25 most insane things people have ever done with the Stanley Cup

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Canadian profession hockey player Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins hoists the Stanley Cup over his head as he celebrates the Pens’ first championship victory, this one over the Minnesota North Stars, Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, May 25, 1991. The team went on to win a second cup the next year. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images) /

20. Mario Lemieux’s pool party

This one is basically common knowledge at this point. Mario Lemieux, fresh off of his Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991, decided to find out if the 35 pound metal trophy could float.

It did not. Thankfully, it is pretty easy to retrieve a Stanley Cup from a swimming pool, and they had it back on dry land in no time.

Lemieux and the Penguins made this somewhat of a tradition when the Cup ended up in both Sidney Crosby and Lemieux’s respective pools after their 2009, 2016 and 2017 Stanley Cup wins.

In 2017, the Cup wasn’t the only thing that wound up swimming. Lemieux himself was coaxed into jumping into Crosby’s pool while fully clothed. Why not?

This is far from the worst thing that you can do with the Cup. Most of these guys have decent-sized swimming pools and throwing a massive party in them afterwards just makes sense. On a Stanley Cup party scale, this is maybe a 2/10 and likely the most common occurrence when the Cup makes its summer rounds through all of the lucky players.

There’s a good chance the Penguins will get another shot at a Stanley Cup pool party in the next couple of years, with players like Crosby and Evgeni Malkin still in their primes.

Quick note to the Pens organization: If Phil Kessel sticks around for another season, best be sure to get his hot dogs out of the Cup before throwing it in. No one likes soggy hot dogs.

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