The Stanley Cup has been very, very busy on its summer vacation. The tradition is only 15 years old, but it's one of the reasons the Cup is so magnetic and so beloved: the winning team gets 100 days with the Cup, with each winning player, the coaches, team owners, GMs, and other selected personnel get to take it home and spend their day with the Cup, however they see fit.
The Cup has been all over the world in those 15 years - up mountains, on lakes, on concert stages. You can guarantee there's always a party, be it private or public, to celebrate. Usually players take it to local hospitals or nursing homes, or share it with nonprofit groups and youth sports organizations. The Cup gets filled with champagne, beer, food, and other things.
Here is a look at how the Cup has spent its summer in the company of the Chicago Blackhawks. A few interesting facts based on coverage culled from reports on NHL.com, the Chicago Blackhawks website, fan reports, and newspapers/websites around the globe:
Minimum estimated mileage on the Cup since it was presented on the ice in Philadelphia: at least 30,600 miles (so far!). It's 668 miles between the United Center in Chicago and the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia; so the Stanley Cup has made the equivalent of at least 46 trips between the two Final playoff arenas.
Number of international border crossings: At least 7
Vehicles¹ that have carried the Cup include but are not limited to: double decker tour buses (Chicago victory parade), Lake Michigan tour boat, parade floats, pontoon boat (Hendry, Keith), antique fire truck (Bickell, Bolland), farm machinery (Boynton), Corvette (Toews, Byfuglien), Zamboni (Brouwer, Niemi), fire truck (Seabrook), school bus (Keith), helicopter (Ladd, Niemi), vintage ambulance (Campbell), antique tractor (Sopel), Porsche (Hossa), cable car (Huet), hay truck (Hjalmarsson), vintage Thunderbird (Niemi), firetruck crane (Kane), Masserati (Byfuglien), and of course, various limousines/tour buses.
Items consumed¹ out of the Cup, other than alcohol, included: traditional Slovakian soup (Kopecky), pierogies (Hossa), brinza cheese (Hossa), Buffalo wings and bleu cheese (Kane), cereal (Sopel, Madden), ice cream (Madden)
Those who drank/ate out of the Cup, other than people¹: Patrick Sharp and Dustin Byfuglien's dogs
Unusual items¹ placed in Cup included: freshly caught fish (Bickell)
¹ Documented by the HHOF writers, newspapers, pictures, videotape or other witnesses
map created using Google Earth
Highlighted below are all the events chronicled by the HHOF and NHL.com blogs as well as other news sources. Since there were not equal amounts of media coverage for all players, not all players Day With The Cup are fully documented, so this was the best compilation of existing references I could put together.
I also provided links to as many of the nonprofit organizations and hospitals listed that I could find. (Note: It was more challenging to find overseas foundations so if anybody knows the links to those, please let me know and I will update this entry.)
| June 9 | Blackhawks win Stanley Cup in game 6, 4-3, Philadelphia | |
| June 10 | Various locations around Chicago | |
| June 11 | Stanley Cup Parade in the Loop, Chicago | |
| June 13 | Lake Michigan cruise | |
| Appearance at Wrigley Field – Cubs vs White Sox | ||
| June 14 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not to be mistaken for the Blackhawks' previous visit to The Tonight Show) | |
| Cup parties at Industry in L.A. | ||
| Rooftops at Wrigleyville | ||
| June 15 | School appearance | |
| Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital with Coach Q | ||
| Stan Mikita Hockey School for the Hearing Impaired | ||
| June 16 | “Ellen’s Somewhat Special Special” taping at Chicago Theater with Troy Brouwer, Andrew Ladd, Colin Fraser and Kris Versteeg | |
| June 19 | John McDonough's Day w/the Cup | |
| Visited parents, mother’s gravesite, childhood home | ||
| John McDonough Day in Edison Park, IL | ||
| Lunch at The Curragh Irish Pub | ||
| Rehabilitation center in Elk Grove Village | ||
| Reception w/the Mayor of Elk Grove Village | ||
| Elk Grove Village Hometown Parade | ||
| Cach’s Corner, Elk Grove Village | ||
| June 23 | NHL Awards, Las Vegas | |
| June 25-26 | NHL Draft, Los Angeles | |
| June 27 | Chicago Gay Pride Parade, Chicago – accompanied by Brent Sopel | |
| Time at Casey Moran’s, Wrigleyville, Chicago | ||
| July 1 | Coach Joel Quenneville, Windsor, Ontario | |
| Championship/Canada Day parade with Quenneville and Adam Henrique of the two-time Memorial Cup champion Windsor Spitfires. | ||
