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Max McNab, who won the Stanley Cup as a player with the Detroit Red Wings in 1950 and later served as the general manager of two NHL teams in a nearly 50-year hockey career, has died. He was 83.
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There are many traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup. One of the oldest, started by the 1896 Winnipeg Victorias, dictates that the winning team drink champagne from the top bowl after their victory.[45] Another tradition is the on ice presentation of the Cup to the captain of the winning team after the series-winning victory, and the subsequent carrying of the trophy around the rink by each member of the victorious club. This has not always been the case: prior to the 1930s, the Cup was never awarded immediately after the victory. Possibly the first time that the Cup was awarded on the ice was to the 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs, but the practice did not become an annual tradition until the 1950s.[45] Ted Lindsay of the 1950 Cup champion Detroit Red Wings became the first captain, upon receiving the Cup, to hoist it overhead and skate around the rink. Since then, it has been a tradition to have each member of the winning team, beginninng with the captain, take a lap around the ice with the trophy hoisted above his head.[45] This was slightly breached by Joe Sakic and Ray Bourque when the Colorado Avalanche won the Cup in 2001. Bourque had, until requesting a trade on March 6, 2000, only ever played for the Boston Bruins.
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In 1998, after the Detroit Red Wings won a second consecutive cup, Captain Steve Yzerman directly handed The Stanley Cup to Vladimir Konstantinov in his wheel chair. The whole team followed as the first lap of the cup was carried by Konstantinov with the entire team in unity.
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For the 10th time in their 76-year history, the Detroit Red Wings are Stanley Cup champs. The Wings defeated the Hurricanes 3-1 on Thursday to win their third title in the past six years. Legendary coach Scotty Bowman announced his retirement after winning the Cup for a record ninth time.
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A sellout crowd at MCI Center watched the Detroit Red Wings claim their second straight Stanley Cup with a 4-1 victory over the Capitals on June 16. Detroit captain Steve Yzerman (drinking from the Cup) captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.
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