The Stanley Cup, steeped in tradition and lore, revered by any player to set foot on the ice-drop-kicked into a canal?! Follow the true exploits of the most celebrated of sport’s trophies beyond the champagne toasts and all-star embraces. Why is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux’s Swimming Pool is a wild, globe-trotting romp filled with zany, surprising, and often touching accounts of what really happens once hockey’s greatest quest has been conquered and the ce… More >>
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Oh, man…..after reading this book I’d give anything to see and touch the Stanley Cup. I always looked at it with awe but after reading this stories compiled by Kevin Allen, I appreciate the Cup even more.As he says, it’s the most recognizable and meaningful trophy in all of sports.
The book gives us a number of short stories of how players reacted to winning it after capturing NHL championships. The fun really gets going when you read about the players taking it around to their friends places and to parties where unspeakable things happened to it! Man, this Cup has been through a lot.
I appreciated the funny stories in the book but was even more impressed with the touching stories. To some, like the fathers and mothers who got up at 4 a.m. to drive their kids to hockey practices year-after-year, seeing their now-grownup son hold this Cup can’t do anything but bring tears of joy. I know I got choked up reading some of this.
This is a wonderful book….and very readable.
Rating: 5 / 5
Great insight to what goes on around the Cup. Of course, visiting the Cup live is the best option but this books allows you the appreciation of seeing her live and knowing who touched it and where she traveled to or in.
A must for any hockey fan. It gives some fun topic to chat about with your buddy’s over some beers.
Rating: 4 / 5
What do hockey players do with the Stanley Cup after winning the most cherished trophy ? That’s what author Kevin Allen wrote about in the book Why is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux’s Swimming Pool?: How Winners Celebrate With the World’s Most Famous Cup. With each player getting twenty-four hours to spend with Lord Stanley’s Cup the cup comes back with a lot of bizarre memories.
The book takes you through the long journeys that they Stanley Cup endures. It takes you to many foreign countries like Russia and Canada, to the pool of Mario Lemieux or even to Cornell with Joe Nieuwendyk to visit his blind college professor. The book describes how meaningful winning the Stanley Cup is to hockey players. Long after the final game the players still have the same emotions with the Stanley Cup as they did the day they raised it over their heads. The book includes many players stories of when they won the Cup from the likes of Maurice Richard to more recently Brett Hull.
I highly recommend to those hockey fanatics who just can’t get enough hockey. This book defiantly makes you want to keep reading and once you start you will not be able to put it down. Every time I see the precious trophy I always think back to this book and all the unusual things that the athletes did with the Stanley Cup.
Rating: 5 / 5
this book was pretty funny to hear all the stories of the stanley cup it makes you laugh when you see people drink out of it to it also makes you think what you would do if you ever won the cup its great
Rating: 5 / 5
This is one of the coolest books I have ever read. Being a hockey nut, I just ate these stories up like no tomorrow. You don’t need to be a crazy fan like myself to enjoy the stories though. The Stanley Cup is definately the most well traveled hunk of silver around and its story is still being written. The Cup means so much more that just winning and this book illustrates just how important it is to people and just how uncontrollably happy they can become when they raise it over their heads. One of these days, when I get my day with the Stanley Cup, I hope to be featured in a book just like this.
In general, this book is a unique collection of fascinating stories that have been compiled for over one hundred years. No hockey fan should be without this and I highly recommend it too anyone who is looking for an easy going and enjoyable book.
Rating: 5 / 5