The Real Adventures And Misadventures Of The Stanley Cup Trophy

Temporarily a soccer ball

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Even back in 1905, hockey players knew how to have a good time. That year, the dominant Ottawa Silver Seven got so lit after claiming the Cup that star Harvey Pulford punted the trophy from a bridge into the Rideau Canal, which was frozen. Player-coach Alf Smith woke up the next morning, remembered what’d happened, and found the Cup in the same spot.

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