It's My Turn to Pee in The Cup!

The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup also known as the "Holy Grail". But if legends and traditions follow suit, who knows what un-holy things the Blackhawks will do with it?

For those that don't follow professional North American Hockey, you may not know that there are many traditions associated with winning the Stanley Cup. One of them is to have each member of the winning team skate around the ice with the trophy hoisted above their head, as pictured. There is also the tradition of drinking champagne out of the top of the Cup. I mention this one in particular, because when you find out what other things have been allegedly done with the Cup; you may wonder why anyone would touch it, let alone drink from it.

So here is a short list of some of the reported mistreatment the Stanley Cup has endured. Remember, unlike other professional leagues that award a new trophy each year to the champions, the Cup is simply passed from one winning team to the next:

1. After the mortgage on Madison Square Garden was paid, the management publicly celebrated by burning the mortgage in the Cup during the 1940-41 NHL (National Hockey League) season.
2. Maurice Richard chipped both of his front teeth while drinking from the Stanley Cup, in 1957.
3. In 1962, members of the Toronto Maple Leafs dropped the trophy in a bonfire as part of their celebration of having won it. The team was made to pay for the extensive damage to the Cup at their expense.
4. In 1964, Red Kelly of the Toronto Maple Leafs had his son sitting in the Cup for a photo, and then later discovered the child urinated in it.
5. Clark Gillies of the New York Islanders filled the Cup with dog food, and then let his dog eat out of it.
6. The New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier admitted to sleeping with the Cup, as have other players.
7. Several New York Rangers took the Cup to Belmont Park, filled it with oats, and then let Kentucky Derby winner 'Go for Gin' eat out of it.
8. Kris Draper's daughter defecated in the Cup as she sat in it. The Cup was cleaned, and reportedly Draper drank from it that same day.
9. The Cup has been dropped and dented on numerous occasions, along with fans drinking beer from it, and at times just plain forgotten or misplaced.

Surprisingly, even though alcohol, urine, deification, etc. have filled the Cup, some players have had their kids baptized in it.