LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Hockey fans will have the opportunity to view and take photos of themselves with the Stanley Cup when it returns to Lake Placid’s Olympic Center, Friday, March 22. The Cup, won by the NHL’s Washington Capitals last season, will be on a free display, on the second floor, near the entrance to hockey’s most famed arena, the Herb Brooks Arena, 1980 Rink, from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

The Cup returns to Lake Placid ahead of the 2019 ECAC Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Tournament which also begins Friday. This weekend, Brown, Clarkson, Cornell and Harvard battle for the prestigious Whitelaw Cup and an automatic bid into the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey National Championship Tournament.

The Stanley Cup is awarded annually to the NHL’s playoff champion. Originally commissioned in 1982 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the Stanley Cup is professional sports oldest, existing trophy.

Since the 1914-’15 season 23 team have claimed it. It was not awarded in 1919 due to the Spanish Flue and in 2005 because of the NHL’s work stoppage. The Montreal Canadiens have won the Cup a record 24 times and is the last Canadian-based franchise to win it, in 1993.

The Washington Capital begin defense of their championship title, when the NHL playoffs begin, Wednesday, April 10.

For more information about all of the events and activities on ORDA’s Olympic venues, visit www.WhitefaceLakePlacid.com.

Photos, courtesy of ORDA/Whiteface Lake Placid can be downloaded HERE.

-- ORDA --

Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.