Stanley Cuppertunity
June 11, 2010 1:43 PM Subscribe
How can I drink from the Stanley Cup?
Even though the Flyers lost, a friend and I would like to drink from the Stanley Cup. If each Blackhawks player gets a day with it, it's got to show up at some random publicly accessible places, right? How can we make this happen? Let's assume a budget of $1000 or so.
Even though the Flyers lost, a friend and I would like to drink from the Stanley Cup. If each Blackhawks player gets a day with it, it's got to show up at some random publicly accessible places, right? How can we make this happen? Let's assume a budget of $1000 or so.
You will basically need to be at a social gathering of one of the winners. In those situations friends and family are allowed to drink from cup if the player allows it. I have never seen drinking from the cup allowed at public cup showings though.
Best chance, crash a player party.
posted by travis08 at 1:49 PM on June 11, 2010
Best chance, crash a player party.
posted by travis08 at 1:49 PM on June 11, 2010
Go to the Hockey Hall Of Fame in Toronto and bribe a guard when it's there during the rest of the regular season? FWIW the Stanley Cup came to my kids' elementary school once. A parent at the school worked at the Hall of Fame.
posted by GuyZero at 1:51 PM on June 11, 2010
posted by GuyZero at 1:51 PM on June 11, 2010
Done that. You need connections to do it. You can't pay for the privilege. And it's over-rated. It's just a tiered piece of etched tin when you are up close to it. It's not like it's this awe-inspiring bright and shiny glowing chalice.
posted by L'OM at 1:52 PM on June 11, 2010
posted by L'OM at 1:52 PM on June 11, 2010
Some buddies of mine are high school friends-of-friends with a hockey player who won the Cup. They were able to drink from it when he brought it to the bar they were at. So... find someone who went to high school with a Blackhawk and figure out his bar schedule, I guess.
posted by fancypants at 1:54 PM on June 11, 2010
posted by fancypants at 1:54 PM on June 11, 2010
Perhaps you can arrange some sort of charity drive to allow you to do it - if we earn $xxxx for charity, we get to drink from the cup. Perhaps one of the sports radio stations can help with tracking down the cup and seeing if they'll go for it.
posted by backwards guitar at 2:08 PM on June 11, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by backwards guitar at 2:08 PM on June 11, 2010 [2 favorites]
Building on backwards guitar's idea, I'd find one of the smaller hometowns and see if they need fundraising done for a local rink. If you get it set up, you could contact the player's agent to see if they'd like to bring Lord Stanley to the fundraising.
And it's over-rated. It's just a tiered piece of etched tin when you are up close to it. It's not like it's this awe-inspiring bright and shiny glowing chalice.
:( :( :( Next you're going to tell me there's no Santa.
posted by millions of peaches at 2:31 PM on June 11, 2010
And it's over-rated. It's just a tiered piece of etched tin when you are up close to it. It's not like it's this awe-inspiring bright and shiny glowing chalice.
:( :( :( Next you're going to tell me there's no Santa.
posted by millions of peaches at 2:31 PM on June 11, 2010
Perhaps you can arrange some sort of charity drive to allow you to do it - if we earn $xxxx for charity, we get to drink from the cup. Perhaps one of the sports radio stations can help with tracking down the cup and seeing if they'll go for it.
Definitely a good idea. Lots and lots of players bring the Cup back to their hometowns for a big party. (Particularly those from small towns) Trying finding if any of the players grew up near where you are and contact some local radio stations.
posted by Adam_S at 2:31 PM on June 11, 2010
Definitely a good idea. Lots and lots of players bring the Cup back to their hometowns for a big party. (Particularly those from small towns) Trying finding if any of the players grew up near where you are and contact some local radio stations.
posted by Adam_S at 2:31 PM on June 11, 2010
Where do you live? Each player on the cup winning team gets 24 hours with the cup. There are a few cup guards who bring it from place to place.
The above statements were correct in that you need to somehow get into a private party with the cup. You can drink from it, hold it, even give it a lapdance if you'd like (at least that's what seemed to be happening in the pictures I saw)
posted by davey_darling at 2:33 PM on June 11, 2010
The above statements were correct in that you need to somehow get into a private party with the cup. You can drink from it, hold it, even give it a lapdance if you'd like (at least that's what seemed to be happening in the pictures I saw)
posted by davey_darling at 2:33 PM on June 11, 2010
The NHL does all sorts of community and charity activities with it. This MasterCard commercial is not far off the mark. Call the NHL's PR people, tell them you'd like to visit one of these charity events, if possible. If you're nice, they'll give you the schedule for their planned activities.
