Det News blogger drinks from Stanley Cup and brags

[slappy4428]

This caught my eye and struck me as particularly fan-boy homerish. Even for a Media News paper, this is pretty unprofessional -- at least I think so...

http://info.detnews.com/redesign/blogs/wingsblog/index.cfm?blogid=1887

[Overrated]

I could be wrong, but I'm almost certain that's a photographer.

If that's the case...

[Mizzougrad96]

It is homerish. It's also the most famous trophy in the history of sports. If you had the chance to hold it, wouldn't you want to?

I've held the trophy. One of the places where I interned in college had a team in the conference finals and they brought it around to the papers in each of those four cities.

I don't even like hockey. If I could name 10 active players it would surprise me.  But most of us posed with it. Granted, it wasn't on the ice during a celebration, and nobody drank from it, but it's such a cool trophy with such great history I  could imagine wanting to hold it or see it up close.

Again, I would never in a million years have done what the photog/blogger did..

[slappy4428]

It is homerish. It's also the most famous trophy in the history of sports. If you had the chance to hold it, wouldn't you want to?

I've held the trophy. One of the places where I interned in college had a team in the conference finals and they brought it around to the papers in each of those four cities.

I don't even like hockey. If I could name 10 active players it would surprise me.  But most of us posed with it. Granted, it wasn't on the ice during a celebration, and nobody drank from it, but it's such a cool trophy with such great history I  could imagine wanting to hold it or see it up close.

Again, I would never in a million years have done what the photog/blogger did..

Of course I would do it. But I wouldnt be doing it in the locker room and write about it for the web.
Someone brought it into Fraser's Pub and I happened to be there, of course I would.

[Mizzougrad96]

It is homerish. It's also the most famous trophy in the history of sports. If you had the chance to hold it, wouldn't you want to?

I've held the trophy. One of the places where I interned in college had a team in the conference finals and they brought it around to the papers in each of those four cities.

I don't even like hockey. If I could name 10 active players it would surprise me.  But most of us posed with it. Granted, it wasn't on the ice during a celebration, and nobody drank from it, but it's such a cool trophy with such great history I  could imagine wanting to hold it or see it up close.

Again, I would never in a million years have done what the photog/blogger did..

Of course I would do it. But I wouldnt be doing it in the locker room and write about it for the web.
Someone brought it into Fraser's Pub and I happened to be there, of course I would.

Agree completely. The bragging about it is the worst part of it.

[JR]

Sorry to sound like a tightass hockey fan but you don't pick up the Cup let alone drink from it if your name isn't on it.

[Mizzougrad96]

Sorry to sound like a tightass hockey fan but you don't pick up the Cup let alone drink from it if your name isn't on it.

We heard the same thing from our hockey writer back in 1994. That is definitely the purist view, which I respect and understand.

[Huggy]

Damn right. Don't touch it unless you've won it. Yeah I know it sounds like one of those stupid "don't step on the team logo" kind of things but that's the accepted practice among your hardcore hockey types.

I can't even believe the team would allow somebody to do that.

[Mizzougrad96]

Damn right. Don't touch it unless you've won it. Yeah I know it sounds like one of those stupid "don't step on the team logo" kind of things but that's the accepted practice among your hardcore hockey types.

I can't even believe the team would allow somebody to do that.

These days it's encouraged. They wouldn't bring it around the way they do if they didn't want people to hold it and pose for pictures with it.

The guy who brought it around 14 years ago was encouraging people to hold it and he worked for the NHL.

[Clerk Typist]

I have no problem drinking from the Stanley Cup as long as you're stepping on the team logo while doing so.

[Appgrad05]

In 2006, I saw radio and TV guys try to swindle Stanley Cup hats and champagne bottles out of Carolina's dressing room. In comparison, taking a sip is fine and dandy.

I probably saw the Cup and was within 10 feet of it half-a-dozen times during the Finals and the sixth months afterward. Never took a picture with it, much less drink from it. And never saw Mike Bolt let anyone pick it up.

[dargan]

I'd rather eat pulled pork off the Heisman Trophy

[goalmouth]

Daneyko brought it into his restaurant one year. You should have seen how many people were on it. No wonder those NHL guys wear gloves.

