Editing Stanley Cup (section)

==Traditions and anecdotes==
{{main|Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup}}
[[File:Wesley Stanley Cup and Marines.jpg|right|thumb|July 13, 2006: Wounded United States Marines pose with [[Carolina Hurricanes]] star [[Glen Wesley]] (in orange shirt) and the Stanley Cup.]]
[[File:BCC 1974 Stanley Cup.jpg|right|thumb|Players and team personnel often drink from the Cup to celebrate, as shown here in 1974.]]
There are many traditions associated with the Stanley Cup. One of the oldest, started by the 1896 Winnipeg Victorias, dictates that the winning team drink champagne from the top bowl after their victory.{{sfn|Podnieks|2004|p=8}} The Cup is also traditionally presented on the ice by the [[NHL commissioner]] to the captain of the winning team after the series-winning game; each member of the victorious club carries the trophy around the rink. However, this has not always been the case; prior to the 1930s, the Cup was not awarded immediately after the victory. The first time that the Cup was awarded on the ice may have been to the 1932 [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], but the practice did not become a tradition until the 1950s.{{sfn|Podnieks|2004|p=8}} [[Ted Lindsay]] of the 1950 Cup champion [[Detroit Red Wings]] became the first captain, upon receiving the Cup, to hoist it overhead and skate around the rink. According to Lindsay, he did so to allow the fans to have a better view of the Cup. Since then, it has been a tradition for each member of the winning team, beginning with the captain, to take a lap around the ice with the trophy hoisted above his head.{{sfn|Podnieks|2004|p=8}}

The tradition of the captain first hoisting the Cup has been "breached" a few times. In 1987 after the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, [[Wayne Gretzky]] handed the Cup to [[Steve Smith (ice hockey, born in Scotland)|Steve Smith]], a year after Smith made a costly gaffe that cost the Oilers the chance of making their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup Finals appearance. The second occurred in 1993 after the Montreal Canadiens defeated the [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[Guy Carbonneau]] handed the Cup to [[Denis Savard]], as Savard had been the player that many fans had urged the Canadiens to draft back in 1980. The third was in 2001 involving [[Joe Sakic]] and [[Ray Bourque]] when the Colorado Avalanche won the Cup in 2001, as the seventh and deciding game of the finals was the last of Bourque's 22-year NHL career, having never been on a cup-winning team until that time (until being traded to the Avalanche on March 6, 2000, Bourque had played only for the [[Boston Bruins]]). When Sakic received the trophy, he did not hoist it, but instead immediately handed it to Bourque; Sakic then became the second player on the team to hoist the trophy.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2001/playoffs/news/2001/06/09/bourque_cup_ap/ | title=Ray, meet Stanley: Finally! Bourque gets hands on the Cup | date=June 10, 2001 | access-date=July 25, 2006 | magazine=Sports Illustrated | archive-date=June 4, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604140001/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2001/playoffs/news/2001/06/09/bourque_cup_ap/ | url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Stanley Cup championship team is allotted 100 days during off-season to pass around the Cup. It is always accompanied by at least one representative from the Hockey Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kendra Stanley-Mills |url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/08/pritchard_stanley_cup_have_spa.html |title=Pritchard, Stanley Cup have spanned the globe |publisher=MLive.com |date=August 11, 2009 |access-date=June 30, 2010}}</ref> Although many players have unofficially spent a day in personal possession of the Cup, in 1995 the [[New Jersey Devils]] started a tradition wherein each member of the Cup-winning team is allowed to retain the Cup for a day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGourty |first1=John |title=One awesome job ... |url=http://www.nhl.com/hockeyu/history/cup/cupkeeper_mcgourty.html |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425202620/http://www.nhl.com/hockeyu/history/cup/cupkeeper_mcgourty.html |archive-date=April 25, 2006 |quote=In 1995, a new tradition was started: Making sure every Stanley Cup-winning player has a chance to have the Cup for a day.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hockey Hall of Fame - Stanley Cup Journals: Main |url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlSTCjournal/exSCJ_main.shtml |website=hhof.com |access-date=April 28, 2020 |quote=Since 1995, the Stanley Cup has spent its summers travelling around the globe as the special guest of the NHL's championship team, its players, and management.}}</ref> After the 1994–95 season, the NHL made it mandatory that one of the official Cup handlers always be present while the Cup is passed around among players in the off-season.<ref name="NYDN">{{cite web |last1=Bodner |first1=Brett |title=A look at some of the wild, weird and wacky ways NHL champs have spent their days with the Stanley Cup |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/wacky-ways-nhl-champs-spent-days-stanley-cup-article-1.2671680 |publisher=NY Daily News |access-date=15 May 2020 |date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> This may have been related to [[Eddie Olczyk]]'s handling of the Cup after the [[New York Rangers]]' 1994 win - Olczyk brought the Cup to the [[Belmont Stakes]], where [[Kentucky Derby]] winner [[Go for Gin]] ate out of it.<ref name="NYDN" />

