Worst Abuses of the Stanley Cup

The New York Rangers celebrated at the end of the 1940-1941 season. They won the Stanley Cup and paid the mortgage on Madison Square Garden.They lit a copy of the mortgage papers on fire and put them in the Cup. When the fire spread, they urinated on it to stop it. Some say this started the 'Curse of 1940,' a streak lasting over 50 years until 1994.They burned the mortgage papers and put them in the Cup. When the fire got bad, they urinated on it to stop the flames. Some claim this started the Cupless curse, The Curse of 1940, which lasted over 50 years until 1994.

The 1924 Montreal Canadiens loaded team cars for a victory party. Their ride got a flat tire. Passengers took the Cup from the car to lighten the load before fixing the tire. After the repair, the team got back in and drove off, only realizing later they were in the Canadian snow..They drove in the Canadian snow.

When a player takes a big drink from the Cup, remember former Detroit Red Wing Kris Draper put his newborn daughter in the bowl, and she proceeded to.Mario Lemieux and Patrick Roy tossed the Cup into their pools from a safe distance. Guy Carbonneau of the 1999 Dallas Stars made the "I am a golden god!" line from Almost Famous and tossed the Cup from the deck of a house belonging to Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul. It missed and banged up the lip of the pool.Oilers legend Mark Messier celebrated his team's 1987 win by taking Lord Stanley to a SCORES strip club in New York. He put it on stage, letting it act as a pole for dancers. The team allegedly filled the Cup with champagne, drank from it, and left the trophy when they exited the club. A mob informant later told the story.Howard Stern ShowJackie "The Joke Man" Martling also took a dump in it in 1995. This happened when then-New Jersey Devil Claude Lemieux brought the Cup to the studio, but everyone later revealed it was just an on-air prank.an on-air prank.

In 1991, Pittsburgh Penguin Phil Bourque heard rattling inside the Cup and took it apart.took it apartBourque investigated. He found repairmen had scratched their names on the inside of the trophy, so Bourque scratched his own name there. He might be the only player with his name etched inside and outside the Cup.

In 1905, the Ottawa Senators lubricated the Cup and tried to drop kick the Stanley Cup across their city's Rideau Canal. The attempt failed. Canada saved them; the canal was frozen solid, so they only dealt with dents.

Mario Lemieux and Patrick Roy tossed the Cup into their pools. They threw it from a distance. Guy Carbonneau of the 1999 Dallas Stars did the "I am a golden god!" from Almost Famous.Almost Famousandtossed the Cupfrom the deck of a house owned by Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul. It missed and banged up hard on the pool's lip.

Oilers legend Mark Messier celebrated his team's 1987 win by taking Lord Stanley toSCORES strip clubNew York, where he put it on stage as a pole for dancers. The team allegedly filled the Cup with champagne, drank from it, and left the trophy when they exited the club. A mob informant later told this story.

Before becoming General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Steve Yzerman played center for the Detroit Red Wings.He admitted proudlyhe took Lord Stanley with him into the shower one morning.

Journeyman NHLer and NBC color commentator Ed Olczyk loves horse racing. He brought the Cup to the 1994 Belmont Stakes after winning the Cup with the New York Rangers. There, he let his pick, Go For Gin, eat out of the Cup for luck.Olczyk denies it ever happened.Horses Ate Out Of It is listed in the Worst Abuses of the Stanley Cup.

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Mario Lemieux, a Pittsburgh Penguins legend, and Patrick Roy, a Montreal Canadiens great, both sank the Cup into their pools after winning. Lemieux maintains a tradition; he has been a Penguins part-owner since retirement and celebrates recent Cup wins the same way.

Shortly after the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup, Alex Ovechkin and Braden Holtby brought the Cup on.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Hockey players Fallon and Triple Crown winner Mike Smith drank from the Cup. When that took too long, Ovechkin and Holby held Fallon up for a proper keg stand.

Clark Gillies, of the 1980 New York Islanders, filled the top bowl of the Cup with dog food and let his canines dig in. "He's a nice dog."Gillies explained.