The mystery of the Game 6-ending puck has been solved, at least in part. The following video of the last two minutes of the game, and the ensuing celebration, clearly shows New Jersey’s Patrik Elias flip the puck into his glove and then skate off the ice. After it goes into Elias’ glove, it’s not seen again. Elias goes to the Devils’ bench, then returns to the ice after a few moments for the handshake line. If anyone sees something different, please let me know. I’ve watched it full-screen on a 27-inch monitor in high definition.
I’ve made queries to the highest levels of Kings management, and nobody knows the whereabouts of the puck. After the handshake line, Elias curiously hands his stick to someone in the crowd, but he doesn’t appear to toss the puck. So, where it is, Patrik? In theory, he could have handed it to someone in the handshake line. If he did, it’s a marvelously kept secret. Elias wouldn’t be so petty as to keep the puck, would he? Here’s a still-image breakdown…
(Jordan Nolan plays the puck just before the horn.)
(After the horn, the puck slides toward Elias.)
(Elias veers toward the puck, stick down.)
(Elias flips the puck into the air.)
(Elias gloves the puck.)
(Elias, left, skates toward Martin Brodeur.)
(Elias and Brodeur.)
(Elias goes to the bench.)
(Elias returns to the ice for handshakes.)
that’s what i call investigative reporting…(!)
this might become our own da vinci code…
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
@V,
I think Rich has an office pool betting upon how long it takes us to type, ‘Puck-Gate’…
OOOPS.
–Oh, well…
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
@V,
Puck Daddy weighs in, without a ‘…Gate’:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/patrik-elias-possession-la-kings-missing-stanley-cup-205159621–nhl.html
Brodeur would not want a puck of a 1-6 pasting in the SCF, would he?
“It’s hard to imagine Elias — one of the classiest players in the NHL — keeping the puck out of spite. Just spit-ballin’ here, but considering that he skated over to Martin Brodeur after the game, perhaps a keepsake for the Devils’ veteran goalie?
Unless of course he was going to bring it to the dressing room so Jersey players could take turns hurling it at Steve Bernier.”
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variable Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
B…
i can’t imagine him not doing the right thing…but maybe he’s a bitter man and it’s “too soon” for him to let go…literally…(!)
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JWR Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
@variable,
Well only reason Marty might want it is if he decides to hang it up.
rogiesbackup Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, lol
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mash-ola Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
@variable, Back and to the left… Back… and to the left… As the Zapruder film would indicate, the lone gunman’s bullet was not an exit wound. Frame 198 clearly shows that for the trajectory of the bullet to travel 140 degrees at an obtuse angle, it would clearly indicate that… that is one magic loogie….
WE WON THE CUP!
WE WON THE CUP!
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variable Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@mash-ola,
it’s exactly a zapruder film moment…(!)
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USHA#17 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
@variable,
Maybe if Ellias sat on a prong(er) he might remember.
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Marty4Ever Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
@variable, Hammond should receive an award for his investigative journalistic instincts. Like a day with the Cup. And he should get to sign the puck too. This season will one day be part of a Jeopardy game show.
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Sneaky devil!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
@BFreedom,
Oh God! E-Devil…
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Dammit, its a conspiracy I tell ya!
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Maybe he thought MB would retire and gave him the puck?
He purposefully got the puck. I bet it turns up somewhere in a few days.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
@Lake Forest, That’s a great point. Elias has never struck me as the petty type.
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Bickleton Wigglesworth III Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
@Lake Forest,
i agree. my first thought was he grabbed it for himself, thinking he might retire, but elias still has another year left on his contract. grabbing it for broduer seems quite possible.
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It would be very nice to have the puck but I am much happier with the Cup.
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M.T. Netter Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
@Joey No-No, yup. and every time Elias looks at the puck he’ll remember that 1) he is a thief and 2) the Devils LOST.
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just a little bitter, party of 1 there. I can’t believe it hasn’t turned up yet… oh wait!
