New Jersey Devils Goalie Martin Brodeur became the National Hockey League's greatest goalie ever last night with his 552nd win. He's won more games than anyone now...and he's a great guy.
When I was in radio, Brodeur brought the Stanley Cup to our offices at WFAN and I helped him carry the cup back up to his truck. Which leads to a funny story. As we started up a flight of stairs, I "clanged" the cup off of the metal railing.
I got real worried and looked at Brodeur and apologized.
His reply:
"Oh Mike, no worries. It's gone through much worse than that! Someone was probably rolling it down second avenue last night!"
True enough. The Stanley Cup has indeed been through a lot. My favorite story is that the 1906 Montreal Wanderers left the cup behind after a photo shoot and a cleaning woman used it as a flower pot.
Some others:
The 1980 Islanders won the cup and Clark Gillies let his dog eat his kibble out of it. He said "He's a good dog!"
Bryan Trottier also took the cup to bed with him so when he awoke he wouldn't think that it was all a dream.
Both Patrick Roy and Mario Lemieux found the cup at the bottom of their swimming pool.
And perhaps the most bizzare: The 1940 NY Rangers urinated in the cup.
When you think of all the people who drink out of this thing--I hope the strength of alcohol they put in it is rather strong. For some reason I don't think I need to worry!
Anyway, congrats to Marty--the greatest goalie of ALL TIME.
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