Trophy News From Sweden
The Stanley Cup has made its share of interesting off-season appearances, but Tomas Holmstrom of the Detroit Red Wings may have added a truly unique chapter to the trophy’s storied history.
Each member of the championship-winning club gets the trophy for a day, and Holmstrom decided to let his cousin use it as a baptismal font for a christening.
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The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York is opening an exhibit featuring the Stanley Cup and other coveted trophies of professional hockey.
The museum’s third annual Hockey Night is billed as a “unique art and sportsrelated evening”. Visitors will get a closeup look at the tall silver cup trophy which is presented each spring to the National Hockey League champion. It is widely regarded as the greatest of all sports trophies. Vistors can also view the Conn Smythe, Vezina, Art Ross and Hart trophies.
Hockey Hall of Fame curator Phil Pritchard will present “Travels with Stanley,” a lecture including images from the “keepers of the Cup” who chronicle this famous trophy’s adventures around the world.
Trophies News from Ulverston, England
Hockey players from Ulverston Victoria High School in Northwest England celebrated a double triumph last week. The girls brought home armfuls of trophies.
The team won the Barrow and District Girls PE Championship.
Further delight came when the senior girls won the Under-16 Championship, beating off Parkview, St Bernards and Thorncliffe.
Their PE teacher Ms Bowes said, “We read in the news that young women are not getting enough exercise nor taking part in competitive sport, but these girls are bucking the trend.”
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Trophies News spotlights the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Germany defeated Australia 1-0 yesterday to earn a record ninth Champions Trophy in world field hockey. It was their first since 2001.
Captain Timo Wess scored the only goal from a penalty corner after five minutes of the final.
“We were better in the first half but Australia’s superior fitness made them dangerous in the second period as they came at us in waves,” said Germany coach Markus Weise.
“In sports, if you don’t work hard you don’t get lucky, and today we worked extremely hard to deny them a goal,” he said.
In the play-off for third and fourth, the Netherlands made tournament history after edging out Korea 3-2 in a thrilling play-off. This win assured the Dutch a medal in the Champions Trophy for a record 10th consecutive time.
Spain took fifth place, beating Britain 4-2 to earn an automatic spot in next year’s tournament in Rotterdam.
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