On August 22, 2001, Colorado Avalanche Director of Finance Mark Waggoner carried the Stanley Cup to the summit of [[Mount Elbert]], the highest point of [[Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Denver Post Photo |url=https://denverpostphoto.tumblr.com/post/84467157239/aug-22-2001-colorado-avalanche-vice-president |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=CBC/Radio-Canada |title=Avs take Stanley Cup mountain climbing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/avs-take-stanley-cup-mountain-climbing-1.273572 |access-date=3 September 2021 |date=22 August 2001}}</ref>

Victors of the Cup have used it to baptize their children. Three players (the [[New York Islanders]]' [[Clark Gillies]], the [[Anaheim Ducks]]' [[Sean O'Donnell]], and the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]' [[Nick Bonino]]) even allowed their dogs to eat out of the Cup.<ref name="ABC News">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=90991&page=1|title=Strange Misadventures of the Stanley Cup|access-date=April 16, 2007|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|year=2002|author=Wolf, Buck}}</ref><ref name="HHOF Stanley Cup Journal">{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlstcjournal/exSCJ07_06.shtml|title=Stanley Cup Journal|access-date=June 23, 2007|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|year=2007|author=Shea, Kevin}}</ref>

===Original, authenticated, and replica versions===
[[File:Hhof vault rotated.jpg|right|thumb|The original Stanley Cup in the bank vault at the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario]]
There are technically three versions of the "Stanley Cup": the original 1892 bowl or ''Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup'', 1963 authenticated "Presentation Cup", and the 1993 "Permanent Cup" at the Hall of Fame.

The original 1892 ''Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup'', purchased and donated by Lord Stanley, was physically awarded to the Champions until 1970,{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=33}} and is now displayed in the Vault Room at the Hockey Hall of Fame in [[Toronto]], Ontario.{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=33}}

The authenticated version or "Presentation Cup" was created in 1963 by Montreal silversmith Carl Petersen. NHL president [[Clarence Campbell]] felt that the original bowl was becoming too thin and fragile, and thus requested a duplicate trophy as a replacement.<ref name="denmark"/> The Presentation Cup is authenticated by the seal of the Hockey Hall of Fame on the bottom, which can be seen when winning players lift the Cup over their heads, and it is the one currently awarded to the champions of the playoffs and used for promotions.{{sfn|Podnieks|2004|p=9}} This version was made in secret, and first awarded in 1964.<ref name="denmark"/>

The replica "Permanent Cup", was created in 1993 by Montreal silversmith Louise St. Jacques to be used as a stand-in at the Hockey Hall of Fame whenever the Presentation Cup is not available for display.<ref name="denmark">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=34d66bfd-d845-4812-aba5-ce11a26b517a&k=61761&p=1|title=Stanley's secret leaks out 43 years later |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=July 1, 2006 |author=Adami, Hugh|access-date=November 3, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014224240/http://canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=34d66bfd-d845-4812-aba5-ce11a26b517a&k=61761&p=1| archive-date = October 14, 2007}}</ref> It also serves as an [[understudy]] of sorts should the Presentation Cup be lost or damaged at any point.

===As a morale booster===
The Stanley Cup has been brought to military bases for both American and Canadian troops, as well as their [[NATO]] allies. In 2004, the Cup was displayed at [[MacDill Air Force Base]], near [[Tampa, Florida]]. The event was later touted by officials at MacDill as "a huge morale booster for our troops".<ref name="macdill">{{cite news |title = Seeing is believing|work = [[The Sporting News]]|date = June 7, 2004|author = Yorio, Kara}}</ref> In 2006, the Cup toured [[Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune]], North Carolina, where wounded [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] were given the opportunity to view and be photographed with the Cup.