| Quenneville presented with the Key to the City of Windsor | ||
| July 2 | Jordan Hendry’s Day w/the Cup, Nokomis, Saskatchewan | |
| Party at the Nokomis Recreation Centre | ||
| Visit to the Nokomis Health Centre, a retirement home | ||
| Visit to Hendry's Western Service Station, owned by Jordan's dad | ||
| Took a pontoon boat out on Lost Mountain Lake with the Cup | ||
| July 3-4 | Kris Versteeg’s Day w/the Cup, Lethbridge, Alberta | |
| Showcased the Cup at Murray Chevrolet Cadillac with donations going to Lethbridge Minor Hockey Association and KidSport, which provides support to children in order to remove financial barriers that prevent them from playing organized sports | ||
| Street hockey in front of Versteeg’s childhood home on Larkspur Rd N. | ||
| Party at Boss Hogg's Country Saloon | ||
| Visit at Orion Sports and Training Centre, where Versteeg works out in the summer | ||
| Visit to Henderson Ice Centre and ENMAX Centre, where Versteeg played growing up | ||
| A stop at Winston Churchill High School, his old school | ||
| July 8 | Bryan Bickell’s Day w/the Cup, Orono, Ontario | |
| Went fishing on the Otonabee River near Peterborough; put a fish in the Cup | ||
| Party at the family home in Orono | ||
| Parade in an antique fire truck, a Bickle Pumper (mfg 1933) | ||
| Appearance at Orono Fairgrounds and Orono Arena | ||
| Clarington mayor Jim Abernethy declared July 8, 2010 'Bryan Bickell Day' in the municipality, and presented Bryan with framed letters from Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty. | ||
| Bickell was also made an honorary firefighter | ||
| Donations given to Orono Athletic Association and the local food bank | ||
| Party at The Trasheteria in Peterborough; portion of admission donated to Peterborough Humane Society | ||
| July 9 | Nick Boynton’s Day w/the Cup, Nobleton, Ontario | |
| Family pictures at Boynton Brothers Sod Farms in Nobleton; had pictures taken on various pieces of farm machinery | ||
| Event to honor Boynton at Dr. William Laceby Nobleton Arena and Community Centre | ||
| Pig roast at the family farm; pictures taken with Pigman, the farm’s mascot | ||
| July 10 | Patrick Sharp’s Day w/the Cup, Thunder Bay, Ontario | |
| Visit to George Jeffrey Children's Centre, a place that nurtures the lives of children by meeting their physical, developmental and social needs in a caring, family-oriented environment | ||
| Visit to Boys and Girls Club of Thunder Bay | ||
| A stop at George Burke Park, where Sharp played baseball as a kid | ||
| Visit to the statue of Terry Fox in town | ||
| Time at his parents’ home on Lake Superior | ||
| Visit to the Thunder Bay Blues Festival; went onstage with Blues Traveller | ||
| Visit to Thunder Bay's oldest tavern, the On Deck Bar | ||
| Visit at Tony and Adam's bistro | ||
| July 11-12 | Jonathan Toews’s Day w/the Cup, Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Visit to City Hall, where he met the Grand Chief of the First Nations, who gifted Jonathan with a pair of handmade moccasins, decorated in Chicago Blackhawk colors, symbolizing godspeed on his continued journey | ||
| Toews was awarded the Key to the City by Mayor Katz | ||
| Manitoba premier Greg Selinger announced that a lake approximately 435 miles (700 kms) northwest of Winnipeg near Filn Flon had been named for him | ||
| A parade took him from Ecole Christine-Lesperance to the Dakota Community Center, which was where Toews played hockey as a kid, was renamed the Jonathan Toews Community Centre | ||
| Private party at Earl’s | ||
| Toews hosted the Boston Pizza Jonathan Toews FORE Kids Golf Classic at the Pine Ridge Golf Course. Thirty-six teams teed off, helping to raise $100,000 for the Rehabilitation Centre for Children. | ||
| Visited the Children's Hospital Foundation of Winnipeg, the only hospital between Calgary and Toronto expressly devoted to the health care of children. | ||
| Time at his parents’ home and his own condominium in Winnipeg | ||
| Partied that evening at Alive in the District, a nightclub | ||
| July 13 | Vancouver - Troy Brouwer (North Delta), Andrew Ladd (Maple Ridge) and | |
| Brent Seabrook (Tsawwassen) took the Stanley Cup to Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, a rehabilitation centre for children faced with health challenges. They played ball hockey with the kids there. | ||
| Troy Brouwer took the Cup wakeboarding on a private lake in the area | ||
| Party at Colin Fraser’s parents’ home with Brouwer, Ladd and Seabrook families | ||
| July 14 | Colin Fraser’s Day w/the Cup, Surrey, B.C. | |
| Road hockey outside his childhood home | ||
