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One on one with ... Phil Pritchard, keeper of the Stanley Cup.(NHL)
Phil Pritchard, who many people know from the MasterCard commercial that airs at this time of year, is formally known as curator and vice president of hockey operations at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
TSN: The players are always happy to see you.
PP: They're happy to see what I bring. They're stuck with me. I'd be lying if I didn't say I wish someone else was bringing me the Cup. But it is pretty special to be part of that--to watch one of the players go up to his first coach's house and knock on the door and say, 'I'd love to get a photo with you.' It's pretty powerful, pretty emotional, pretty amazing moments that happen in a guy's 24 hours that he gets the Cup. It's all worth it at that moment.
TSN: When are the players' names inscribed?
PP: That usually happens around training camp, in September. It takes about eight to 10 days, only because each letter gets hand-engraved. It's not a computerized engraving that happens; each one gets hand-stamped. Because the summers are so short now in hockey, there's no way it could be engraved first and then get the players to see it. They'd run out of time because the next season starts. They ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Hruby, Patrick May 19, 2000 700+ words
...after the Dallas Stars won the Cup last year, center Mike Modano...grandfather, his girlfriend, the Cup and a chaperone fishing on a...t catch anything," said Phil Pritchard, curator of the Hockey Hall...governor-general of Canada, the Cup endured one of its earliest...
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- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) June 21, 2007 700+ words
...engraved on it. "Connecting the cup with the fans is one of the...owner's trophy case." The cup, in fact, travels more in...skiing and tubing," said Phil Pritchard, curator of the Toronto-based...can touch and photograph the cup -- but not hoist it, said...
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- Newspaper article from: Windspeaker Lusty, Terry May 1, 2000 700+ words
The Stanley Cup made history when it arrived at the...9. It was the first time in the cup's 107-year history it had ever been to a settlement, explained Phil Pritchard, the "Keeper of the Cup" and curator of the Hockey Hall...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Joe Gergen June 2, 1994 700+ words
...visits in the past, the Stanley Cup hasn't stopped here since...that was missing, according to Phil Pritchard, manager of acquisitions for the Hall in Toronto, when the Cup was displayed at Grand Central...is their team playing for the Cup." The hunger of players to...
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- Newspaper article from: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) November 15, 2009 700+ words
...campaigns in recent World Cups and European Championships...qualifying matches in World Cup and Euro campaigns should...Championships, 2002 World Cup finals, 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2003 RugbyWorld Cup. Aged 39, Hereford...few days by president Phil Pritchard, who last week said ...
- The Record, Stockton, Calif., Lori Gilbert column: Baseball's trophy a real...
- Newspaper article from: Record (Stockton, CA) June 1, 2007 700+ words
...did when the NHL's Stanley Cup came calling in 2006. That...people. Traveling companion Phil Pritchard wears gloves to handle Lord...tradeoff, really. The Stanley Cup is hockey's most recognizable...turning a head, the Stanley Cup inspired a sellout crowd of...
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- Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Rob Rossi October 18, 2009 700+ words
...Game 6 loss in the 2008 Stanley Cup final. He was traded to Tampa...last night the Penguins presented Phil Pritchard with a Stanley Cup championship ring. Pritchard is the Hockey Hall of Fame's Cup keeper and travels with it year...
- FAW reject suggestions Tosh's position is at risk.(Sport)
- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) October 17, 2009 700+ words
...bosses even if his side had lost their World Cup tie in Liechtenstein on Wednesday. Toshack...sacked had they lost. New FAW president Phil Pritchard said: "Itwas never something in our thoughts...side's failure to qualify for the World Cup
