#35 - Hello Stanley!

Here is the story of how I checked #35 off my bucket list...

2001

Why is the Stanley Cup significant? A little history…

The trophy was donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada. It was an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. By 1926, after a series of league mergers, the Cup became the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Stanley Cup is unusual among trophies. Unlike the trophies awarded by other major professional sports leagues, a new Stanley Cup is not made each year; Cup winners keep it until a new champion is crowned and names of all of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved on it.

So...basically the Stanley Cup is special and very Canadian!
 

How did I get so close to the cup?

Well, I am the self-proclaimed #1 Adam Foote fan. I have been a fan of his from a very young age...whether it was watching his lacrosse games, putting on a dress to impress him at a party (age 12 – a big accomplishment for a tomboy like me), or more tangibly trying to be the ultimate Adam Foote hockey card collector (1988-present). I have always been a fan.

I have enjoyed watching his success personally and professionally. When Colorado won the Stanley Cup, Adam generously invited my husband and I to a celebration party with family and friends. In the picture, Adam and I are pointing to his name engraved on the cup from his first Stanley Cup win in 1996 with Colorado.

#35 Hold the Stanley Cup added to the list in 1989, checked off the list 2001.