I know where the puck is! I bought it for 23.99. They were even nice enough to put it in a little case and everything just for me and the other 12,000 folks that bought a “game 6″ puck!
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
@Sduped
Make that 12,001..
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McCheese Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
@Stuart, I didn’t buy it, but I saw it on sale with a pair of tickets to the rally.
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Rich aka Sherlock Rich and his offseason work!
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Patrik Elias is as childish as Chris Pronger.
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RobSD Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
@NOW IMPRESSED,
That is exactly what came to my mind. It’s one of the only things he could do to object.
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CNate Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
@NOW IMPRESSED, Pronger took pucks to take the heat off his team. He WANTED to be hated for that.
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If this is the case he has shown what a true piece of trash he is as a competitor and sportsman. I guess he needs a momento as a solid reminder of the complete ass whooping NJ got. Don’t matter Pat, WE GOT THE CUP!!!
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maybe it was sent to tm…?
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Diego Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@variable,
Or Larry Robinson
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variable Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@Diego,
hehe…yes…possibly…
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Unless there was a second Devil on the grassy knoll!
Perhaps Patrick will be offering $6.5mm for 7 years to the lucky team that wants the puck…
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Shakes Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
@Shakes, oh whoops, that would be Parise…
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Thats “Patrick” to you, not “Pat”…….
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@DesertKing,
That’s Rich, Des.
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While it would be great for the Kings to have this last puck, it’s not nearly as desirable/significant as Kane’s OT goal puck which brought Chicago their cup. It’s an absolute embarrassment to the NHL and it’s officials that linesman Steve Miller has not been forced to surrender the Kane puck.
That being said, the NHL should demand Elias surrender the puck in question to the Kings.
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rontheking Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
@Phil,
Sure…but how will we know for sure that it is the actual selfsame alleged puck-in-question…?
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
@rontheking,
DNA testing, duh…
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Patrik Elias is one of the most sportsman like players in the game. I don’t know what he did with it but it had nothing to do with spite or bitterness.
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KC23 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
@AR Brown, Agreed. Probably my favorite player on their team, but I like Henricke a lot as well.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
@AR Brown,
So he took it out of what? Happiness and respect for the Kings? Please. It was as calculated a move as it gets. Not cool.
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kb Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
@AR Brown, petty is asking for a near meaningless puck when there were several used in the game. we have the STANLEY CUP!! who cares. Elias is overpaid but he is a good dude. I say quit asking and move on.
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According to Reuters, the puck is currently touring the Czech Republic, with little children crying while being forced to perch upon it, and extremely small dabs of dumpling and sauerkraut being eaten off it with teaspoons..
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Jody Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:13 am
@Duncanz, lol
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There needs to be a full investigation done of Puckgate…and perhaps even Congressional hearings. The American people will demand it….
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
@rontheking,
Get Woodstick & Barnstein on the story!
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1:7!!!!!
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Actually Elias doesn’t have to give ANYTHING back that he doesn’t want to. Technically it can just as much belong to the losing team as it can the winning team. These things are usually done with honor and integrity in mind, but if he feels like keeping it (Like Pronger did a few years ago) he can. Theres not a thing that any “investigative journalism” can do about this. The players got the cup. That’s good enough. I’d suggest you just grow up and quit squabbling over a piece of black vulcanized rubber.
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McCheese Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@Farley, but what else are we going to squabble about? Too early to talk about re-signing Penner and Stoll isn’t it?
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
@McCheese,
We could go to YouTube videos of the hit on Scuds and argue with the people who think he should have been protecting himself instead of playing the puck. According to YouTube, #7 is blame for the 5 min major and ensuing goals, not any of the devils. Some claim it was an outright dive because he was right back out on the ice (guess they missed the 10 mins he missed after the hit) or… get this… it should have been a 4 min double minor (guess they don’t know you can’t get the double double for boarding outside of an In-N-Out). I mean, we could squabble if we weren’t so busy trying to figure out where The Cup is today and figuring out a way to touch it.
