What Happens When The Stanley Cup Runs Out Of Room

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What happens when the stanley cup runs out of room.

It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in north america and the international ice hockey federation iihf considers it to be one of the most important championships available to the sport. 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.

Retired bands along with the original stanley cup bowl are proudly displayed in lord stanley s vault in the mci great hall. 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. 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. 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.

What will happen when the stanley cup runs out of room for the teams who won. How many more seasons worth of room does the cup have left. The stanley cup french.