What’s up next for the Knights and the Stanley Cup?
The smiles, laughter and tears couldn’t stop coming as the Golden Knights celebrated their Stanley Cup victory on the ice with friends and families Tuesday night.
They posed for pictures. They hugged each other tight. They even made sure to put several babies in the bowl. And the party is just getting started.
BABY IN THE CUP 👶 #StanleyCup
Cc: Reilly Smith pic.twitter.com/hSjlEOGruo
— NHL (@NHL) June 14, 2023
The Knights will have the entire summer to bask in the glow of the first championship in franchise history before getting back to work in September.
Here’s what will happen in the coming days and months:
The Knights will hold a parade Saturday on the Strip, the Golden Knights announced. It will begin at Flamingo Road at 7 p.m. The parade route extends to Tropicana Boulevard. Both sides of Las Vegas Boulevard will be closed during the parade.
The parade will culminate with a rally on Toshiba Plaza and the Park District in front of T-Mobile Arena, beginning at approximately 9 p.m.
Every member of the team will get to spend one day with the Cup during the summer doing whatever they choose.
Most players take it back to their hometowns to show it off to the people who helped kick-start their careers and inspire the next generation of hockey players. The day often ends with a more private celebration for friends and family.
Nonna’s pasta tastes even better served in the #StanleyCup. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/Y1UJG0slS1
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) July 15, 2019
Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, for example, took the Cup golfing in his native King City, Ontario, after winning with the St. Louis Blues in 2019 and later ate pasta out of the bowl.
The Cup will be engraved with the Knights’ names in the fall.
Each championship club can put up to 52 people on the trophy, including players, coaches and staff. There are 2,497 names on the current 3-foot, 35-pound Cup, and an additional 992 on bands that have since been retired.
The current engraver, the fourth ever, is Louise St. Jacques. She will use special hammers with different head weights to strike the letters into the silver chalice during what’s about a 10-day process.
The Knights, fittingly, will be placed on a ring that starts with the champions the year they entered the NHL and made a surprising run to the Final: The 2018 Washington Capitals.
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