[Mizzougrad96]

I don't think anyone other than hockey purists know that you're not supposed to touch it if you didn't win it. Hell, I don't think that many of the players even know that.

[JC]

I don't think anyone other than hockey purists know that you're not supposed to touch it if you didn't win it. Hell, I don't think that many of the players even know that.

Your right about the average fan, but the players know, junior players even know. It may sound silly but that is the way it is for hockey players.

[Mizzougrad96]

I don't think anyone other than hockey purists know that you're not supposed to touch it if you didn't win it. Hell, I don't think that many of the players even know that.

Your right about the average fan, but the players know, junior players even know. It may sound silly but that is the way it is for hockey players.

It doesn't sound silly at all. After I held it and posed with it, our hockey writer told me and I felt really bad. Some of the others there chided him for being a buzzkill.

But a lot of players bring it to personal appearances or restaurants and bars, which is basically encouraging people to hold it, pose with it, etc...

I've seen most of the top sports trophies up close and the Stanley Cup is the coolest by far, and I'm not a hockey guy on any level.

[Captain_Kirk]

"Don't touch it. Don't even look at it."

[MacDaddy]

I could be wrong, but I'm almost certain that's a photographer.

If that's the case...

... shooting that picture was an eight-hour shift? 

[Cape_Fear]

It came to our town as part of the ECHL all-star game one year. I got a picture taken with it but I didn't touch it.

I did drink from the Kelly Cup postgame one year, but I had done some volunteer video work for the coaching staff that season helping break down tape and wasn't covering the team.

[JR]

You can get your picture taken with it at the Hockey Hall of Fame. I bet they bring in some serious cash with that.

During the sj.com Toronto outing our very own Sam Mills had his picture taken wearing his Loser Whalercane sweater   

Brendan Shanahan brought The Cup  to the Goose when he was with Detroit. There's a great picture on the back wall of Peter, the late Greek Waiter, holding it over his head.

There's also another great photo of Shannie and his brother in their parent's backyard in Mimico.

Brendan's got the Stanley Cup, Brian's holding the Mann Cup, the lacrosse version of  the Stanley Cup.

[mustangj17]

In 1997 one of the sports reporters in Detroit drank from the cup on live television.

Last night a different reporter from the same station declined to drink and said he wanted to, but wasn't on the team so it wasn't right.

[Smash Williams]

As a hockey fan, I don't mind touching it. My rationale is I never will have the chance to win it, and to touch it is sharing in the game's history rather than prematurely taking a chance to celebrate.

But I wouldn't lift it over my head, let alone drink from it. That's an honor reserved for those who earned it. And I wouldn't do any of them if I was working.

[JC]

As a hockey fan, I don't mind touching it. My rationale is I never will have the chance to win it, and to touch it is sharing in the game's history rather than prematurely taking a chance to celebrate.

But I wouldn't lift it over my head, let alone drink from it. That's an honor reserved for those who earned it. And I wouldn't do any of them if I was working.

I think that is the best way I've heard it put.

[Billy Pritchard]

I don't think anyone other than hockey purists know that you're not supposed to touch it if you didn't win it. Hell, I don't think that many of the players even know that.

Your right about the average fan, but the players know, junior players even know. It may sound silly but that is the way it is for hockey players.

Players definitely know about this. You'll also notice that they won't touch the conference championship trophies when they are presented. They just stand next to them posing for pictures and then skate away.
I also don't remember seeing anybody hoist the Conn Smythe Trophy like Zetterberg did last night. I'm sure it's happened, but I just don't remember.

The Cup once made a trip to my hometown, one week after I had moved. A bunch of my friends sent me pictures. One of the players brought it to this dive bar he used to hang out at in college, and you'd be appalled to know the kind of people drinking out of it that night. Believe me.

[TwoGloves]

Don't touch it if you haven't won it? That's a bunch of crap. I can understand if you're a player but somebody off the streets? C'mon. It's not like you'd be handling the remains of Jesus Christ. It's a freaking trophy. (And not even the original one at that.) Let's get a grip.