Each Player, staff, and coach on the winning team gets a day with the cup. The team can use it for promotional events and it will usually be in the winning cities celebrations. After the offseason it is taken back to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
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The original Stanley Cup (bowl portion only) has been removed and is permanently kept at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, as it was getting too fragile due to age. There are two additional Stanley Cups: One used for presentations, parades and summer touring engagements such as each winning player's "day with the Stanley Cup". The other is on display in the Main Hall of the HHOF.
Unlike the trophies awarded by the other major professional sports leagues of North America, a new Stanley Cup is not made each year; winners keep it until a new champion is crowned.
The hard cup to get in professional sports, have to win 16 games, fight through injuries, fatigue and still maintain a winning attitude
No, they keep it for about a year, until another team wins it. That is why it's so tall, each winning team has a plaque added to the cup.