ECHL Charlotte Checkers

Stanley Cup to visit Charlotte Friday

December 12, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Long heralded as professional sports' most prestigious and revered trophy, THE STANLEY CUP is headed to Charlotte for a visit on Friday.

The famous Cup will be on display before and during the Charlotte Checkers home game vs. the Florida Everblades at Charlotte Bobcats Arena on December 16th. Team management invites - and expects - visitors from all over North and South Carolina to view, touch and have pictures taken with the famous trophy. The Cup is touring twenty ECHL teams as a means of raising funds to assist Hurricane victims by donating to the United Way, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and, in particular, the two ECHL team in Texas and Louisiana which suffered season-ending damages as a result of Katrina and Rita. Each person who makes a monetary donation will have the option of photographing his/her picture with one's own camera or downloading photos taken by a professional photographer.

IN ADDITION, any person whose first or last name is "Stanley" and can produce a photo I.D. attesting to that fact will be provided with one FREE TICKET to the game. This must be done in person at the arena box office on game day.

AND FURTHER, Judith Johnson, Mayor of the Town of Stanley, North Carolina will drop the ceremonial puck to open the game. Accompanying Mayor Johnson will be Stanley's Police Chief Jenkins and Officers Summey and Branch.

Mike Bolt, the Keeper of the Cup, will be on-hand - in traditional white gloves - to discuss the history of the famous trophy and answer visitors' questions. Donated in 1892 by Sir Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston and son of the Earl of Derby, the Stanley Cup has long represented the best of professional sports and is "the symbol of professional hockey supremacy."

The annual presentation of the Stanley Cup to the championship NHL team is a time of wonder to sports enthusiasts. To the champions who comprise the winning team, it is of special significance because each and every member of the organization's players and staff enjoy 24 hours with the Cup - a tradition that has never been matched in any other professional sport. Traveling from continent-to-continent, the Cup inspires admiration and awe wherever it is on display and it is said to bring athletes in all sports to tears in appreciation of what it represents ... professionalism, loyalty, work ethic, fairness, team play ... and history.

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