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Infographic: The fight for the Stanley Cup
Much angst, and ink, has been spilled in recent years over fighting in hockey. Progressives say ban fighting. Traditionalists say ‘over our dead bodies.’ A moral debate rages. Yet what seldom gets asked is: How does fighting affect a team’s performance? Does toughness win games? Is meting out an ugly black eye as valuable as scoring a pretty goal? Let’s drop the gloves, shall we, and look at the numbers. (Illustration by Mike Faille)
It’s been a long wait, but the Los Angeles Kings finally got to raise their Stanley Cup banner before their game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon. (Photos: Harry How/Getty Images, Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press)
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![This is not just any toilet! After the Toronto Maple Leafs moved out of Maple Leaf Gardens in 1999, the team sold off much of the history associated with its legendary home, from the original Stanley Cup banners to a dressing room toilet.
Sherm Cunningham, a diehard fan and suite holder, spent close to $500,000 in November 2000, acquiring more than 100 items up for sale.
Now, more than 13 years later, his collection is available again, giving the public a chance to own the historical items.
“[Sherm] had visions of grandeur of what he was going to do with everything and it never happened,” said Hersh Borenstein, the owner of the sports memorabilia store Frozen Pond. “The stuff has been sitting in his basement for the past decade and he decided, ‘You know what, time to pass it on to people that are going to appreciate it a whole lot more than me.’”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbqjaiDjga1r1thtao1_1280.jpg)
This is not just any toilet! After the Toronto Maple Leafs moved out of Maple Leaf Gardens in 1999, the team sold off much of the history associated with its legendary home, from the original Stanley Cup banners to a dressing room toilet.
Sherm Cunningham, a diehard fan and suite holder, spent close to $500,000 in November 2000, acquiring more than 100 items up for sale.
Now, more than 13 years later, his collection is available again, giving the public a chance to own the historical items.
“[Sherm] had visions of grandeur of what he was going to do with everything and it never happened,” said Hersh Borenstein, the owner of the sports memorabilia store Frozen Pond. “The stuff has been sitting in his basement for the past decade and he decided, ‘You know what, time to pass it on to people that are going to appreciate it a whole lot more than me.’”
Jonathan Quick celebrates the Los Angeles Kings’ Stanley Cup win over the New Jersey Devils with his two-year-old daughter Madison.
Quick won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP on Monday night after yielding just 29 goals in the Kings’ 20 playoff games on the way to their first title.
Quick allowed a mere seven goals in six games in the finals, capping a breakthrough season for the Vezina Trophy finalist who kept the Kings competitive while they were the NHL’s lowest-scoring team for much of the regular season.
This is for all you “Bones” fans: The Stanley Cup dropped by the television show’s set on Wednesday. We don’t know whose skull that is, but click through for more photos.
Rat trick! Victory rats cover the ice following the Florida Panthers win against the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final. Photo: REUTERS/Rhona Wise
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The Stanley Cup is now a water fountain, because why not? Young hockey fans drink water from a giant water fountain in the shape of the Stanley Cup in Times Square. The NHL playoffs begin tonight. REUTERS/Phil Noble
The Stanley Cup gets frisked before a breakfast reception with U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. At least no full body scan. He’s shy. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tickets aren’t so bad.
Even in October, the drama was terrific although the hockey was not. Sure, there was no Stanley Cup cliffhanger to draw record audiences and create where-were-you moments — but the Vancouver Canucks’ new fall season started with drama and tension that teased and tortured their overwrought fans.
