Apparently, the St. Pete Times did a special on the Cup on Wednesday, which I missed because I suck at getting newspapers. Oh well. They put a
photo journal up on the web, and I'm just going to post bits from the captions.
Neckar wakes to the prop jet banking awkwardly, with Kubina at the controls cackling "Kuby fly plane."
- picture 11
Kubina would hop on the bar and take over. At Ptak v Hrsti (The Bird in Hand), his party goes through 85 bottles of champagne in 2 hours.
- photo 15
Back at the Hotel Atom, they bid the hardware farewell. Shawna Neckar hugs it: "Good bye Cup, good night, Cup. We'll miss you!"
-photo 16
"Always wear your seatbelt."
- Brad Richards, to the Cup, photo 33
All in all a funny, sad, and enjoyable piece. Also? Damnit, I want my damn hockey back.