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Because it's the Cup and not a coffee urn

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Hussra

Post subject: Because it's the Cup and not a coffee urn

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:18 pm

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Lengthy, interesting interview with the curator of Lord Stanley's Cup, Philip Pritchard:

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/t93eda06p1i295v/stanley_cup_interview.mp3

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Hussra

Post subject: Re: Because it's the Cup and not a coffee urn

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:26 pm

Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:45 am
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pizza_Place: Salerno's

He's a good twitter follow, see all the places the Stanley Cup has been:

https://twitter.com/keeperofthecup

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: Because it's the Cup and not a coffee urn

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:25 am

Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:35 pm
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I don't think there is a team sport that is as self congratulatory in its rituals as hockey

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Ed_from_Lisle

Post subject: Re: Because it's the Cup and not a coffee urn

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:27 am

Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:08 pm
Posts: 2139
pizza_Place: Lucano's

good dolphin wrote:

I don't think there is a team sport that is as self congratulatory in its rituals as hockey

In the Hall of Fame of dumb sports stuff, hockey's rituals and baseball's unwritten rules are 1st ballot entries.

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