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“My Day with the Cup”

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:10:13 +0000

Here is a video compilation of Sidney Crosby and the day he took home the Stanley Cup to Cole Harbour. It is a great accompaniment to the new photo book about the same day.

Two young brothers from Regina meet Crosby

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:09:00 +0000

Two lucky young brothers, while on their family’s summer vacation in Nova Scotia, both got a chance encounter with Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. They were visiting family near Halifax, when they found out about the special Crosby birthday / Stanley Cup celebration in his hometown of Cole Harbour. And like most of the other forty thousand people that showed up for the event, they too were hoping for a glimpse of the NHL’s biggest superstar. But they ended up getting a whole lot more.

The Cran family purchased two of the $10 posters (the one that the money went to charity), allowing them to enter their sons’ names in the special draw for a chance to meet Crosby and get a picture taken with the Cup. This was the special draw that had only 87 names selected ( matching Crosby’s number and the year he was born). And as luck would have it, Liam and JJ were both among the winning 87 names selected. One of the brothers were also only one of two people from the photo shoots to get a Crosby autograph.

To find out more or read the complete original story written by Greg Harder of the Leader-Post on August 20th then click here

And thanks to Jennifer Cran for sharing the story with us!

[photo sources: Jason Cran]

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Crosby’s Parade through his home town in Cole Harbour

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:32:43 +0000

The video below shows some of the sights and sounds following Sidney Crosby along his birthday bash / Stanley Cup victory parade route in his home town of Cole Harbour. Great for those fans (like myself) that were not fortunate to be at the celebration (also available at the link above if the video below does not function properly in your browser).

Video showing Crosby Parade in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia

: Crosby Home Town Stanley Cup Parade

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Crosby Birthday Bash & Home Town Cup Parade

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:53:46 +0000

Today is Sidney’s 22nd birthday and what a great way to celebrate it by having over 40 thousand local fans come out and cheer you on in a home town Stanley Cup Parade.

“I am very excited to bring the Stanley Cup back to Cole Harbour,” Crosby said in a release. “People from home have been so supportive of me since I was a youngster playing at Cole Harbour Place. I want as many people as possible to be part of this day.” The parade is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. at the Portland Hills bus terminal and head down to Cole Harbour Place where Sidney played hockey when he was younger.

Fans will have a chance to get their picture taken with the Cup, however due to the overwhelming demand, 87 special people (who have winning tickets from a charity raffle) will be able to get their picture taken with the Cup and Sidney Crosby as well.

Stanley Cup in Mario’s pool

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:15:49 +0000

We had some photos submitted to us recently revealing a real shin digg of a party at Mario Lemieux’s place where the Stanley Cup ended up going for a swim in the pool. And according to NHL Stanley Cup legends and past stories, it was not the first time that the Stanley Cup has been in Mario’s pool.

“So … how did Lord Stanley’s mug end up in the bottom of Mario’s pool? After the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first Cup win in 1991/1992, the team was invited back to Mario’s palatial home to celebrate. The house featured an in-ground swimming pool. The pool’s decorative highlight was a four-tier neon-lit waterfall. During the course of the party, Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso climbed up the waterfall with the Cup, and had his photo taken. After much more of this, the Cup was left atop the waterfall and the party went on. Meanwhile, defenseman Phil Bourque, who had been enjoying a frosty alcoholic beverage or two, decided to scale the waterfall. According to legend, clad only in his underwear, Bourque lifted the Cup and hurled it into the pool, where it sank ignominiously to the bottom. Since that infamous day, the Cup travels with security escorts assigned by the NHL.”

[taken from 'Why Is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux's Swimming Pool?: How Winners Celebrate With the World's Most Famous Cup' by Kevin Allen]

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Update:We have found the photos on other blogs and websites (no surprise as most email forwards travel fast …) however most have been removed out of respect to Mario (and the people in them whom we can not identify), so we have done the same. (The photos are still posted on some blogs such as this one- if you still wanted to check them out)

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Two young brothers from Regina meet Crosby

Crosby & Penguins win Cup

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:33:19 +0000

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings last night 2 to 1 in game seven of the Playoffs to win the 2009 Stanley Cup. Crosby became the youngest captain in NHL history to hoist the Stanley Cup above his head.

Sidney Crosby exited the game early in the second period, but returned at the start of the third. He injured his left leg after absorbing a clean, but very hard hit from Johan Franzen along the boards in the neutral zone. Crosby had trouble putting weight on his foot as he glided to the bench before limping down the runway to the dressing room.

Marc-Andre Fleury made some memrobale saves in the last few seconds denying Detroit’s final attempts to force overtime. Both Henrik Zetterberg and Nicklas Lidstrom had point-blank shots that Fleury was able to stop with his leg pad and then finally lunging across the crease to get his blocker on a quick wrist shot by Lidstrom. Evgeni Malkin, who finished first in the playoff scoring was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner.

[photo source: Wikipedia - wikipedia.org]

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