The Stanley Cup: Now You Know!

Bruins Fans! You spent the last 6 months watching each and every game on your Directstartv.com satellite and you’re counting down the minutes until the season starts back up. We bet there are a few things you still don’t know about the Stanley Cup, though, since it hasn’t been in Boston since thirty years ago. Here are a few of our favorite facts:
The Stanley Cup was crafter in the hills of Sheffield, England and was first presented in 1893.
This makes the Stanley Cup the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes.
Each player and manager of a winning team gets to take the trophy home for a day to share its glory with family and friends.
The cup weighs over 35 lbs. and stands just under three feet tall.
The cup traveled to Russia for the first time in the summer of 1997 to accompany Russian members of the team.
The cup travels an average of 250 days a year.
There are over a dozen names that have been misspelled on the Stanley Cup throughout history and only one has been corrected.