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Careful With That Cup
by Alanah McGinley on 06/07/08 at 11:06 AM ET
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From the AP via the Globe & Mail:
The Stanley Cup is okay after taking a tumble during the Red Wings’ celebrations in Detroit.
NHL spokeswoman Bernadette Mansur says Saturday the Cup got a “slight dent” Friday after some players took the trophy to Cheli’s Chili Bar, a downtown restaurant owned by Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios.
Mansur says a keeper of the Cup traveling with the trophy was able to smooth out the dent.
Update 2:18pm ET: A further comment from CBC.ca,
Over its history, the cup has been subjected to a number of indignities. There are actually three of them — the original bowl, the “presentation model” and the “replica” version that is used at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto when the presentation model is out partying.
The cup has been accidentally left on a street corner, pooped in by an excited infant, used as a doggie bowl by two players’ canines and dropped numerous times.
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Fine, blame the bartender. But personally, I bet it was Maltby’s fault. (I find it’s good policy to blame Maltby for everything...) 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 06/07/08 at 11:23 AM ET
Or blame Chelios. It is his bar.
I would imagine things got a little raucous in Hockeytown. The Wings were all drinking beer in the hot sun during the parade....
By the way, I believe the number of fans at the parade was 1.4 million.
Posted by w2j2 on 06/07/08 at 12:26 PM ET
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i wondered when this would hit the MSN. Heard about it yesterday.
Apparently a bartender knocked it off the bar onto the floor.
Posted by Pharazon from England on 06/07/08 at 11:09 AM ET