It’s a good time to be the Carolina Hurricanes, seeing as just a few weeks ago they hoisted the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history.
However, one of the team’s moves since then is raising some serious eyebrows, and it has to do with the names they had etched on the Stanley Cup itself.
While it’s not unusual to see a team’s owner on the Cup, Canes owner Tom Dundon took things a step further and put the names of his wife and kids on the most famous trophy in sports.
Now, other owners have put names of family members on the Stanley Cup before.
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According to TSN, back in 1984, Oilers owner Peter Pocklington put his father Basil’s name on the Cup, and it was eventually covered with X’s because he had nothing to do with the championship.
However, Panthers owner Vincent Viola did this as well after his team’s 2025 Cup win, and those names are still on it.
But it’s fair to say that if this is the new trend in the NHL, it’s not going over real well.
Oof.
I get the impulse of wanting to share something like this with your wife and kids… but, on the other hand, they really had nothing to do with it, and there’s only so much real estate on the Stanley Cup.
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As you probably saw in one of those tweets, some players didn’t get their name on the Cup because the Dundon youngins took priority. However, the one everyone is pointing to is Joel Nystrom, who played 38 regular-season games. The NHL requires 41-regular season games or one game in the Stanley Cup final, but teams can petition to add players.
On one hand, if you own the team, you get to call the shots, but this is the sort of thing that isn’t going to go over too well within the organization. The Hurricanes’ success didn’t come overnight. It was the build-up of several years and a lot of effort from a lot of people.
Is it special to put your kids’ name on the Stanley Cup?
Sure, but it’s a lot more special to make sure those who helped you win it get on their first.
