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Stanley Cup Comes Back To Santa Clarita For One Night

The Stanley Cup came to Santa Clarita on Sunday evening.


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Nick Nickson, the radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League hosted the event at Robinson Ranch.

He was excited to have the cup for the evening, and said that “it never gets old!”

“I just love seeing the reactions of people seeing the cup,” said Nickson. “Peoples smiles, people touching the cup, hugging the cup, anything!”

Close to 200 people attended the private event that accepted donations for the Assistance League here in Santa Clarita Valley.

The Assistance League of Santa Clarita is a volunteer organization that develops and implements programs to make a difference in the lives of families in our community,” according to their website.

Nickson had the cup for about four hours, keeping with the tradition of it being passed between players and senior staff members.

The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals.


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Background on The Stanley Cup:

Originally commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston, then–Governor General of Canada, who awarded it to Canada’s top-ranking amateur ice hockey club, which the entire Stanley family supported, with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game.

The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC. In 1915, the two professional ice hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), reached a gentlemen’s agreement in which their respective champions would face each other for the Stanley Cup.

Unlike the trophies awarded by the other three major professional sports leagues of North America, a new Stanley Cup is not made each year; winners keep it until a new champion is crowned. It is unusual among trophies, in that it has the names of all of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved on its chalice.

Initially, a new band added each year caused the trophy to grow in size, earning the nickname “Stovepipe Cup”. In 1958 the modern one-piece Cup was designed with a five-band barrel which could contain 13 winning teams per band. To prevent the Stanley Cup from growing, when the bottom band is full, the oldest band is removed and preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a new blank band added to the bottom.

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Stanley Cup Comes Back To Santa Clarita For One Night

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