Everything else would be a "gotta know someone" crapshoot.
And ... beware the Curse!
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:03 PM on June 11, 2010
Everything else would be a "gotta know someone" crapshoot.
And ... beware the Curse!
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:03 PM on June 11, 2010
a slightly altered excerpt from a lovely song by America:
Don't give up until you drink from the Stanley Cup
And ride that highway in the sky.
posted by grizzled at 3:35 PM on June 11, 2010
Don't give up until you drink from the Stanley Cup
And ride that highway in the sky.
posted by grizzled at 3:35 PM on June 11, 2010
This is going off on a tangent, but The list of Stanley Cup Misadventures may give you some ideas. And if not ideas, will at least keep you entertained for a few.
posted by kpht at 4:26 PM on June 11, 2010
posted by kpht at 4:26 PM on June 11, 2010
You can drink from it, hold it, even give it a lapdance if you'd like (at least that's what seemed to be happening in the pictures I saw)
Oh, my. If you're going to ingest something from this thing, you might want to budget part of that $1000 for a contingency in case you need medical attention.
posted by Dr. Zira at 5:28 PM on June 11, 2010
Oh, my. If you're going to ingest something from this thing, you might want to budget part of that $1000 for a contingency in case you need medical attention.
posted by Dr. Zira at 5:28 PM on June 11, 2010
Never touch a cup until you've won it.
This. I've had the opportunity to touch it, and even though I was well past the age of learning to skate, never mind that I am a woman, there's always the off chance that I'll come into a ton of money and want to buy part of a team just for kicks, and why would I want to take any chances?
posted by padraigin at 6:49 PM on June 11, 2010
This. I've had the opportunity to touch it, and even though I was well past the age of learning to skate, never mind that I am a woman, there's always the off chance that I'll come into a ton of money and want to buy part of a team just for kicks, and why would I want to take any chances?
posted by padraigin at 6:49 PM on June 11, 2010
You could become good friends with the girlfriend of the college-aged son of the team's owner, and then that son might talk his dad into letting him take it home to a fraternity kegger after a public Cup event, accompanied by the Cup guards. Hypothetically.
In other words... don't just think about how to get to the players. Consider also getting access to Blackhawks' management and leadership.
posted by pineapple at 8:37 PM on June 11, 2010
In other words... don't just think about how to get to the players. Consider also getting access to Blackhawks' management and leadership.
posted by pineapple at 8:37 PM on June 11, 2010
It's just a tiered piece of etched tin when you are up close to it. It's not like it's this awe-inspiring bright and shiny glowing chalice
Completely disagree. I've been alongside it, although I did not touch. If seeing decades' worth of a couple thousand names on a 1-yard tall, 35 lb., very, very, very shiny chalice that gets handed from champion to champion year after year doesn't inspire a little awe... you shouldn't've taken a drink from it.
I would chase down a Blackhawk from a small town. Or, get a job w/ the Pittsburgh Penguins so you can drink from it (once, maybe twice) in the next few years.
posted by Lukenlogs at 9:55 PM on June 11, 2010
Completely disagree. I've been alongside it, although I did not touch. If seeing decades' worth of a couple thousand names on a 1-yard tall, 35 lb., very, very, very shiny chalice that gets handed from champion to champion year after year doesn't inspire a little awe... you shouldn't've taken a drink from it.
I would chase down a Blackhawk from a small town. Or, get a job w/ the Pittsburgh Penguins so you can drink from it (once, maybe twice) in the next few years.
posted by Lukenlogs at 9:55 PM on June 11, 2010
Looks like there was an opportunity in Chicago already.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:30 PM on June 11, 2010
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:30 PM on June 11, 2010
Don't touch it until you (or the Flyers) win it. I beg you as a fellow Flyers fan.
posted by moviehawk at 5:56 AM on June 12, 2010
posted by moviehawk at 5:56 AM on June 12, 2010
My aunt lives in Detroit and has gotten a few photos of my cousins with the cup. I believe one of the players lives in her upscale subdivision or one of the subdivisions where her friends live. After each Red Wings victory I believe a particular player throws an open house so the neighborhood can come and gawk at the cup. If you're up for being a bit shady, you could find out where the players live and perhaps stake out their houses. Perhaps you can get your hands on a list of when each player gets the cup. If you're confident or crazy enough you can crash a private party where the cup is on display.
posted by kscottz at 1:39 PM on June 12, 2010
posted by kscottz at 1:39 PM on June 12, 2010
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posted by IanMorr at 1:49 PM on June 11, 2010 [2 favorites]