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unusual facts about The Stanley Cup



Chicago Pride Parade

The 2010 parade featured an appearance from the Chicago Blackhawks' Brent Sopel and The Stanley Cup as part of the Chicago Gay Hockey Association's float.


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1925–26 NHL season

The second seed Montreal Maroons beat the third seed Pittsburgh Pirates and then went on to beat first place Ottawa Senators two goals to one in a two-game total goals series, thus capturing the O'Brien Cup, Prince of Wales Trophy and the right to play the Victoria Cougars for the Stanley Cup.

1948 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the Stanley Cup debut series for Detroit's Gordie Howe, and the last for Toronto's Syl Apps who retired after the series.

1997 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Flyers were looking to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in ten years, while the Rangers were looking to advance to the Cup Finals with help from new additions like Wayne Gretzky, Esa Tikkanen, Russ Courtnall, David Oliver and Mike Eastwood.

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs

Despite his team being eliminated, Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg's postseason scoring totals, with 24 points in 19 games, were not surpassed for the rest of the 1999 playoffs, making him the first player to lead all playoff scorers despite not making the Stanley Cup Finals, since the 1986 playoffs when Doug Gilmour and Bernie Federko each tallied 21 points in 19 postseason games as their team St. Louis was eliminated in the conference finals.

2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot

Prominent publications such as the The Atlantic, The Guardian, The New York Times and USA Today ran editorials critical of the riots and those who participated in them, as well as the city, marking the stark contrast between the Stanley Cup playoffs and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

2012–13 Calgary Flames season

The Saddledome was flooded as part of the 2013 Alberta floods in mid June 2013, at the tail end of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Clarkson Cup

When the 2004–05 NHL season was cancelled because of lockout, the Stanley Cup was not awarded for the first time since the 1918-19 Spanish Flu pandemic.

Dallas Drake

During the on ice post-game celebrations Detroit captain Nicklas Lidström passed the Stanley Cup to Drake first.

Derik Murray

His producing credits also include Legends of Hockey, Legends of Hockey – A Personal Journey, CFL Traditions, CBC’s Life and Times Biographies (featuring Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Gordie Howe), and the theatrical release of The Stanley Cup Odyssey which is currently showing at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.

John Grahame

His mother, Charlotte was a member of the front office of the Colorado Avalanche that won the Stanley Cup.

Minnesota North Stars

With the addition of new players such as Minnesota native and ex-1980 Olympian Neal Broten and sniper Dino Ciccarelli, the North Stars had five straight winning seasons starting in 1979–80, which included back-to-back trips to the Stanley Cup semifinals, first against the Flyers in 1980 and then against the Calgary Flames in 1981.

Moncton Hawks

The team featured several players who went on to have successful NHL careers including Kris Draper, Darryl Shannon, Stu Barnes and Dan Bylsma, who went on to win the Stanley Cup as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Moose Johnson

Along with teammates Jack Marshall, Hod Stuart, Frank Glass and Riley Hern, Johnson became the first professional player ever allowed to compete for the Stanley Cup as the Wanderers defended a challenge by the New Glasgow Cubs of the Maritime Hockey League prior to the ECAHA season's start.

Mora IK

During the 2012 NHL Lockout, Bobby Ryan of Anaheim Ducks and Anze Kopitar of the Stanley Cup-winning Los Angeles Kings joined the team to play with his brother, Gašper, for the duration of the lockout.

Scotty Bowman

In the summer of Bob Johnson, who had just won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins, was diagnosed with brain cancer.