What Happens When The Stanley Cup Runs Out Of Room

How many more seasons worth of room does the cup have left.

What happens when the stanley cup runs out of room.

Retired bands along with the original stanley cup bowl are proudly displayed in lord stanley s vault in the mci great hall. Because the cup is the only professional sports trophy where the name of every member of the winning team is inscribed bands are often retired to make room for new champions. Stanley s original cup from 1892 known as the dominion hockey challenge cup above was awarded until 1970 and is now on display in the vault room at the hockey hall of fame in toronto. This thread is archived.

The stanley cup french. La coupe stanley is the championship trophy awarded annually to the national hockey league nhl playoff winner. Every 13 years when the bottom band of the stanley cup is filled with names of champions the top band is removed and retired to be displayed in the vault of the hockey hall of fame in toronto. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.

There are many traditions and anecdotes associated with the stanley cup the stanley cup is the championship trophy of the national hockey league nhl the major professional ice hockey league in canada and the united states. Nhl the nhl shield the word mark and image of the stanley cup the stanley cup playoffs logo the stanley cup final logo center. The modern one piece cup design was introduced in 1958 when the old barrel was replaced with a five band barrel each of which could contain 13 winning teams 49 although the bands were originally designed to fill up during the cup s centennial year the names of the 1965 montreal canadiens were engraved over a larger area than allotted and.