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Cleary Flashback
by Paul on 06/20/08 at 12:21 PM ET
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from Bob White at Coaster.com,
He was third to hoist the Cup, which first went to captain Niklas Lidstrom, first European to ever captain an NHL championship team, and then to 16-year veteran and first-time Cup winner Dallas Drake, who passed it on to Cleary.
“I wasn’t expecting to get it (the Cup) that soon,” he said. “It showed me how much the guys respect me and how they understood how huge this was for me. I love these guys, each and every one of them are friends. Now, we’ve got a bond for life, one that will never be broken.”
And just what was it like to finally raise the famous and coveted 35-pound piece of silverware?
more with a nice picture with Cleary and Bob Cole…
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It is special that Cleary & Newfoundland will get the cup on Canada Day, July 1, the national holiday.
I wonder if the Red Wings (Ken Holland is Canadian, after all) had somethhing to do with that????
Posted by w2j2 on 06/20/08 at 12:35 PM ET