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McCheese Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
@Itchy, Agreed. I’m off to get some lunch after that post. By the way, I know that there is a Tues / Fri blog on the hockey hall of fame site to follow the cup, but I need more! Anyone know where there is a daily blog to follow the Cup?
Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
@McCheese,
Here’s what I’ve been using:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/keeperofthecup
Hockey Hall of Fame:
http://www.hhof.com/htmlSTCjournal/exSCJ_2012.shtml
One Girl, One Puck:
http://onegirlonepuck.blogspot.com/?m=1
but the more sources the better so everyone please feel free to post what they’ve been using also.
DesertKing Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@Farley,
When all is good in the Kingdom, start raising hate and discontent in the the enemy’s camp. It ain’t just a piece of vulcanized rubber, it is “the piece of vulcanized rubber,” just like the Cup isn’t “just another big, tall silver shiny thing,” it is “the Cup”! GKG-AGAIN!!!!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@Farley, It can shame him.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@Chris,
Isn’t that exactly what the whole strategy of hockey is about, though?
Now … “A little help please, Me Elias?!!!”
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
*Mr
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Stuart Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
@Duncanz, have you ever seen me elias?
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
@Staubert,
Oi fink uts boitwoin yaw er, ‘awky stawks, Mawse Pawp’ns!
Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
@Farley,
Leave it to Pronger to do something like that. But you’re right, if there’s no rule against Elias keeping it, then it’s his. But pointing out a lack of honor and integrity is also not against the rules, so why not scream it from the rooftops and make him answer for it? And if it’s just ‘black vulcanized rubber’ then why take it, let alone keep it? It obviously means something so ‘squabbling’ over it seems not only justified, but a responsibility.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
PE should be Frank …
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Sebastian Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
@Farley, IF it were the game winning goal puck such as Sidney Crosby’s gold winning puck, or Patrick Kane’s Cup winning puck, i think i wold really care about it. to me, that is just one of the many pucks that were on the ice that game. We got THE CUP!!!!! The Stanley CUP!!!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
@Farley, He’ll probably try to leverage it to his advantage somehow…I mean what would he want with it otherwise?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larzCyTk59I
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From our East Coast correspondent:
When questioned about the whereabouts of the game-ending puck Mr Elias said that he is “standing Pat” on the issue.
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For a guy that’s won and really knows what that puck means to the Kings, this is particularly bush league.
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Maybe, just maybe, he figures Brodeur is going to retire and he gave him the puck as a souvenier of his last game. But, nah, that would be too simple an explanation. Back to the conspiracy theories…
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Perro Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
@JackC, I suppose i should have read all the previosu psots before posting the same thing below.
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@JackC,
Nothing says, “great career,” quite like the puck you let into your net 6 times to loose The Cup.
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Shakes Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
@Itchy,
hahaha…well technically only 5 of them were Marty’s fault…
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
@Shakes,
Just don’t see it going up on Marty’s mantle is all I was getting at, but yeah… #5 was an empty netter.
Can’t see that puck meaning anything to Marty.
Some might say,
You really nailed him, Hammer.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Sharp as a tack as ever, @Scratchy..
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@Duncanz,
Haha, I see what you did there…
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You can’t enact voo doo on a hockey club using the winning puck from their Cup run can you? Hope not.
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@McCheese,
I don’t know but apparently soap dolls work. haha
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Just show “Pat” a video of how Middle eastern countries handle thieves and we should be able to get it back. Otherwise, next season “Pat” could be known as “Hook” and he skate around with the other Tinkerbells on the Devils.
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Just found him on Twitter and tweeted #where’sthepuck? Do it.
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DBking Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@Mikko makela, Official LA Kings twitter feed needs to give that guy a wake up call.
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Have to give credit where it’s due. jmsalsa unearthed this last night at 10:37pm. Here’s his comment: http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/06/16/pennies-from-heaven/#comment-1525913
Good catch dude.
