shrader Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 http://prohockeytalk..._medium=twitter I just came across this story. I'd love to hear the story of exactly what happened here because this team looks incredibly bad right now. Not as bad as that soccer team a year or two ago that dropped their trophy under their bus, but still, really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 This is why we can't have nice things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Selected Stanley Cup misadventures: In 1905, a member of the Ottawa Senators tried to drop kick the Cup across the Rideau Canal. The attempt failed, and the Cup was not retrieved until the next day; luckily the canal was still frozen over. In 1962, the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. During a party after the win, the trophy was dropped in a bonfire and badly damaged. It was repaired at the expense of the team. In 1964, Red Kelly of the Toronto Maple Leafs posed for a photo with his infant son sitting in the Cup, only to find the child had urinated in it. Kelly was quoted years later as saying it has always since made him laugh to see players drinking out of the Cup. A week after the ...Detroit team won the Cup, Kris Draper's newborne daughter defecated in the Cup as she sat in it. The Cup was thoroughly cleaned and Draper reportedly drank from it that same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 I would imagine that cup has significant monetary value. Could this be a felony for willful destruction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohansrage Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 First off, This is a great story. Second....I noticed this post was labeled Off-topic but it is hockey related so why is it OT? Is anything not Sabres related OT? Is it anything not NHL related? Just wondering is all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROC Sabres Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Reminds me of this gem: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 First off, This is a great story. Second....I noticed this post was labeled Off-topic but it is hockey related so why is it OT? Is anything not Sabres related OT? Is it anything not NHL related? Just wondering is all... I start threads so rarely, but I went with OT since its not NHL or Sabre prospect related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohansrage Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I start threads so rarely, but I went with OT since its not NHL or Sabre prospect related. Makes sense to me. I was just wondering if there was a standard as I'm new here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Makes sense to me. I was just wondering if there was a standard as I'm new here Not NHL or Sabres related pretty much is the standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohansrage Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Not NHL or Sabres related pretty much is the standard. Thank you sir :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEnnis the Menace Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 any news of how the Memorial Cup got that way yet? like Shrader, I would love to hear the excuse/story of what exactly happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 any news of how the Memorial Cup got that way yet? like Shrader, I would love to hear the excuse/story of what exactly happened. Screw that, I want video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Screw that, I want video! They should release it as PPV since they need the money to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Dillon Donnelly's explanation, via Turcotte's story in la Nouvelliste, sheds a bit more light on the accident: "I feel real bad, but it was an accident. The Cup was on a table outside at my place at a gathering with friends after dinner with my family. I wanted to pick it up, there was a chair behind me that made me lose my balance and I dropped it off the terrace onto cement," said Donnelly, who admit he had been drinking that night. "There wasn't anything intentional. It's a Cup that honours the memory of war veterans, and my great uncle served for Canada. It's not my style to break things for fun. It was an accident. My fall meant that something very important got very damaged. But it was already in a bad place before we got it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Dillon Donnelly's explanation, via Turcotte's story in la Nouvelliste, sheds a bit more light on the accident: "I feel real bad, but it was an accident. The Cup was on a table outside at my place at a gathering with friends after dinner with my family. I wanted to pick it up, there was a chair behind me that made me lose my balance and I dropped it off the terrace onto cement," said Donnelly, who admit he had been drinking that night. "There wasn't anything intentional. It's a Cup that honours the memory of war veterans, and my great uncle served for Canada. It's not my style to break things for fun. It was an accident. My fall meant that something very important got very damaged. But it was already in a bad place before we got it." Reminds me of a certain team throwing the Stanley Cup into a swimming pool and the result being less than good.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 throwing the Stanley Cup into a swimming pool This guy missed the pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Dillon Donnelly's explanation, via Turcotte's story in la Nouvelliste, sheds a bit more light on the accident: "I feel real bad, but it was an accident. The Cup was on a table outside at my place at a gathering with friends after dinner with my family. I wanted to pick it up, there was a chair behind me that made me lose my balance and I dropped it off the terrace onto cement," said Donnelly, who admit he had been drinking that night. "There wasn't anything intentional. It's a Cup that honours the memory of war veterans, and my great uncle served for Canada. It's not my style to break things for fun. It was an accident. My fall meant that something very important got very damaged. But it was already in a bad place before we got it." And um that bullet hole? Well when it went down, we could see it was hurt, like real bad, so we did the humane thing and put it down... I feel bad about that, but what else could we do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabres13 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 And um that bullet hole? Well when it went down, we could see it was hurt, like real bad, so we did the humane thing and put it down... I feel bad about that, but what else could we do? :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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