| Civic reception at Central City Pizza; was escorted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||
| Visit to North Surrey Recreation Centre, where he played as a kid | ||
| July 15 | Troy Brouwer’s Day w/the Cup, North Delta, B.C. | |
| Time at his parents’ home | ||
| Parade to the Sungod Arena – Brouwer rode a Zamboni | ||
| July 16 | Brent Seabrook’s Day w/the Cup, Tsawwassen, B.C. | |
| Visit to Tsawwassen neighbour, Ron Toigo, the majority owner of the Vancouver Giants, a junior franchise in the Western Hockey League. | ||
| A stop South Delta Secondary School for a peek in at his alma mater's summer program. | ||
| Visit at the Delta Police Station with Chief Jim Cessford | ||
| Visit to Chief Dan Copeland at the Delta Fire Hall | ||
| Visit at Delta Hospital | ||
| Visit to the Delta Recreation Centre where he had played hockey and lacrosse as a kid, where he met youth league kids, and played roller hockey with his buddies for the Cup | ||
| A party for 250 at the Delta Golf Club – proceeds from the sale of the photos with Seabrook and the Cup were given to Delta Hospital and the Delta Life Skills Society, which "provides children with a wide range of challenges with a summertime program to help them develop life skills". | ||
| July 17 | Duncan Keith’s Day w/the Cup, Penticton, B.C. | |
| Keith rode a school bus around town with the Cup | ||
| Visit to his parents’ home | ||
| Re-created the famous Bobby Orr pic | ||
| Took the Stanley Cup, Olympic Gold and the Norris Trophy to Penticton Regional Hospital; Duncan donated $10,000 to the hospital. | ||
| Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and the Penticton Pipe Band escorted Keith through the length of the South Okanagan Event Centre, where Keith played hockey as a kid. | ||
| Mayor Ashton proclaimed July 17, 2010 "Duncan Keith Day" in Penticton and presented him with a Key to the City. | ||
| Rode a pontoon boat from his home on the lake to a local hotel for a private party | ||
| Afterparty at The Best Damn Sports Bar | ||
| July 18 | Andrew Ladd’s Day w/the Cup, Maple Ridge, B.C. | |
| Visit to Cam Neely Arena at Planet Ice | ||
| Visited around town for pictures at Port Haney Wharf on the Fraser River and other locations | ||
| Visit with his grandparents | ||
| Unforgettable early morning helicopter ride for pictures at sunrise atop Crown Mountain, B.C. | ||
| Breakfast with his grandfather and the “Maple Ridge Senate” | ||
| Visit to Kruger Products, where his father works | ||
| July 22 | Ben Eager’s Day w/the Cup, Ottawa | |
| Visit to Kemptville, where Eager spent part of his youth | ||
| A stop at Eager Road, named to honor the family, where they were raised | ||
| Rally at Brantwood Park, where locals could get their picture with the Cup | ||
| Visit to his Dad’s farm in Kemptville | ||
| Visit Kemptville's Bayfield Manor, a retirement home | ||
| BBQ at his uncle’s home | ||
| Evening party at Bank Street in downtown Ottawa | ||
| July 23 | Brian Campbell’s Day w/the Cup, Strathroy, Ontario | |
| Party at the family home | ||
| Parade riding in a vintage ambulance owned by a friend of the family | ||
| Stopped at local fire department and ambulance depot | ||
| Stopped at the ScotiaBank where his mother works | ||
| Rally at Gemini Sportsplex for Campbell | ||
| Photos with Brian and the Cup, with donations channelled to the Strathroy District Minor Hockey Associationand and to the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital | ||
| A private party was held for the Stanley Cup at the Oaks Golf and Country Club in nearby Delaware | ||
| Mini-golf tournament for the Cup | ||
| Took the Cup onstage at London, Ontario’s Rock The Park with Alice Cooper | ||
| July 30-31 | Blackhawks Convention, Chicago | |
| Brought onstage at Soldier Field during Bon Jovi/Kid Rock concert w/Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith | ||
| August 1-2 | Brent Sopel's Day w/the Cup, Hinsdale, IL | |
| Ate cereal out of the Cup - the Sopels had had custom-made spoons made for their four kids, each spoon featuring the child's name and the Stanley Cup | ||
| The Sopels renewed their wedding vows (10 years) with the Cup | ||
| Sopel rode his vintage family tractor around Hinsdale with the Cup | ||
| Had lunch with family and friends at New Yolk, New Yolk | ||
| Stopped in at Fuller’s Hardware, Browning and Sons Fine Jewellers and a local Starbucks | ||
| Private party at home | ||
| Visited the local police and fire stations | ||
| Visited the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital | ||