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DesertKing Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
@smc before that, same thread.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
@DesertKing,
Extra good catch! Missed that one for some reason. Repeat what I said above and insert SMC instead of jmsalsa! (sorry jm)
http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/06/16/pennies-from-heaven/#comment-1524301
And perhaps there’s even another mention somewhere else not even on this site.
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DesertKing Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
@smc and @jmsalsa, along with you and several others, all got mentioned in my puck investigation post in the earlier thread. Good work by the Insiders!
Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
I just read it. Thanks!
jmsalsa Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Paul’s got our back! Woot!
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Elias and the Devils can have the puck, Kings have the cup.
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kb Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@LP3, agreed.
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He can keep the puck. They can keep all the pucks. We’ve got the Cup!
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zdfun Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
@Deus_Machina, FYI, it costs me $25 for a puck which has GAME SIX on it at the parade. =)
Of course CUP>Puck
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I’m guessing he grabbed it incase it was Marty’s last game. It belongs to the kings though.
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HockeyNerd Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
@Perro, Sounds like a reasonable explanation.
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Elias: Hey Marty… remember that puck that somehow luckily bounced into your net… five times? Oh, plus that unwarranted empty netter?
Broduer: Yeah, those were pretty fluky right? I really want # 1, 2, 3, 6 and the empty netter back. Man, if those hadn’t unluckily bounced in this one would be going to overtime!
Elias: Yeah, I feel you brah. Well anyway, I picked it up off the ice when nobody weren’t lookin’. Thought you might like it?
Broduer Good lookin’ out cous’! I’m going to ebay the heck outta this in a month!
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@Perro, It looks like he could have easily given it to Marty in the video.
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If Brodeur retires and Elias gave him the puck to commemorate his last game, I think it just as much belongs to him as it does to us. We have plenty of other things to honor our first Cup victory.
Any other reason he kept it and I want it back. lol
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@FiG17,
Traditionally the winning team ought to get the puck.
So I think it should be up to The Kings if they want to generously donate it to Brodeur.
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How about start a new tradition? Winner gets the cup, loser gets the puck.
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DesertKing Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@zdfun,
Loser gets to leave. The the victor the spoils!
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
@zdnofun,
How about sticking to the one:
“Winner takes all!” ?
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
@zdfun,
The loser gets the Campbell or Wales trophy and a handshake. That’s it. (Unless you’re one of 5 guys to get the Conn Smythe despite losing!)
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Shakes Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
@zdfun,
The Devils needed the puck so they can go home and practice more since they lost. Maybe they’ll get better that way.
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I love these kind of games….if we guess right..what do we win????
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
@neil,
A new ‘Cheap Trick’ T shirt.
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neil Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@Duncanz, lol!!!!!!
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The greatest trick a Devil ever pulled was to convince mankind that the game winning puck didn’t exist.
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Since 92 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
@370455VinSD, and just like that… it’s gone.
nice reference
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Well I am not a great tweeter, so if you do it #whereisthepuck or it only takes “where”.
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
@Mikko makela,
Dude aint tweeted since ’09… not sure he’ll see them, but I asked just in case. #whereisthepuck
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Get the puck out of here, Elias
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no shout out for the youtube link, rich? =)
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Keeper Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
@jmsalsa, No final video? Loved the last ones you made.
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jmsalsa Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
@Keeper, working on it. taking a little more time because A) i’m not up against the clock for the next round and B) i want it to be as good as possible since it is the kings winning the cup. =)
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Keeper Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
@jmsalsa, Great! Looking forward to it. The first one with all the “experts” calling Canucks in 5 was the best one. I wonder if anyone has shown them that video. Anyway, again, can’t wait to see it. Planning on a Frozen Fury one?
@variable
Patty, Patty Puckin’ Eater must be in XTC right now..
