One tradition in the National Hockey League (NHL) is that each player from the championship team gets the Stanley Cup for at least one day to do whatever they want with it.
While an outsider to the tradition might wonder what a person would want to do with a giant silver cup weighing 15.5 kilograms (about 34 pounds), this year's winning team, the Capitals, had no shortage of ideas.
According to the Washington Post, players took the Cup everywhere with them since their win in Las Vegas two months ago. Over the course of the summer, its been carted to concerts, festivals, parties, and clubs. Some of the countries the Cup made its way to include Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Saskatchewan, and it was used to hold everything from beer and caviar to horse feed and even babies.
Check it out:
Here's a list of some of the things the Cup held on its adventures:
The Cup has held many things, including: 📌Beer 📌Caviar 📌Cereals 📌Horse food 📌Margaritas 📌Borscht— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970325.0
Oh, and babies. Plenty of babies. https://t.co/XuxAoGXLt7— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970326.0
Here are some of the best moments from the Cup's travels, according to Washington Post Sports:
Alex Ovechkin brought the Cup to Moscow and filled it with caviar. https://t.co/gVtsGnUoWm— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970330.0
T.J. Oshie took the Cup to his hometown of Warroad, Minnesota -- also known as Hockeytown, USA -- and held a toast… https://t.co/vnHhuCmgIz— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970331.0
Braden Holtby fed a horse out of the Cup when he took it to his parents' farm in Saskatchewan. https://t.co/IIM73F9LGO— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970333.0
Fresh off signing a $31 million, six-year contract with the Capitals, Tom Wilson celebrated his day with the Cup by… https://t.co/MajGsP6ZvB— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970334.0
And that doesn't even include Evgeny Kuznetsov filling the Cup with traditional Russian dumplings, or Philipp Gruba… https://t.co/s30kIPpMIl— Post Sports (@Post Sports) 1534970337.0
Not surprisingly, fans ate it up:
@PostSports There is truly no trophy like the #stanleycup— Ron Burgundy & Gold (@Ron Burgundy & Gold) 1534971816.0
@Capitals @ovi8 Such a nice sight to see Ovi getting to show his father the Stanley Cup. Wonderful!😊👌🏾👍🏾👏🏾🎉🎊🎈— Tangular Parham (@Tangular Parham) 1531022061.0
@Capitals @ovi8 There isn’t a finer moment then that !!!!! Wow... Congrats… https://t.co/8C4HJ7R8fZ— hockey fan (@hockey fan) 1530971081.0
@Capitals @ovi8 Finally something to make me smile on Twitter this morning.— americangourmet (@americangourmet) 1530971410.0
@Capitals @ovi8 this is so cool— Cassandra (@Cassandra) 1530991191.0
A few more choice moments from Philip Pritchard, the Hockey Hall of Fame's Keeper of the Cup:
Just hanging out in the bean filed with the #StanleyCup with Mike Booi and his daughter. @NHL @HockeyHallFame… https://t.co/zNakY0MWeR— Philip Pritchard (@Philip Pritchard) 1532797041.0
Quenching his thirst while out on the lake. @Capitals Matt Niskanen enjoys a sip from the #StanleyCup while boatin… https://t.co/YW6xwnn7dA— Philip Pritchard (@Philip Pritchard) 1532384771.0
Silver at Sunset. Matt Niskanen hoists the #StanleyCup with a beautiful Minnesota sunset in the background.… https://t.co/8a6NadujZ3— Philip Pritchard (@Philip Pritchard) 1532396403.0
A couple Twitter users had questions:
@PostSports How do they transport the Cup to locations around the world?— Gerry Levine (@Gerry Levine) 1534972597.0
@PostSports @washingtonpost WHY DO THEY WEAR WHITE GLOVES WHEN PRESENTING THIS TROPHY THAT ULTIMATELY HUNDREDS WILL… https://t.co/8DhLFUYduN— Mr Crabtree (@Mr Crabtree) 1534981208.0
This comment says it all:
@PostSports If only the Stanley Cup could talk...— Nunquam Retrosum🇨🇦 (@Nunquam Retrosum🇨🇦) 1534972314.0
Apparently, the Stanley Cup can talk. Here is a comment from its own Twitter account:
I deserve this. https://t.co/8VETegFXbS— The Stanley Cup (@The Stanley Cup) 1531144211.0
H/T:The Washington Post, Twitter