Stanley Cup headed to Montreal for repairs after Lightning dent it

Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) hoists the Stanley Cup during the Stanley Cup Championship parade. Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Stanley Cup headed to Montreal for repairs after being dented in Lightning boat parade

By Chelena Goldman | Last updated 7/13/21

When you've been to as many championship celebrations as the Stanley Cup, you're more than likely going to get some bumps and bruises along the way.

As such, perhaps it isn't too hard to believe that the Tampa Bay Lightning — which just celebrated their second-straight Cup win with a boat parade — dented Lord Stanley's Cup in the process.

The ⁦@StanleyCup⁩ did sustain some damage during today’s festivities. It’ll be sent to Montreal for repairs and be back to resume Cup celebration with ⁦@TBLightning⁩ next weekend pic.twitter.com/MEbZGZFxSD
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) July 12, 2021

With the Cup's long history of being used as a food bowl — among many, many other things — it doesn't seem to come as any great shock that the Bolts bent it. In fact, the damage became something of a laughing matter.

“It was dropped,” BriseBois says of the damage to Stanley Cup. Said a player was showing it to a fan, joked that it has an upper-body injury and is out a couple days.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) July 13, 2021