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The bowl of the famous trophy is cracked and
the bottom is dented. Not for the first time and likely not the
last.
The Panthers won their second consecutive championship on home
ice Tuesday night, beating Edmonton in six games. The team,
following decades of tradition, partied with the Cup into the
wee hours and kept the revelry going in Fort Lauderdale well
into Wednesday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the Hockey Hall of Fame said the keepers of
the Cup are taking the appropriate steps and plan to have it
repaired by the celebration parade on Sunday. Made of silver and
a nickel alloy, the 37-pound Cup is relatively malleable.
Damage is nothing new for the 131-year-old silver chalice that
has been submerged in pools and the Atlantic Ocean and
mishandled by players, coaches and staff for more than a
century. Just this decade alone, the Tampa Bay Lightning dropped
the Cup during their boat parade in 2021 and the Colorado
Avalanche dented it on the ice the night they won the following
year.
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AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno contributed.
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