Dreaming for a day…
By Krafty. Filed in Contests |
The Stanley Cup. LSC. The Holy Grail. Lord Stanley’s Mug. Flat Stanley. or simply “The Cup”. It is the ultimate goal for every member, or aspiring member, of the NHL. It is the only trophy that is not re-cast each year for each new champion. It is one of two trophies that have the name of every single member of the organization engraved upon its chalice. Named after Frederick Stanley, Govenor General of Canada, the cup is the subject of many legends and traditions – one being the winning team’s drink of champagne from the cup, another being the on-ice victory lap with each player. Most infamously, however, each member of the cup-winning team is awarded the possession of the Cup for a day.
Since the tradition began in 1995, the Cup has undergone many adventures including Ken Daneyko eating cereal out of it, Derian Hatcher using it as a cooler at a party, Clark Gillies of the New York Islanders allowing his dog to eat out of the Cup, and several victors using it to baptize their children. The Cup has gone fishing, on roller coaster rides, and has walked the red carpet. It has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Meet the Press with Tim Russert, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
The Cup has also been misplaced, used, abused, and a part of several mis-adventures as well. It has been left road-side and dropped in bonfires. It has been used as a planter and as a urinal. Dogs, horses, and humans have used the Cup as a bowl, and in some instances a pillow. The Cup’s buoyancy had been tested on several accounts – all with negative results. Most recently, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott hoisted the Cup and then placed it upside down on stage during the NHL Face-Off Rocks segment in Detroit last year.
All that being said, we at RTR want to know what YOU would do if you had possession of the Stanley Cup for a day. I, as the avid chili cook would possibly make a batch of my award-winning Krafty’s Cry For Argentina. Or, as a Radford University alumni, use it as the world’s fanciest water cup in a game of beer pong.
But is it really about me? (don’t answer that) It’s about you. So leave a comment and tell us:
If you had the Stanley Cup for one full day, what would you do? Where would you take it? What would your adventures entail?
And to sweeten the deal- the winner of the best submission will win a Rock The Red sticker signed by Washington Capitals Hall of Famer Rod Langway!
Time is ticking, as the results will be posted next Friday!
Tags: Langway, RTR, Stanley Cup
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 12:15 pm
I would take it to see Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen in IMAX at the Udvar Hazy Center, and then for chilli cheese dogs and beers at the Vienna Inn. Then I’d take it to the romantic Mayhurt Inn in Orange Va and make sweet love to it. The next morning, after an awkward breakfast of baked apples with the Inn’s other guests, we’d skip down to Barboursville Vineyard to get hammered on Octagon.
One our way home we’d stop by CVS for early pregnancy tests.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 12:57 pm
After hearing the list and what Osborn just described…I think I’d get it sterilized.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 1:07 pm
I would take it on my honeymoon and leave the wife behind. A nice cruise to the Southern Caribbean. We’ll do the Catermaran Cruise, Snorkel, Sit on the beach with cigars and sip Rum Runners. Hit the clubs at night as well prowl for cougars. Maybe sample some local street cusine and some of the port of call.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 1:11 pm
To piggy back on mosborn: I would take the Cup to Megan Fox and have the Cup and Ms. Fox make a porn then post in on RTR for all to enjoy
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 1:22 pm
Get it sterilized and take it to Ben and Jerry’s…
Vermonster – A monster of a sundae – 20 scoops of ice cream, hot fudge, banana, cookies, brownies, and all of your favorite toppings (sans the bananas)
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 1:31 pm
@ Wes
Looks like Hayden Panettiere has already been there:
http://strangeherring.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/hayden-panettiere-stanley-cup-01.jpg
on the other hand, I would take it snorkeling.. since we know it wont float. Maybe a quick trip to the Bahamas? Can fill the top with ice and put Carona’s in it afterward.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 1:41 pm
What would I do with Lord Stanley’s Hardware if I had it for a day?
We’d wake up nice and early, the Cup and I… and then I’d take it into downtown Washington, DC for a tour of all the monuments, and the Capitol and the White House… I might take it to the Smithsonians, too, if we had the time. It’d probably like the American History museum. I’d absolutely take it all the way to the top of the Washington Monument, though, and we’d have our picture taken up there with a view to be sure to include the Verizon Center in the background. Then I’d take it for a little boat ride around the Tidal Basin. After that, we’d go to the Piratz Tavern in Silver Spring, and we’d all drink grog. When the day was over, I’d take it to Coach Boudreau so that he could film the followup to his “really big cupholder” ad the next day.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 3:11 pm
I’d take a Stanley Steamer in it.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 3:32 pm
The HHOF put out a cute little book a couple of years ago showing photos of some of the places the Cup has been, but the quality of most of the photos in the book would imply that they were taken with an ancient point and shoot film camera with Vaseline smeared on the lens and the film developed by untrained chimps. And it misidentified a photo of the U.S. Capitol building as the White House.
So if I had the Cup for the day, I’d take the Cup out and about with my Canon DSLR and pose it in front of the local sites in D.C. While my photos may not be entirely Cup-worthy, they’ll be a lot better than the shots in that book. And I definitely wouldn’t call the Capitol the White House!
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 3:41 pm
I’d do like Joe Nieuwendyk did in those old ESPN commercials and make a JELLO mold.
Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 3:58 pm
Wake up…eat frosted flakes out of it…
Get my old crew together that I used to play Street Hockey with back in Frederick, and meet at FHS and play one more roller hockey game on the basketball court..winner gets to skate the Cup around…
Down to DC…to a GOOD Steak House (Sam and Harrys maybe?) Order a really good steak, and a NICE bottle of red. Drink my wine from the Cup…
Take the family Christmas picture in front of the cup. (Maybe put a santa hat on it)…
Go to my C-League game @ Piney. After our game, skate the Cup around the ice…and then head to the locker room. Ice goes in the Cup…beers in the the Ice. (…Our Beers)
After that, head home…hit the couch and watch Miracle, Slapshot and Mystery, Alaska with the Cup…put the popcorn in the cup.
Then try to delay giving the Cup back to the NHL Secret Service guy as long as humanly possible.
Friday, June 12th 2009 at 9:07 am
I would parade around with the cup in Pittsburgh. Where it belongs. LETS GO PENS!!!!
Friday, June 12th 2009 at 2:00 pm
Teddy will be running with the cup and of course drop it
Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 10:38 am
trade it for the World Series trophy
Sunday, June 14th 2009 at 10:16 pm
I can’t believe no one suggested taking it to Ben’s Chili Bowl as part of their tour.
Monday, June 15th 2009 at 12:22 pm
I don’t know…I might need to consider adding one event to my “day with the Cup”…might have to go find that cat who wanted to trade Stanley for baseball’s trophy, and bludgeon him with the base of the cup.
Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 5:30 pm
Pour a bottle of Patron in the top of it, pass it around a party for shots until it’s gone (salting the rim optional), and then fill it with water and take a gravity bong out of it.
Monday, June 29th 2009 at 2:30 pm
Id remake 2 girls 1 cup with it.