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“Pat Patently Partakes of Playoff Puck Prior to Patronizing the Patriot Kings after they Permanently Prevent the Devils from Practising their Predicatable Performance Palpitudes”
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Kingsfanone Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
@DesertKing,
Please……
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Itchy Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
@DesertKing,
Kind of reminds me of the Copper Clapper Caper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7VDmg5Lt6g
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As much as I want to strangle Elias, all I have to say is WE HAVE THE CUP ELIAS! I’ll take that over the puck any day.
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Like someone said who cares who got the puck. It would be nice if the Kings got it, but what the hell we won the Cup. I still can’t believe we have won. This summer is sooooo much different. Life is about changes and life is always moving. I’m so glad that our club had the heart to not let off the gas pedal and stayed on course. I never know from one day to the next what will be, but in 2012 one thing is 4 sure. We are the BEST team in the NHL. Bar None!!!
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Nice that the worst thing we seem to have to worry about is where our cup puck went to.
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
@KC23, Sorry I couldn’t make it out to see you guys. I’m sure you had fun just the same. We just didn’t have the money and it was very easy to watch everything from my HDTV. I really wanted to share a drink with you, i know we will have our chance this up coming season.
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KC23 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake, Looking forward to it.
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I’m pretty sure Ryane Clowe has it. That guy has a puck cloaking device!
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Personally it doesn’t bother me at all. It’s just a puck that was used during the game. It’s not really the “Game Winning Puck” to me. If they had one it on an O.T. goal, then i’d want it.
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CB14 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
won, not one.
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puck73 Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
@CB14, Totally agree. Doesnt bother me at all. Just like not going to the finals didnt bother me at all. I got to go to game 3 vs Phoenix and sit in a suite for a reasonable price and that was perfect.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 8:17 pm
@purge73,,
But certainly every little sundry addition is valuable, no?
So the game-winning puck would be a welcome acquisition on the road to completing the Kings’ 2012 Stanley Cup museum!
I have the game puck from game 5 of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, signed by Gretzky… no big deal.
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“See kids, that’s the puck from when we got beat by the Kings the first time they won the cup.” Not a big deal. Agree that if it’s an OT game-winner, then that’s a different story, but it’s not.
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Did anyone bother to check the trash cans in the visitor’s locker room? According to the “Chris Pronger’s Guide to Childish Behavior” handbook, that’s where you are supposed to put the other team’s game winning puck!
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Rich to your knowledge, has anyone asked him about the missing puck?
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I didn’t realize till about 2 minutes after the final horn, what I was to be watching for… Got caught up in the moment! Haha
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puck daddy had stolen this story! jeeze, when will this theft-ring stop?
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does Pat have an eBay account?
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thats pretty low from eilas but whatever we got the cup its all good baby
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Hey, that’s my video from section 309! Nice! Glad it came in handy Rich! If you need the full resolution video let me know and I can’t email it to you.
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Thanks for the assist. It’s a famous video now!
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Eddie Resendez Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
@Rich Hammond,
Glad it could help and I meant I CAN email you the high rez version if you need it. Just wanted to clarify.
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Pardon if this has been mentioned already. If you watch teh CBC HNIC footage of the game end, handshake line, cup presentation, etc., there is footage at minute 5:41 that just catches Patrik Elias tossing something over the glass to the fans! I’m thinking it was the PUCK! Some fan got an incredible souvenir, from Elias! See what you think. Here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b_7-yemYbw
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jmsalsa Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
@Jack Aubrey, i watched the full rez feed on gamecenter and it’s a stick – not a puck. good eye on that one though.
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Jack Aubrey Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 8:13 am
@jmsalsa, Ah, well, thanks for clarifying. I didn’t hae the smarts to look further for more feeds or sources!
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Elias probably isn’t that petty.
But if he’s like some of the fans I met at the Prudential Center, the sky’s the limit
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Robert R Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
@Robert R, Call this thread “Rich Hammond, Puck Detective”.
I just watched a replay of game 6 again.
