Red Wing Dallas Drake Shares Stanley Cup Visit with Traverse City

 

When the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup this year cheers rang out from Hockeytown North. Some were cheers of pure Michigan pride. There were cheers from die-hard Red Wing fans who count the days until training camp returns to our town. And then there were cheers for Dallas Drake. He’s a local hero on the ice, and off. And now he’s sharing his accomplishment with us all.

Red Wings players and staff are given up to 24 hours to spend with Lord Stanley’s Cup in any way they choose. Earlier this summer Drake took the cup back to his hometown in Rossland, British Columbia. And on Labor Day he will share it with the Northern Michigan community he now calls home.

On Monday, September 1st from noon until 5:00pm, the Stanley Cup will be on display in the Open Space in downtown Traverse City. Area residents and visitors will have the opportunity to have their photo taken with the Cup for a $10 donation. All proceeds benefit the Mite Hockey new skater program through the Grand Traverse Hockey Association.

Dallas Drake announced his retirement from the NHL shortly after the finals. “After winning the Stanley Cup this year, there’s not a better way for me to go out,” said Drake. He spent 15 years in the NHL, played in 1,009 games, for four teams, and finished with 177 goals, 300 assists and one Stanley Cup Championship win.

 

If you’d like to see exactly what these guys do with the cup on their day of adventure check out the Stanley Cup Journal.