The Secret Life of the Stanley Cup

Official Cup guardian Mike Bolt describes the endless adventures of the famous NHL trophy, which has traveled to Afghanistan, been strapped to a motorcycle and even used to baptize babies. Mike Richter, winner of the Stanley Cup in 1994 with the New York Rangers also talks about his experience with hockey's ultimate prize.
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[@MrNick-]

I love how everyone on the team gets to do whatever they want with it for a day. Like the guy said, unlike other sports trophy’s, this one gets to go all over the world. I think that’s really cool

[@JuanVilorio]

best trophy in all of sports

[@AlonsoRules]

The Stanley Cup and Borg Warner - nothing else compares

[@barbmacneil4763]

Anthony Kernich q

[@benmarq9618]

yeah u goot that right

[@maxsmits8000]

world cup and champions league is way more iconic

[@madelinemorgan6502]

True.

[@sweiland75]

It's been pissed in, defecated in, drop kicked into a river, left by the side of a road when the car got a flat tire.

[@paolociardullo8730]

The greatest trophy in all of sports !!!! World Cup of soccer too

[@nuggetsfan007]

The world cup is too ugly to qualify as sports best trophy

[@phillysportsmedia2825]

I want this guys job

[@caje2692]

Sprang Productions de

[@vincentbassman]

i wonder how Phil Pritchard and Mike Bolt got their jobs to travel with the cup i want that job. greatest job ever.

[@nicholasbenge9497]

They work for the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, who keeps and updates the Cup. They actually have 3 Stanley Cups: the original from 1893, the Presentation Cup (the one that is the Cup seen on TV), and the Permanent Cup (spelling corrected) that is displayed when the Presentation Cup is out. Also the NHL does not own the Cups, nor does the Hockey Hall of Fame. It is owned by two trustees (per Lord Stanley’s wishes).

[@thinhnonyt]

The Stanley Cup, Le Coupe de Stanley, Lord Stanley, The Cup, whatever you call it, it’s our holy grail, one of the all time great trophies in sports.

[@AquinasAssociate]

Got to visit the cup today and even touch it at the MN state fair, it's a magical object.

[@shouldacomewithawarninh4974]

Wow

[@lgr3540]

My dad got hold it when the devils one it’s one awesome photo

[@xeno3202]

I’m ready for the caps to get it

[@conners3323]

What makes it the best trophy in all of sports is how there is only one. Something about there being 52 Vince Lombardi trophies cheapens the impact. The Stanley cup has that history.

[@whereareyounow6310]

choncy barbosa World Cup is

[@clipz_echo4546]

Where Are You Now no

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Serie A Leader

[@dmeads5663]

Can you imagine if some prick somehow stole that thing and melted it down for its silver? That would be a nationwide catastrophe

Thanks God, the NHL does not own the Cup! ;-) It belongs to the Hockey Hall of Fame, a non-profit corporation that exists in order to honour and preserve the history of the game of ice hockey.

[@sirgreedy88]

first thing i thought when they said it was silver...given the opportunity id steal it and melt it down...idgaf about hockey

[@dennis9707]

Be even better if it were made out of gold.

[@johnnygaudreau1fan724]

Death sentence

[@awood1604]

@Red Pilled Whitey The NHL does not own the cup. The NHL PLAYS for the cup. The cup was purchased by the Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston and whatever the Governor General does, is done on behalf of the Canadian people. The Canadian people own the Stanley cup.

[@binnins1982]

It looks better in person.

[@That1BVP]

I got to kiss this cup when I was a kid. Back then, I didn't realize how important and cool it was to even see the cup in person, let alone kiss the thing.

[@simonmarshall19]

The best Trophy in the Whole wide World

[@jessemurray2236]

My dad and grandpa won the Stanley cup with the Calgary flames and I got to see the cup for 25 anniversary

[@bigsavemcjesus3151]

3nzo10125 what are their names then?

[@juliusdoesstuff5586]

.

[@lukecanning94]

3nzo10125 liar

[@jessemurray2236]

Hockey Lover my grandpa is bearcat murray and my dad is allan murray my dad sat beside the cup by lanny McDonald

[@lL-rh6zt]

LIAR

[@Mrdrivereight]

Lets go sabers! Bring that beautiful cup to upstate NY!

[@m_a_s_o_n_3288]

I’m pretty sure I met that guy when the Stanley cup came to my home town and I got to see the case and and help put it into the case

[@СоколовАндрей-т9х]

Давно хотел бы узнать о этих ребятах, Хранителей Кубка!???

[@ryno710]

After i saw the avs dent the cup and nobody react tonight I knew my childhood dream of eating a bowl of cereal out of the cup was possible, this video confirmed it!!!

[@isaacsilverman9976]

Bob Bourne 4 time winner said he patched it up in his garage...pretty cool

[@dontbotherreadingmyname6146]

I got to drink out of it , hoist it above my head and kiss it lol I’m lucky

[@jur1963]

This cup has survived mutch more than an war veteran

[@salvymemeguy998]

*sighs* 2018 memories #ALLCAPS

[@charliehughes5423]

Everyone’s saying they want this guy’s job, no thanks. Stanley Cup or not you’d be sick of the thing after 9 or 10 months.

[@patrickjohnson7401]

I often wonder which is harder to fall on ice for skaters such as Nathan Chan, or concrete for skateboarders? I can personaly vouge for concrete, it doesnt budge and rips skin. But the ice appears bone breaking! B

[@jalan5842]

This would be the coolest job in the world keeper of the cup

[@hanwaisproperty]

Now the Washington Capitals name is on it!! :)

[@charlieaviles310]

That trophy is one big party animal

[@Maple_Leafs_34]

I would love to hear the story’s the Stanley cup has been through

[@Matawhaura]

The Bledisloe Cup is the best it's a Cup played between the New Zealand All Blacks and Australia Wallabies

[@pinchewey7]

Tampa Bay Lightning players rode with the Cup on a jet ski

[@zanemarte9877]

When the Sharks win the Stanley Cup no matter what the year is, this would be THE curse breaker of Ice Hockey in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[@stephenn6200]

He is lying about the age. The original cup was retired in 1970. It is in the HOF.

