Q: Is there a moment in one of the Stanley Cup celebrations that was a standout to you?
Ian Cole: There’s a lot of them. What rating does your podcast have? (We’re triple X, so go for it!) Well, I probably have some of those too to be honest (laughs).
But it was a lot of fun. Kinda the Penguins tradition is to take the Stanley Cup into the pool, right, whether it’s at Mario’s house or Sid’s house. And the first year, we were at Mario’s house and Sid was like, ‘Yeah, let’s go take this in the pool’. And the cup handlers were there… They were like, ‘No, we’re not going into the pool this year. Don’t even think about it. We’re definitely not going into the pool. We can’t have it filled with water at the bottom of the pool again, Sid’.
And Sid’s like, ‘Oh, totally. Yeah, we’re definitely not doing that’. And they’re like, ‘No. Seriously. We’re not going into the pool’.
And he’s like, ‘No, no, definitely not. I’m just gonna go and grab a drink’. So he grabs the Cup, went in, grabs a drink. A couple of minutes later, he walks out in his bathing suit. And he walks straight to the pool and jumps in. (laughs)
So they were just like, ‘Oh god *facepalm*. What are we doin’? We’re back in the pool again with the Cup.’
But luckily everyone was still coherent enough at that time to not let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Because the bottom on the cup isn’t airtight, so when that thing fills with water, it’s full of water, and the water’s not coming out very easily. So that 35 pound cup turns into about a 100 pounds when filled with water, and it’s tough to get out.
It was just a ton of fun in the pool. Mario was bringing out cases of Dom Perignon. Guys were spraying it everywhere. That pool was probably like, half-Dom Perignon by the end of the night.
...agent of chaos Sidney Crosby. also the next year, they jumped into the pool with the cup AGAIN (this time at Sid’s) - mario with all his clothes on.
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