Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Hockey, Briefly Taken Seriously by America, Unveils Chocolate Stanley Cup
Posted
by Jonny Diamond
on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- My favorite team, the Maple Leafs, may have a chance at the chocolate cup. Though probably not.
My beloved sport of hockey, after very briefly
capturing mainstream attention in this country, can now return to its comfortable spot on the margins of the American consciousness (alongside arena football and the social-democratic ideal of a common good). In partnership with Hershey's yesterday, the NHL
unveiled a life-sized chocolate replica of the Stanley Cup made from 150 lbs. of milk chocolate, which took 12 hours to create. The Stanley Cup (named for Lord Stanley of Preston) is the oldest trophy in sports and is now made of chocolate. If this doesn't get Americans to finally respect hockey as a premiere sport, then maybe next year we should make the cup out of cheeseburgers.
Tags: chocolate Stanley Cup, Hershey's, NHL, hockey, Stanley cup, trophies, bad ideas, go Canada go, I love the Toronto Maple Leafs