[@moonglow630]

I don’t know what team players names will be on it, but the San Jose Sharks WILL WIN The Stanley Cup!!! 🦈🦈🦈🦈🏒🥅

[@audenolsen1866]

did you know that the cup is 35 pouds

[@linuslandin5781]

Ive touched it :)

[@lL-rh6zt]

Linus Landin liar

[@bullmoose77]

I touched, and kissed it! 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning!

[@giantsfan185]

Linus Landin So have I and it was wonderful.

[@dontbotherreadingmyname6146]

Linus Landin I have drank out of it kissed it and lifted it above my head , also my name is engraved on it

[@TommyTeevision]

Where dose it go when the off season and regular

Off-season : 100 days in the hands of the winning team. Regular : at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, which I believe is the ultimate owner of the trophy. The Cup is also often shown in different events here and everywhere during the «regular» season.

[@tmzissupergay]

And here I was thinking the WSJ was doing a story on how the Stanley Cup is secretly a white supremacist nazi

[@darthkenobi8931]

Hush

[@ServingSaltGaming]

The cup will come to Washington!

[@TurboTheTerrier]

I haven't kissed it, but I've touched it and had a picture taken with it. I should have grabbed a quick smooch 😘 😂

[@shouldacomewithawarninh4974]

Lol yes

[@ryanbeck9780]

Dang

[@sportstronomy781]

The Coyotes will win this one day! I believe in them. 🏒🌵

[@connor5408]

I touched the cup because a sports place is in the town that I live in and it's sponsored by the bruins

[@redskinsman10]

Wait...is there only one im the world? It just gets passed on to the next champion?

[@ServingSaltGaming]

There are 3 cups.... the original is in the NHL Hall of Fame... The cup we see is passed around each season.. so if the caps win the series we will hold the cup Crosby held last year... then there is a duplicate

[@redskinsman10]

GamerJedi D Oh....well that sucks. If I win a championship, I wanna keep the trophy dammit.

[@ServingSaltGaming]

They get to keep the cup for 100 days before they put it away for next season... but the caps will have every players name engraved on the trophy

[@redskinsman10]

GamerJedi D ok but i mean i wanna keep it forever. Like the Lombardi trophy.

[@ServingSaltGaming]

Redskinsman10 I know what ya mean...maybe the skins can bring home the trophy in February

[@KeljuKkojootti]

SUOMI MAINITTU

[@qelipq-6383]

I've touched the Stanley cup, when I met Henry Richard

[@djmpgh6616]

Duck Man3D5 It's Henri, but cool you met him, and touched the cup! He was a veteran at touching it!

The only person who won the «Holy Grail» of hockey 11 times as a player. This record will never be beaten, not even equaled!

[@mauricerobillard612]

Jean Beliveau is just behind him winning 10 cups as a player and 9 nine more as part of the Canadiens management for a total of 19 cups with his name engraved on it. NO ONE will ever match that accomplishment.

[@Matt-io8cx]

I remember when I went to Milan hejduks jersey retirement peter forsberg brought it out and I legit shat my pants seeing it in real life. Now I've seen the cup and Lombardi trophy. But I dint think I'll see the MLB and NBA trophy since the Rockies and nuggets suck

[@qelipq-6383]

There is actually 2 Stanley cups

[@CDNSpartan]

Duck Man3D5 actually there is 3 Stanley Cups. The original which is now on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame. The presentation cup which is the one presented to the team when they win it. And the replica cup which is displayed at the hockey hall of fame when the presentation cup is not available for display

[@qelipq-6383]

Matthew Walsh I don't count the replica cup as a real cup tho but yea ur right

[@obijuankenobi1252]

Actually there's 3

[@paolociardullo8730]

Duck Man3D5 yes the one in hall o fame is a replica. The one everyone takes a pic with in hall .... the real cup is always on the road or at the Arena

[@dennis9707]

Whaaaat?? You mean they fooled me all these years like that?

[@dietrickwhite4484]

Wait they don't make a new one like they do in every other sport? Da fuck lol

[@CDalonzo]

Dietrick White nope, names get engraved of the teams every year

[@danrg26]

Dietrick White thats why its the best trophy and hardest to get

[@danielrauenhorst410]

That is also why it is the most valued trophy in sports

[@dominic4981]

Daniel Rauenhorst but what happens when there will be no spot to write names ?

[@SolBackwards]

Dominic they take off a layer and add another

[@aaronkwong6226]

You don''t own the cup?

[@giantsfan185]

O'Rangers Glory No it gets passed to each winner. But the winners get their names engraved on the Cup

[@thehockeyproject6505]

Chicken

[@adamrakhadifa6933]

The fifa world cup is way more prestigious than this thing

[@king_9625]

Adam Rakhadifa yeah, well that’s just like, your opinion, man

[@joshspektor4389]

Not really. They make a new one for every world cup.

[@adamrakhadifa6933]

CRUSTYPIEMAN that's replica for the champions

[@giantsfan185]

Adam Rakhadifa I'm sorry but the world cup trophy is so bland and generic. The Stanley Cup has so much character to it.

[@dontbotherreadingmyname6146]

Adam Rakhadifa the World Cup is just a hunk of metal, the Stanley cup is way better

[@harrystamperoilcompany]

i thought this is the presentation version from 63? not original from 1893, no?

[@randymartinez4008]

I want this guys job