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By Josh Hart Jun 6, 2008

The Stanley Cup was once found at the bottom of Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's swimming pool, a feat later duplicated by Avalanche goalkeeper Patrick Roy. Is it time for another bikini clad celebration for Lord Stanley's Cup? Is it time for Chris Osgood do the same? In the lore of the Stanley Cup and the travels it makes, Phil Bourque hurled the Cup about 30 feet off Lemieux's waterfall at his backyard pool. The suction made it stick on the bottom of the pool.

Hayden Panettiere Once Licked the Stanley Cup

Other wild tales from the Stanely Cup include Joe Nieuwendyk filling it with gravy and dipping his fries in it at a restaurant in his Ontario hometown. Chris Simon reportedly took it with him fishing. Joe Kocur allegedly took the Cup waterskiing.

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Dating back to the wild times in the seventies, Guy Lafleur reportedly stole the Cup out of the PR director's car in the 1970s. The Edmonton Oilers took it to strip clubs, which would lead to pictures of an even more scantily clad Stanley Cup celebration. ABC News reports that when the Edmonton Oilers took the championship in 1987, the cup ended up on the runway with an exotic dancer at the Forum Inn, just across from the Northland Coliseum.

Clark Gillies fed his dog out of it. Ranger Ed Olczyk did Stanley a little more honor when he let 1994 Kentucky Derby winner Go for Gin eat from it. Sexy blonde Hayden Panettiere once licked the Stanley Cup (see photo) and one can guess there has been more than that done in and around the Stanley Cup.

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The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the finals. Osgood completed a magical playoff run by making 20 saves Wednesday and the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup with a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh.

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