Is the Stanley Cup passed down or is there a new one made?

Question

When a team wins the Stanley Cup, is the cup passed down from team to team or does a new one get made?

Answer 1

it is passed down. And this year it will be passed to THE DETROIT REDWINGS YEAH!!!

Answer 2

new one is made, American sports don't pass any trophies on.

Answer 3

From what I understand, there are 2.  The "real" one, stays in the Hockey Hall of Fame.  The other one goes to the team, exhibits and so on.  Every year, the winning team has their team name and team members engraved onto one of the "rings" that help to make a part of the base.  When there isn't anymore room, some of the older "rings" on the cup toward the top (below the actual bowl) are "retired" and new ones are added.

Answer 4

passed down. it has the names of all the players of every winning team on it. it started out as just the cup part of it. when they run out of space on the level, they add anew one. they just added one for the 2005 "season" (lockout). and this is the fourth section upcoming for that level. it weighs 35 pounds right now.

do u know how much it would cost to make a new stanley cup every year?!!?!?

Answer 5

There are three Stanley Cups.

There is the original which NEVER leaves the Hall of Fame (although it did travel to London last September to visit it's birthplace).

Here's a picture of the actual original cup donated by Lord Stanley of Preston.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/supa_pedro/...

There are two other cups, one is considered "real", and is denoted so by having the Hall of Fame markings on the bottom.  Notice the markings on the bottom of the Cup that Dave Andreychuk is holding.

http://www.ijshockey.nl/upload/NHL_Andre...

There is also a 'Replica' Cup.  This cup is identical to the one that Andreychuk held with three exceptions

1) No Hall of Fame marking on the bottom

2) No misspelled names

3) It never leaves the Hall - it is always on display for people to see....and touch - NOBODY is allowed to touch the "real" cup .

There is a rumour that it is a less pure silver but the Hall of Fame says that isn;t the case.

The 'real' Stanley Cup is handed out each year to the winning team, and over the course of the summer, it travels to the various hometowns of the players on the winning team.  Once the new season starts, it is back at the Hockey Hall of Fame, locked in a vault with Phil Pritchard so he can constantly shine it!

Answer 6

passed down.

every cup is passed down.

Answer 7

It's passed down, but every so often they make a new one because it runs out of space.

Answer 8

The Stanley cup is NOT passed down to any one........

It is earned by a guelling process of entertaining the public and sponsors to the point of really playing for a reason.THE CUP. The one team to prevail has bragging rights for the rest of their lives.When the names of the winners become too much and make the cup too large "rings are replaced with new ones. BUT there is only one.....

Answer 9

yup, new one made. every year

except the year of the strike

Answer 10

It's passed down and there is only one Stanly Cup!

Everyone should read Lesley B's answer.

edit: my bad, there is really three stanley cup

Answer 11

It is passed down from team to team :)

The Stanley Cup (French: La Coupe Stanley) is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs champion. It is commonly referred to as The Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously (chiefly by sportswriters) as Lord Stanley's Mug.[1] The Stanley Cup is surrounded by numerous legends and traditions, the oldest of which is the celebratory drinking of champagne out of the cup by the winning team. Unlike the trophies awarded by the other three major professional sports leagues of North America, a new Stanley Cup is not made each year; Cup winners keep it until a new champion is crowned. It is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved on it.[2] The original bowl was made of silver and has a dimension of 18.5 centimeters (7.28 inches) in height and 29 centimeters (11.42 inches) in diameter. The current Stanley Cup is made of silver and nickel alloy. Today, it has a height of 89.54 centimeters (35.25 inches) and weighs 15.5 kilograms (34.5 lb).[3]

The Stanley Cup is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.[2] Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy was donated by former Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892 as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. In 1915, the two professional ice hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), reached a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective champions would face each other for the Stanley Cup. After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the de facto championship trophy of the NHL in 1926. The Cup later became the de jure NHL championship prize in 1947.