Rich Eisen Can’t Believe How Superstitious His Crew Is with the Stanley Cup In-Studio

Stanley Cup Keeper Howie Borrow brought the Cup to the Rich Eisen Show studio and Rich can’t believe how superstitious his hockey-crazy crew was around the legendary trophy
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[@mattcraig4601]

The Stanley Cup is even more beautiful in person. Best trophy ever.

[@EzraStrayer]

This is what it takes to get a little hockey talk once in a while. I crave more.

[@mikeelton3686]

By far the best trophy in major sports!!

[@Gurnstir]

Happy to see some hockey talk on here!

[@NatoBro]

There are actually 3 Stanley Cups: the original bowl, kept at the Hockey Hall of Fame, the presentation cup, and the permanent display cup in the HoF. And not all the teams from the beginning of it's existence is on the cup. Currently it's the 1965-66 season onward. They remove the other bands and put them on display at the HoF. To keep the Cup the size it is, they remove a top band when the bottom one is full and add a blank one to the bottom.

[@guyincogneto8979]

And in 2 years, no more Maple Leafs.

[@squeekywheel9591]

The greatest cup of all sports. I've seen it twice. Awesome. The bands that were removed from the cup are in the bank vault room in the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame. They are flattened and laid out behind glass. What a great place. The winners getting to skate with it over their head on the ice after the game is moving. So is the handshake after the series. The Edmonton Oilers former owner had his dad's name put on the cup in place of his own. The NHL had it removed, but still ... what a game. P.S. - you can touch the cup but only players who win get to lift if over their heads.

[@DevinJHiggins]

4:47 - TJ doing his Rich Eisen 'You mean to tell me...?!' impression was great!

[@willcummins1142]

great to see a little hockey talk. Rich, please some more.

[@becomingnursechyna]

“I’m not superstitious…. a little-stitious maybe” -M. Scott

[@LPSandLEDS]

Came here to say this

[@johnschreckengost2847]

Better than an Emmy!

[@kentsawatzky4252]

Why is the Stanley cup in your studio when you never talk hockey????😮

[@finwar]

I wanted to dislike your comment, but you are correct. Cool trophy though.

[@mmmmatchstick]

It’s just the “stunt double” cup, anyway. Go ahead and touch it, guys…

[@Edninety]

"as they say, uh, let's do that hockey"

[@ORagnar]

Well, not never. Gretzky has been on the show and they talk about the Miracle on Ice almost every year. But, close to never. I'd call Rich's show "Mostly football", some baseball, a little basketball and golf and a smattering of hockey. o

[@PatDK]

@@ORagnarsmattering is very generous

[@mikeBH1000]

great to see alittle hocky talk, but i think you truly missed the real reasons the cup presentation is special. the main reason for me is the fact that the cup isnt given to some rich owner its given right to the players and the players are so raw and excited in that moment that you get moments that far exceed any raise of the lombardi. its like being on the ice with them and with all the traditions in taht moment like the first skate and who it gets passed to is truly special. there has never and will never be a lombardi moment as special as the sheer emotion of ray bourque or the absolute elation on ovechkin's or messier's face in those moments. its not the show or presentation, its the players

[@jp1170]

Nailed it

[@scottburke4800]

The greatest trophy in all of sports. In all the other NA sports, the players play to get a piece of pawnable jewelry. Hockey players play for the trophy, you win, your name is added and you become immortalized.

[@keptinkrunchactual]

Especially when they spell your name wrong. Looking at you Adam Deadmarsh......

[@HK_Productions47]

The BorgWarner trophy for the Indianapolis 500 is much like the Stanley Cup.

[@nicklutu]

I grew up playing hockey for about 36+ years. I’ve been next to the cup 4 times and have never touched it.

[@jamespeterson4901]

Would love some more hockey talk

[@partypandamonium9116]

I don’t blame Mike, the curse on the Sabres is so much stronger than any curse you can give them by taking a picture with the cup

[@sharpie_rw]

the Lombardi trophy doesnt even sniff the glory that is The Stanley Cup. not even close

[@ItsLaforge]

Was able to touch it when one of the coaches brought it to cap-pélé , touched rocket richards name graved in was so cool

[@tomholmes5055]

I hope my Sabres can one day hoist The Cup!!!!

[@BuffaloBorn78]

If given the choice, I'd 100% take a Cup over a Lombardi for Buffalo.

[@tomholmes5055]

@@BuffaloBorn78 Can we have both??

[@BuffaloBorn78]

@@tomholmes5055 I say yes. The sports gods, apparently, say no.

[@christopherboyd3311]

Non-players can touch the Cup, Rich! I have several times. And Chris Chelios & Chris Osgood helped fans drink from the Cup at Cheli's bar in Detroit in 2008. But only Cup winners can lift it.

