in time that her father used the rendition to commissino a trophy for the first ever Dominion Hockey Challenge. This of course eventually became the official trophy presented to the then championship match between winners from the NHA and PCHA and eventually the NHL. Thus of course like everthing ever in hockey it is forever indebted to the State of Hockey.
 
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Only 1.

Zdeno Chara is tall, enough that when he's holding it you are not within 10 feet of the Cup. unless you're on a ladder.
 
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Slap Shot said:
Everyone knows the orgins of the Cup trace back to when one of Stanley's daughters traveling from Regina to Monetreal got sidetracked in a snowstorm and ended up in Biwabik, MN. Ole Swenson found the daughter passed out in a snowbank and brought her into his inn, warming her up by a fire and providing ebelskivers, sardines, lingenberries and rye. When she woke the next morning she noticed a stack of bowls in a glass chest. It drew her attention because they didn't match and changed size and shape from top to bottom. She spent time drawing on a tablet with a clay pencil Ole had provided for her to pass the time until she was well enough to finish her journey. She finally made it home in time that her father used the rendition to commissino a trophy for the first ever Dominion Hockey Challenge. This of course eventually became the official trophy presented to the then championship match between winners from the NHA and PCHA and eventually the NHL. Thus of course like everthing ever in hockey it is forever indebted to the State of Hockey.
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Nicely done. Did she go on to marry a mariucci, by any chance?
 
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2005 - Grand Forks, ND
I was a volunteer usher at the 2005 World Junior Championship at Ralph Engelstad Arena. For a couple days during the tournament the Cup was in the adjacent basketball arena for public viewing (pregame/postgame festivities). In between games (and before doors opened) a few of the other volunteers and I had a chance to view it up close and read the names.

2006 - Grand Forks, ND
Former Sioux Mike Commodore won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes and brought it back to Grand Forks. There was small a ceremony at Ralph Engelstad Arena and afterward the Cup was on display in the lobby. There were barricades surrounding it so fans couldn't get too close. I got a picture with it in the background.

2010 - Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Former Sioux Jonathan Toews won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackawks and brought it home to Winnipeg. A friend and I made the trip to attend his Stanley Cup parade and the ceremony at the old rink where he used to play. Afterward fans were given the opportunity to either get an autograph OR pose with the Cup. As you can imagine the line was quite long so we just hung around the area. Toews' father eventually carried the Stanley Cup right by us. I also got to see the Conn Smyth Trophy up close.

2010 - Roseau, MN
Dustin Byfuglien brought the Cup to his hometown of Roseau, MN a couple weeks after Toews had it in Winnipeg. Once again I decided to make a 2+ hour trek to see the Stanley Cup parade and attend the ceremony at Roseau Ice Arena.

2011 - St. Paul, MN
A friend and I attended the 2011 NHL Draft and the Stanley Cup was on dsiplay in the Xcel Energy Center concourse. Fans were given the opportunity pose for photos right next to the Cup.
 
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