TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Well, the Chicago Blackhawks are headed to the Stanley Cup finals once again! As a Chicago hockey fan, this is very exciting for me. Tonight is Game 1, so you will find me parked in front of the television. In honor of this event, I have some fun facts for you about the Stanley Cup...

Go Hawks!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of the NHL playoff series."

HINT: (1966-), is an American journalist, sportswriter and novelist.

RANDOM TIDBITS
The Stanley Cup was created by Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley (Lord Stanley of Preston), the Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. After purchasing the cup in London for about $50 at the time, he donated it and had it awarded to Canada's top amateur hockey club. It was first awarded to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association in 1893.

There are three versions of the Stanley Cup: The original bowl, purchased in 1892, was retired in 1962 and is displayed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The Presentation Cup has been awarded since 1963, and the team keeps it for 100 days, with each player getting a day with it. The Replica Cup is used as a stand-in at the Hall of Fame whenever the Presentation Cup is absent.

A new Cup isn't made every year. The trophy is passed from one champion to the next, and names of the winning players, coaches, management and staff are added to the lowest of the five rings. When the rings become full, the oldest band is removed and sent to the Hall of Fame. A blank replacement band is then added. Each ring holds 13 teams.

Some engraving errors were not corrected, including the 1980-81 Islanders team that is misspelled as "Ilanders,"and the 1971-72 Boston Bruins shown as "Bqstqn Bruins."

When members of the 1924 champion Montreal Canadiens got a flat tire on the way to the team's victory banquet, they removed the Cup from the trunk of the car to get to the spare tire and left the Cup on the side of the road. They found it later laying in a snow bank.

In 1950, Detroit Red Wings captain Ted Lindsay began the tradition of winning players hoisting the Cup.

(www.amny.com)

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of the NHL playoff series."

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