[@udig]

best looking trophy in any sport

[@wendellgee11]

😂 I knock on wood anytime people brag about my favorite team. I feel like they're jinxing the team.

[@Ugk0622]

Don't do my sabres like that 😂😭

[@lucianozwaal8820]

i watched all argentina games from 2022 World Cup with the same jersey without washing it until the final penalty shot! :D

[@alejandrolazalde853]

as they say in hockey… lets do that hockey

[@Spartan-301st]

Coolest trophies in the world: 1) Stanley Cup 2) World Cup 3) Land Grant Trophy

[@JACKXK]

Great thumbnail pic.

[@robertkennedy5414]

Up until only recently, the World Series Trophy, the Lombardi Trophy and the NBA championship trophy were presented in the locker rooms, to the owner of the team. The Stanley Cup has ALWAYS been presented on the ice, to the captain. Always.

[@nyr14]

There’s a difference between being superstitious and having OCD😂😂

[@coreyromberg]

Exactly! Everything they were describing was OCD, not superstition, other than Rich with the Michigan sweater

[@zacharyjeffares8158]

The tradition of the Stanley Cup being handled by the players came from Rugby and Soccer. It took on its own thing from those historic trophies because their names were engraved on it, they got to tour around with it, and of course - it’s the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. Top ten oldest in the world. The Grey Cup of the CFL is the second oldest in NA btw.

[@Ryan-bn3qk]

When I was younger the all star game came to Tampa (1999) and I got to take a picture with the Cup. My older brother is a moron and leaned on it and almost knocked it off the table. It was a great picture though.

[@September2004]

6:36 They say it’s the coolest trophy in sports. It really is. 6:50 Only one trophy has been around 132 years old. 6:59 Poll 7:02 Stanley Cup trophy presentation is the greatest thing in sports.

[@senseihndrxx]

“I watched Jeff hardy walk under a ladder” man just opened my third eye

[@codyj7532]

Nice to see some nhl content.

[@jslane41]

I've touched it, kissed it, and have the photo as proof. There is a definite aura around that trophy, and it's awesome.

[@cg5471]

Messier might have had the best all time cup hoisting of all with the rangers.

[@mikeBH1000]

even as a flyers fan that hate the rangers i love that moment, the pure elation, but for me ray bourque is the only answer, nothing tops it. on a personal note i really love ove's cup raise, similiar resons as messier, it just pure joy and relief

[@jhetland2005]

“No, but I’m a little stitious”

[@SuburbanCowboy74]

If the Stanley Cup could speak, imagine the stories he could tell

[@scottle6]

Sports superstitions in a nutshell: 60% of the time they work every time

[@CreamyItalian]

TJ, every time I board a plane I knock twice on the fuselage with my right hand before I step on the plane. But that's it for me. Still I wouldn't touch the Stanley Cup because that's something you just don't do without having earned it. And that's hockey! Go to the Hockey Hall of Fame to see the Cup and touch it and take pictures.

[@pipepicasso8112]

I think it OK to touch the cup if a member of the winning team lets you.

[@JuiceJive]

I've had my picture taken with it when they brought it to Dallas, but I wouldn't touch it. Never heard of the no photo superstition.

[@dannyvass6127]

Hey all. I think the Lombardi trophy presentation started after the NFL launched a European league over 20 years ago, and the victorious London Monarchs were presented with the trophy on the field at London’s Wembley stadium. The NFL execs realised they should be doing the same for the Super Bowl. I may be mistaken but I think that’s when they changed it 👍

[@robertbougher8820]

LOVE THE HOCKEY TALK!!!! More please!!! Greatest trophy and greatest playoffs in sports…and it’s not even close.

[@gilbert8162]

Eh

[@danhenkel9052]

I'm a Vikings fan, I start the year decked out in Vikings paraphernalia and Nordic jewelry for every game. Each game we lose, I remove one item to try and get the thing with the bad juju out.

[@w9gb]

The Punch Bowl has Arrived. When’s the Party?

[@jp1170]

Zero issue with taking a picture of or with the Cup. Just dont touch it. Doesnt matter if you’re a player, a fan, someone who knows nothing about hockey, or anything else. Its the greatest trophy in all of sports and the hardest to win. If you didnt earn it, you dont touch it.

[@kylecartmanstan]

I'm with your Director. As a Rangers Fan - YOU DO NOT JINX IT! DO NOT TEMPT FATE!

[@kylecartmanstan]

We now know who to blame when the Rangers lose.

[@johnnygrind77]

It doesn't have every name of every player that won. Every 13 years, they retire a section to add a fresh one, and the retired piece stays at the Hall of Fame in Toronto.

