Editing Stanley Cup (section)

===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>