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Cleary in Newfoundland
by Alanah McGinley on 06/30/08 at 04:06 PM ET
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From the CP (via Slam),
Hockey’s greatest prize arrived in Canada’s youngest province on Monday, greeted by the first man from Newfoundland and Labrador to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.
Newfoundland hockey hero Dan Cleary and a mob of fans welcomed the Cup on its arrival at the St. John’s airport. Cleary became the first Newfoundland-born player to win the Cup when the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL finals earlier this month.
“You don’t forget where you came from,” Cleary said.
We’ve had a ton of email requests from KK readers for more info on Dan Cleary’s time with the Stanley Cup (who knew you all loved Newfies so much?!) so let me send you off to Puck Daddy, who has a great selection of photos.
Update 4:22pm ET: Check out MLive for video of today’s activities.
Update 5:10pm ET: Kenn Oliver at The Telegram has a story up.
Filed in: NHL Teams, Detroit Red Wings | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: dan+cleary, newfoundland, stanley+cup,
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This is an awesome story, very unlikely. Cleary’s career was on the scrapheap and now here he is bringing the Cup home to the Newfies. Another great job by the Red Wings braintrust.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/30/08 at 08:47 PM ET
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“He’s got a nice grip on it, which will really interfere with the new Red Wings player tradition of beating the hell out of the Cup at every appearance.”
LMAO!
Posted by w2j2 on 06/30/08 at 08:06 PM ET