Erik Cagle Bits and Pieces: Printer Hosts Stanley Cup

Not many inanimate objects can boast of having an entourage and a heavy traveling schedule while receiving white glove treatment wherever it goes. Then again, not many inanimate objects bring on unbridled outbursts of jubilation quite like the Stanley Cup.

The Stanley Cup—awarded each year to the championship team in the National Hockey League (NHL)—is the oldest trophy competed for by team sports in North America. The trophy dates back to 1892, when it was originally commissioned as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. Every spring, the NHL goes on a two-month-long playoff saga that culminates with the crowning of a new Stanley Cup champion. Many cuts, bruises, broken bones and chipped teeth have been sacrificed in the name of capturing Lord Stanley's celebrated silver chalice.