Panthers damage Stanley Cup amid celebration

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Stanley Cup is simply a small banged up, acknowledgment to the Florida Panthers' solemnisation of back-to-back titles.

The vessel of the celebrated trophy is cracked and the bottommost is dented. Not for the archetypal clip and apt not the last.

The Panthers won their 2nd consecutive championship connected location crystal Tuesday night, beating Edmonton successful six games. The team, pursuing decades of tradition, partied with the Cup into the wee hours and kept the revelry going successful Fort Lauderdale good into Wednesday afternoon.

A spokesperson for the Hockey Hall of Fame said the keepers of the Cup are taking the due steps and program to person it repaired by the solemnisation parade connected Sunday. Made of metallic and a nickel allow, the 37-pound Cup is comparatively malleable.

Damage is thing caller for the 131-year-old metallic chalice that has been submerged successful pools and the Atlantic Ocean and mishandled by players, coaches and unit for much than a century. Just this decennary alone, the Tampa Bay Lightning dropped the Cup during their vessel parade successful 2021 and the Colorado Avalanche dented it connected the crystal the nighttime they won the pursuing year.