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Errors on the Cup As the oldest and most revered trophy in professional sports, there is no greater honor than having your name engraved on the Stanley Cup. But the engravers don’t always get it right. Suffice it to say, they are not competing in the Scripps Spelling Bee anytime soon. Here are the mistakes that they have made to date:
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1937-38:
[Chicago
Blackhawks]
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Palangio’s name appears twice; it’s spelled correctly once and incorrectly as PALAGIO. 1941-42: [Toronto Maple Leafs] – Goaltender Turk Broda is represented twice, once as TURK BRODA and again as WALTER BRODA (his real name).
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Pete
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1971-72: [Boston Bruins] – The team name is
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1974-75: [Montreal Canadiens] – Forward Bob
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1980-81: [New York Islanders] – The
misspelled as BQSTQN BRUINS.
Gainey’s name is misspelled as GAINY.
team’s name is misspelled as NEW YORK ILANDERS.
1946-47: [Toronto Maple Leafs] – Forward Gaye Stewart is misspelled as GAVE STEWART.
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1983-84: [Edmonton Oilers] – Owner Peter Pocklington included
the name of his father, Basil Pocklington,
B A LT I M O R E J E W I S H H O M E . C O M
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1951-52: [Detroit Red Wings] –
who was unaffiliated with the team.
Coach Tommy Ivan’s name is
After the NHL learned of the move, it
misspelled as TOMMY NIVAN; center Alex Delvecchio‘s name is
ordered the name removed. The name is now covered by a string of 16 X’s.
misspelled as ALEX BELVECCHIO.
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1956 thru 1960: [Montreal Canadiens] – Hall of Fame
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1995-96: [Colorado Avalanche] – Forward Adam
Deadmarsh’s name was misspelled
goaltender Jacques Plante won
as ADAM DEADMARCH. It was later
the Stanley Cup five consecutive
corrected, a Stanley Cup first.
years; his name is spelled differently each time.
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1962-63: [Toronto Maple Leafs] –
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2001-02: [Detroit Red Wings] – Goaltender Manny
Legace’s name was misspelled as
The team name is misspelled as
MANNY LAGASE; it was later
TORONTO MAPLE LEAES.
corrected.