In 2007, the Stanley Cup made its first trip into a combat zone. During the trip to [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan from May 2 to 6, organized by the NHL, the Hockey Hall of Fame, the NHL Alumni and the Canadian [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]], the Cup was put on display for Canadian and other NATO troops. The Cup was not damaged when its host base sustained a rocket attack on May 3.<ref name="kandahar1">{{cite web |url=http://hhof.com/htmlSTCjournal/exSCJ07_02.shtml|title=Stanley Cup Journal, 2007 |publisher=The Hockey Hall of Fame |year=2007 |author=Shea, Kevin |access-date=March 19, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Hillier">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hillier-takes-stanley-cup-former-nhlers-to-afghanistan-1.654703 |title=Hillier takes Stanley Cup, former NHLers to Afghanistan |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 2, 2007 |work=CBC News |access-date=March 19, 2008}}</ref>

The Stanley Cup was returned to Afghanistan as part of a "[[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]] visit" in March 2008.<ref name="Kandahar2008">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stanley-cup-arrives-in-kandahar-1.720750 |title=Stanley Cup arrives in Kandahar as MacKay wraps low-profile visit |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 19, 2008 |work=CBC News |access-date=March 19, 2008}}</ref><ref name="KandaharGlobal">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/globaltv/ontario/story.html?id=1f5a8393-2c2d-473c-bbe9-39773a5a61d2&k=18268 |title=Stanley Cup, former NHLers visit troops in Afghanistan |publisher=CanWest News Service |date=March 19, 2008 |author=Fisher, Matthew |access-date=March 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527224457/http://www.canada.com/globaltv/ontario/story.html?id=1f5a8393-2c2d-473c-bbe9-39773a5a61d2&k=18268 |archive-date=May 27, 2008}}</ref> In the spring of 2010 the Stanley Cup made its fourth trip to Afghanistan, accompanied by ex-players.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=WPXI |title=Stanley Cup Headed To Afghanistan |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=June 29, 2013 |url=http://www.wpxi.com/news/sports/stanley-cup-headed-to-afghanistan/nGdpL/}}</ref>

On June 27, 2010, Chicago Blackhawks [[defenceman]] [[Brent Sopel]] paid tribute to his friend, former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager [[Brian Burke (ice hockey)|Brian Burke]] and Burke's late son, [[Brendan Burke|Brendan]], by accompanying the Cup to the 2010 [[Chicago Pride Parade|Chicago Gay Pride Parade]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/sports-most-macho-trophy-shows-new-kind-of-pride/c-532725 |website=National Hockey League |last=Littke |first=Jim |title=Sports' most macho trophy shows new kind of pride |agency=Associated Press |date=June 25, 2010|access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref>

In 2018, the Cup was used to improve the spirits of those who were affected by either of two significant events which claimed the lives of multiple individuals: the [[Humboldt Broncos]]' [[Humboldt Broncos bus crash|bus crash]] on April 6, and the [[Capital Gazette shooting]] on June 28. For the former, the Stanley Cup was brought to the hospital where the crash survivors were recuperating on April 15,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/injured-humboldt-broncos-get-visit-from-stanley-cup|title=Injured Humboldt Broncos get visit from Stanley Cup|last=Zwirz|first=Elizabeth|date=April 15, 2018|access-date=April 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417101744/http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/04/15/injured-humboldt-broncos-get-visit-from-stanley-cup.html|archive-date=April 17, 2018|url-status=live|publisher=Fox News Channel}}</ref> and for the latter, it was presented to Capital Gazette employees at their temporary office on July 3.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wagner |first1=Bill |title=Stanley Cup visits the temporary Capital Gazette office |url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ac-cs-cup-to-cap-20180703-story.html |website=Capital Gazette |access-date=July 6, 2018 |date=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Scott |title=The Stanley Cup visited the Capital Gazette's temporary office in Annapolis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/07/03/the-stanley-cup-visited-the-capital-gazettes-temporary-office-in-annapolis |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 6, 2018 |date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> [[Chandler Stephenson]] of the [[2017–18 Washington Capitals season|2018 Washington Capitals]] also spent [[Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup#Players' day with cup|his day with the Stanley Cup]] with the Broncos that August.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiappelli |first1=Kirstie |title=Capitals' Chandler Stephenson takes Stanley Cup to Humboldt |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/capitals-chandler-stephenson-stanley-cup-humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-nhl-news/o9x67riyacqy12apbjpfdtbxr |website=SportingNews Canada |access-date=August 31, 2018 |date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831072030/http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/capitals-chandler-stephenson-stanley-cup-humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-nhl-news/o9x67riyacqy12apbjpfdtbxr |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>