[@seanmiller7187]

It's not the actual cup, it's a replica. The real cup is at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

[@georgerobertdutz1226]

Let's all talk at the same time

[@GoSabresLive]

Goddamn it Rich

[@hockeyguy2005]

Its so wierd to hear someone do left shoe consciously first like i do. I dont know why but i go a little further. I always step on stairs left foot first. I like even numbers and if i can finish walking even steps i finish with my right 😂😂

[@renlessard]

Now hand the Lombardi to the winning team's captain like they do the Stanley Cup. It is absolutely stupid that it is presented to the owner

[@mikeBH1000]

thank you, this is the reason the cup is great, i didnt just watch the stupid rich owner scratch amd claw for every win i watched these players, they deserve it

[@BearBreath70]

The Stanley Cup is presented to the captain of the winning team who then hands it off to his teammates. I’ve never thought awarding a championship trophy to the team owner was a good idea. It is an exercise in disrespect to the players. Oh yea, if you are a player and you touch the Cup before you win it, you’ll never win it. I believe that. It’s not a superstition.

[@mikeBH1000]

yup, its really stupid, another thing is why do we need to have interviews on the podium, its always awkward and usually brings the whole thing down, i usually like the cut aways to the players celebrating on the ground more

[@wyfyj]

So it'll be on the Pat McAfee show soon then?

[@madnessontheisland]

My Chiefs slippers I wear during games the past couple years are 2-0 in the Super Bowl. Sorry 9ers and Eagles. You may have been better teams on paper, but we have the power of the slippers.

[@IGI_Media]

Fun Fact - Veterinarians are reporting that black cats have a Deltufo superstition. :)

[@isaacwest276]

I'm one of the more superstitious hockey fans (but pretty average for a goalie), and I don't think there's an issue with taking a picture with the cup. The issue is touching it. I would absolutely take pictures with it like it was my wedding day, there's not trophy better.

[@michiganrailfan2141]

I am a very superstitious person when it comes to my work and The Michigan Wolverines. At work I will not say the Q word (quiet) or let anyone else say it in front of me. I'm a safety professional and you can put me in the same boat as first responders, nurse, etc. who don't like it. About 90% of the time that someone has said it in my presence, something has happened. Now with Michigan, I don't watch the games, because it seems like every time I start watching they start doing bad. Great example of this, 2 years ago when Michigan beat ohio state for the first time, Michigan was up by 14 then my friend turned on the game while I was in the room and osu tied the game. I just left the house until the game was over and didn't even check the score on my phone. I haven't watched a snap since.

[@SpDubb1995]

TJ sounds like Lamair

[@BrayGoesTV]

If you've never won the Stanley Cup YOU ARE NOT allowed to hoist it above your head it's something you have to earn, Doing so is on par with most war crimes, It's the holy graile man.

[@howardfarewell1713]

OMG hockey talk?? Would love some more when the Cup isn't around XD Never got why people tell you guys to NOT talk about hockey. Not talking about the sport for sure makes sure people never get interested in it. MORE PLEASE XD

[@johnwilson8385]

My coaches used to say, "Superstition is a lack of faith in God."

[@maxmartin2763]

🤣 Great comment from bad coaches. The irony is thick!

[@jamesweldon8118]

I’m a little stitious

[@TheMadSentinel]

[What's More Likely] to be higher: Number of Michigan Wolverine NCAA Football championships over the next five years, or number of RES segments devoted to hockey over the same period? 😁

[@lhfirex]

The latter.

[@mattcarberry368]

i'm starting to feel like Rich actually kinda hates Del Tufo lol

[@godzillatimmy]

I'm superstitious enough about the cup that I feel if I omit an occasion when I've been in the presence in the cup, it'll jinx my team (aside from a previous 54 year drought)

[@tomallica420]

As a Minnesota Vikings fan I will not wear the color green on a Sunday or game day.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

I'm an NFL fan. I watch some baseball. I'm learning hockey. But compared to the gravitas and dignitas of Lord Stanley's Cup, the Lombardi Trophy, the MLB Commissioner's Trophy [how many of you knew the MLB championship trophy actually had a name?], the NCAA Championship, the CONCACAF Cup are all strictly bush league. The Stanley Cup is single most prestigious sports award on the North America continent. What's not to be superstitious about?

[@FoolishMortal6121]

Yeah Sabres fans represent! ... :(

[@spider_hoss]

I don’t play. I have no power to influence sports. I would take a picture with the Cup and if they’d let me I’d pick it up to see how much it weighs.

