If I ever had a day with the Stanley Cup, I am not sure exactly what I would do with it. You’re talking to a girl who once had to carry the Beanpot down a Madison Square Garden hallway and did so totally on her tiptoes because she was too frightened of somehow harming the famous trophy. I feel like if given the Stanley Cup for a day, I’d find a padded room, place it there, borrow some stanchions from my full-time job, and only let people get within four feet of it. I wouldn’t want to be THE person that somehow breaks the Stanley Cup, thus ensuring its future as being imprisoned behind thick plexi-glass.
Given that anxiety, I did not enter Discover’s Day With The Cup contest. But many hockey fans did, and the contest has been whittled down to three worthy finalists. You can see each finalist on the contest’s Facebook page.
While all three finalists have equally motivating tales, I have to say that the entry of Heather and Noah was the most heart tugging. Noah shared his love of hockey with his father, a member of the military who was recently deployed overseas. As the entry reads, “Hockey was something that me and my dad did together, every weekend, my mom don’t like the cold.”
Noah and Heather (who I am guessing is his non-cold liking mom) credit Noah’s hockey team, the Fulton Red Raiders, for helping them through the emotional ups and downs of having a loved one deployed. They want to win a day with the cup to salute Noah’s dad and his fellow soldiers.
The other two finalists are equally as deserving, but Noah’s especially touched my heart. I know I’ll be voting for him to earn a day with the Stanley Cup.
Which one of the Day With The Cup entries do you like best? Would you be as nervous as I would if you got a day with the Stanley Cup? Tell me in the comments!
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