Comments on: Why the Stanley Cup is the Best Trophy in Sports

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:07:50 +0000

I’m doing my best not to gloat, even though Sparta seems to be sucking. We’ll see if they can turn it around when the NHL players arrive.

By: Shoebottom

Shoebottom — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:01:59 +0000

Too true, damnit. Too true.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:05:50 +0000

only one problem. hockey all done.

By: pL

pL — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:05:00 +0000

A moment to give Dave Andrychuck (can’t imagine I spelled that right) a cheer. 22 years of playing hockey, and he finally got to hoist the cup! By the way, as the motorcyclist mentioned Calgary is half American half European, Tampa Bay is half Canadian half European!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:37:29 +0000

There are indeed many good trophys, and the ones associated with rivalries between two colleges all probably have great history and many stories as well.

The mojor pro sports in this country should take notice of that. But with all the prestige that woud artificialy be conferred on the “one” trophy by the media, the odds of hijinks adding to the trophy’s mystique would be pretty small.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:37:26 +0000

Hah! I just knew Trivial Pursuit must’ve gotten something wrong. Those bastards. And one time I even kept my eyes open in a sneeze just to prove them wrong. But I don’t remember if I was touching myself at the time.

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:57:53 +0000

Dare I mention … the only sports trophy older than the Stanley Cup — the America’s Cup?

There are a lot of really good perennial trophies, such as the Borg-Warner Trophy or The Ashes. The magnificent Stanley Cup is one of the greatest, and the second-oldest. Even the quiz game Trivial Pursuit mistakes the Stanley Cup for the oldest.

But the true oldest trophy is the America’s Cup.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:57:17 +0000

… and people in the “States” get excited about winning a pennant – a piece of cloth like it was the Shroud of Turin or such.

The truly greatest thing about winning the Cup is that each player gets to have the Cup for a day. You can do with it just about what you will. The stories are endless. These days, there is a Cup Keep that stays within sight of it at all times lest it end up as the aforementioned drool bucket.

Let’s not forget the time that some team won the cup and took it out to some long forgotten watering hole. One player bet another that he could kick Lord Stanley’s Mug across the river. His drinking pal took him up on the challenge and the cup sailed (more likely skittered) across the frozen stream landing in a snowbank where it was found the next day.

The shiny bowl on a pole came to San Diego on tour a few years back. I have a photograph of myself standing next to the hallowed trophy with one arm around it. I didn’t notice til later that my free hand was “touching” myself.