| Attended the Denis Savard Celebrity Golf Tournament – with other current and alumni Blackhawks Brian Campbell, Tony Amonte, Eric Daze, Bobby Hull, Martin Lapointe, Steve Larmer and Darren Pang, assistant coach Mike Haviland and other NHL greats, including Bernie Federko. | ||
| August 2 | Coach Joel Quenneville’s Day w/the Cup, Windsor, Ontario | |
| Visit to Windsor Regional Hospital's pediatric unit | ||
| August 6 | Marian Hossa’s Day w/the Cup - Trencin, Bratislava | |
| Hotel Carlton in Bratislava, Slovakia – press conference* | ||
| Party at Hossa’s parents’ home | ||
| Hossa ate brinza, a white, grainy cheese, out of the Cup; and pierogies (Hossa apparently owns a pierogi factory) | ||
| Street hockey with friends on childhood street | ||
| Retro Restaurant in Trencin - meal with his friends | ||
| Panorama Club in Trencin | ||
| Alfa Hotel in Trencin | ||
| *Note: Hossa and Kopecky are both from Trencin so they shared many of their activities | ||
| August 7 | Tomas Kopecky’s Day w/the Cup - Trencin, Bratislava | |
| Nova Dubnica City Hall for Kopecky and Hossa to meet the Mayor | ||
| Alfa Hotel in Trencin (part-owned by Kopecky); Kopecky ate his favorite soup from the Cup | ||
| HK Dukla stadium – ice rink where Hossa and Kopecky started | ||
| Trencin’s children's hospital | ||
| Trencin town square – rally | ||
| Trencin Castle - Hossa and Kopecky are both knighted. | ||
| August 8-9 | Cristobal Huet’s Day w/the Cup | |
| University Hospital (children’s hospital) in Grenoble | ||
| Pole Sud Ice Rink – Huet honored with banner in rink | ||
| Donated money to the sports community in Grenoble | ||
| Journeyed up the Eiffel Tower in Paris | ||
| August 10 | Niklas Hjalmarsson’s Day w/the Cup | |
| Jonkoping – visit at Ryhov Hospital's children's ward | ||
| Cup party at Nassjo | ||
| Parade in Eksjo including rink , the Storegardshallen | ||
| Town will create the Niklas Hjalmarsson Hockey School in 2011 | ||
| Visit to hometown of Russnas including the sawmill where his father works | ||
| August 11 | Antti Niemi’s Day w/the Cup – Lahti and Vantaa, Finland Visited Pohjois-Haaga High School, where he had gone to school Lunch with Vantaa's mayor, Juhani Paajanen, at Heureka, Finland | |
| Appeared at Isku-Areena Lahti rink where he had played with the Lahti Penguins | ||
| Helicopter ride between Lahti and Vantaa | ||
| Appeared at rink where he had played in Vantaa | ||
| Private party for friends and family Sauna with the Cup | ||
| August 12-13 | Patrick Kane’s Day w/the Cup – Buffalo, NY and Chicago, IL | |
| Photos at Niagra Falls – Hurricane Deck temporarily renamed HurriKane Deck | ||
| Visit to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute | ||
| Visit with the ironworkers from Local 6 | ||
| Visited a fire station; was taken up in the ladder and got stuck for half an hour | ||
| Floor hockey with friends at DJ Spinners | ||
| Creekside Banquet Facility in Cheektowaga for his private party | ||
| Back to Chicago for the Jimmy Buffett concert at Toyota | ||
| August 15 | Dustin Byfuglien’s Day w/the Cup, Roseau, MN | |
| August 17 | Adam Burish’s Day w/the Cup, Madison, WI | |
| Visit to UW football practice and Memorial Union | ||
| Public viewing at Eagle's Nest Ice Arena in Verona | ||
| August 20 | Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL | |
| August 22 | Jay Blunt's Day w/the Cup, Danvers, IL | |
| August 23 | John Torchetti’s Day w/the Cup, Jamaica Plain, MA (near Boston) | |
| August 27 | Blackhawks Day at the White Sox - U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago | |
| August 27-28 | John Madden’s Day w/the Cup, New Jersey Took Cup to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ Visited youth hockey league Visited Morristown Memorial Hospital | |
| September 3 | Dave Bolland’ s Day w/the Cup – Mimico, Ontario | |
| September | Bergevin, Waite, Haviland's days with the Cup | |
| September | Stan and Scotty Bowman Day with the Cup | |
| September | The Wirtzes Day with the Cup | |
| September 18 | Blackhawks Training Camp – United Center, Chicago, IL | |
| October 9 | Blackhawks 2010-2011 season home opener vs. the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago, IL |
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well done! thanks.
ReplyDeleteJay Blunk had the cup down in Normal, IL
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_e9c126cc-ae63-11df-8507-001cc4c03286.html
Great job. FYI, it's Nova Dubnica, not Dubinka.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the correction - I had copied the town name from an article.
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