[@conman1495]

When the Nationals were playing the Astros in the World Series, I didn't watch the first two games that were played in Houston and the Nats won those two games. The next 3 games were in Washington, near where I lived and I watched them and the Nats lost every single one of them. So I told myself I was not going to watch Game 6 or Game 7 if it came down to that. And the Nats obviously won. My superstition helped the Nats win the title, lol

[@tommytsunami4910]

If you go to the jockey HoF in toronto you can take pictures, touch, and kiss the stanely cup lol its not as big a deal as you guys make it sound lol

[@TheBlizzzard29]

I'm not a superstitious person but when it comes to sports ... I'm not gonna chance it.

[@JeffNelsonBuffalo]

Best trophy. Sabres fan here, ouch

[@ricktaylor66]

YOU DON"T DESERVE THE CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DESPERATE IS THE NHL FOR A SMILE?

[@mr.ilikespam6081]

its not about believing superstition its about not making it the excuse if something goes wrong or you being the scapegoat for it going bad.

[@jerlv9]

This is what gets me…you guys have literally spent less than a. Hour over the last 7 months talking about hockey. Start talking about the NHL more! It’s an amazing sport, but yet all we hear from this show is the NFL (rightfully so) the nba and mlb.

[@BuckFieri]

You ever get comfortable on a different chair or couch and then your team starts losing?

[@SmithTM14]

Lets go Oilers 🟠🔵🟠🔵

[@robertlehning3691]

He's a Sabre fan. He's knows he cant do anything to make it worse in Buffalo.

[@000001willy]

When players take the Stanley Cup to their home community local people can hold and touch the cup without white cotton gloves.

[@stevebrooks1355]

Being Superstitious is a WASTE of energy 😮 mental physical drain and I feel bored and iq lowered listening

[@SmithTM14]

Buffalo Sabres haven’t made playoffs since 2011 😭

[@PianoUniverse]

When they talk hockey my eyes glaze over.

[@SkipMDMan]

Don't most people dress the same way every day? Like for me it's always left leg in pants, then right. Left sock, then right. Same for shoes, left, right.

[@WD2oh5]

I can’t wait for brockman to be broken hearted when Denver sports beats Boston in the finals in hockey and Basketball.

[@joevolpe512]

The Cup was on tour during the last strike. I was a team doc for a minor league team. It came to the dressing room first, just like you all. The equipment manager (who had worked at the NHL level) was yelling at the players, “Never touch the Cup son! Never touch it unless you win it, or you never will!” I sat on the bench with my arm behind it and got my pics!!!

[@PatDK]

Why is the Stanley Cup on Rich Eisen? These guys rarely ever even bring up hockey….they don’t deserve to have the cup there

[@MiniatureMorpheus]

I'm really only superstitious about the cup. If my team is in the playoffs, idc if the hottest woman on earth told me to shave. Bye Felicia until the job is done.

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

If you didnt win it, you dont touch it. Simple.

[@Drewisonfire4]

I love you guys but it is so annoying how you don’t talk about hockey whatsoever…

[@brandonsoto7225]

Eat some cereal out of it.

[@maxmartin2763]

Stanley Cup eating stories? The winner of the 1994 Kentucky Derby, Go For Gin, ate oats out of the Stanley Cup. Clark Gillies of the Islanders fed his puppy Alpo dog food out of the Cup.

[@pretzelhunt]

Baseball's trophy is worthless cuz of how they let teams win it! Major League Baseball is trash since they dont care about outright cheating, Rich.

[@guyincogneto8979]

....but they mint a new Lombardi every year, don't they? It's no where NEAR being at the same level as the ONE Cup. And you don't have your name engraved ON the little Lombardi like you do the Cup. And don't even get me started on that trash can that the NBA gives out.....yuck.

[@jackjackthompson5771]

I’ve never seen hockey being discussed here..always NBA and NFL and some baseball…. Not clear why the Stanley Cup is there! Back to Canada asap please! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😂

[@mkultra5752]

No stanley cup playoff discussions or analysis...this show sucks!

[@phillipmiller3076]

What is hockey

[@MiniatureMorpheus]

A competitive sport, unlike basketball where the first 3 quarters mean nothing.

[@maxmartin2763]

You forgot the question mark. Obviously you've been hit in the head by too many pucks.

[@andycarlson1443]

Oh let me explain, it's a game/pastime that's far more important to humanity than you ever will be

[@phillipmiller3076]

Ah cool thanks for letting me know 😂

[@alejandrolazalde853]

Mike is so weird

[@IchigoKurosakitheSalvation]

The moment I hear superstitious, all I can think of is the Stevie Wonder song

[@keefriff99]

Writing’s on the wall…

[@ORagnar]

Great song; great message. o

[@garretthedden5743]

That's just what happens when you believe in things you don't understand!