The Stanley Cup Kids all across Canada and now across much of the US spend hours and hours playing hockey in the wee hours of the morning in the shivering cold with one goal in mind, to hoist the Stanley Cup. It is one of the most coveted items in professional sports, and the playoffs that lead up to the Stanly Cup finals are 8 weeks of grit, determination, and heart.
Players perform off pure adreneline because the playoffs are so grueling.
The Stanley Cup playoffs have been going on for over 100 years, and here is a brief history. The Stanley Cup was born in 1893, but only to be orphaned in the first year of its life. No one played for it. Although the Ottawa team was hailed as the 1892-93 champions, they were not awarded the cup because the trustees decided that since it was a challenge cup, it had to be won, not just handed out. They ordered the champion Ottawa Capitals to play Toronto s Osgoode Hall team for the privilege of being the first to have their name engraved on the cup and they further ruled that the game be played in Toronto.