The folks over at the Village at Burlington Creek have scored a major goal. The Stanley Cup will be on display from 4:30 to 6:30. Full details here. I don't know if the Cup has ever been in Jackson County since the Scouts were probably too clueless to bring it here 35+ years ago but we can say for sure it's been here.
The Cup is THE greatest sports tradition. I still get John Boehner teary eyed every time I watch the video below of Ray Bourque finally winning the Cup with my 2nd favorite team. Bourque was one of the all time class acts who unfortunately played his entire career with the Boston Bruins™ who (at that time) were the Royals™ of hockey. The fans showed up no matter what product was put on the ice and the owner was a tightwad who never spent any money bringing in new or keeping talent. Put those two together and you have a very profitable owner and a continually disappointed fan base. Before his final season he was traded to Colorado and they won it all.
This was one of the all time great feel good moments in the last 50 years of sport in my humble opinion.
Clip credit courtesy of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
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