Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Original Stanley Cup)

May 18th, 2011

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Date: 1892

To celebrate and mark the early championship teams in Canadian hockey, Lord Stanley “purchased a decorative punch bowl, made in Sheffield, England, and sold by London silversmith G. R. Collis and Company, for ten guineas ($45). He had the words “Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup” engraved on one side of the outside rim, and “From Stanley of Preston” on the other side”.

Source: Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley’s Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.

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