It doesn’t get old, man.
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That’s exactly what I said that could have happened on the original thread about the missing puck. The team will probably have to make a deal but we’ll get it back. Maybe send it to the Hall.
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Well when I was at a Kings practice in El Segundo a pratice puck hit me in the leg, not too long ago, and when a nice man picked it up, after if flung off my leg, I told him since it hit me does it belong to me, and after 24 years I finally yes finally did get a practice player puck, as he was a gentleman and gave it back to me thanks again, and I would not give it up for nothing, along with my other Kings stuff as well, I have collected after 24 years.
So puck is not missing someone has it for sure it is somewhere, safe now I hope.
Go Kings Go!
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i think elias handed it to parise after the game so he can bring it back to LA shortly after july 1st im sure! lol
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Hey Rich, that’s my son with his We Believe sign on the glass in the video of Elias giving away his stick. Elias gave the stick to the season tix holders of section 118 first row. Maybe ask them why…. But for the puck I can tell you he do not toss a puck up our way.
I thought it was odd that Elias would give his stick to Kings fans though. My son said that Elias pointed at him but my son shook him off. Smart kid, ehh! Just like the Cubs fans tossing back the home run ball from the opposing team!
We Believe WE CAN REPEAT!!!!!
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Finesse Hockey Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Sorry Rich, guess I should have identified which video I was speaking of…. not the one you posted here.
In the Hockey Night in Canada coverage of the game rebroadcast on NHL Network the CBC had an isolated camera on Elias that shows him coming over and giving his stick away — that’s the video that shows my son clearly and the girl he gave the stick to in Section 118.
Maybe Hockey night had an iso camera on Elias the whole time — might be worth a phone call if you have contacts at CBC. I will check the CBC video on my DVR and see if they showed Elias before the stick giveaway and re-post if I see anything more.
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Not old enough to get involved in the “Warren Commision,” but, that “exhibit photo{lol}” you have captioned “elias gloves the puck,” is NOT accurate. He is doing the opposite and IS flinging the puck towards the fan(s) hanging on to the glass just pass the blue line in the Devils zone. If you watch the video(frame 2:12) it IS a flinging motion. Elias’ action is confirmed in frame 2:21 as the guy(s) hanging on the glass suddenly realizes a souvenir puck down on the floor and jumps to the ground and a very small battle to the puck of maybe 3-5 guys ensues.
A player losing the SCF is NOT thinking about KEEPING but rather TOSSING memories of a loosing SCF run. Elias actions demonstrates this.
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 18th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
You’re welcome to “lol” all you’d like, but he lifted the puck into his glove. There’s absolutely no way he did anything else. I don’t really intend to debate this any further, but if you think you see something else, OK…
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Ain’t no biggy, but tweet him anyway for good measure. Another person said he hasn’t tweeted in 3 years, but who cares, “sometimes when you are a man, you wear stretchy pants in your room. It’s for fun.”
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Maybe this is a Eastern Division thing when they lose…. I believe Pronger did the same thing to the Blackhawks when the Flyers lost???? Not only does the East whine about travel they are sort of sore loosers… Oh well the Kings Got the CUP!!
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I can tell you where the puck is: in Patrick Elias’ garage. His kids are practicing their shot against the doors. But, don’t worry! If it bothers you, google Jack Johnson’s hit on Elias from the 2011 World Championship. He hit Elias so hard his gloves went over the netting and into the stands.
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Did anyone else see elias talk to the ref after he got the puck. Maybe he asked him for the game puck as their presence in the finals.
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What I see;
Flings it up from the ice to his free glove (left), moves it to his stick hand (right), pats Marty with free puckless hand (left), sits and bench taking off his glove (right, for the handshake) and at that point it was left on/under the bench or put inside the glove (right) he took off and put under his arm. Which stays there through the handshake, stick handoff and into the lockeroom.
Hope it turns up!
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WE WANT OUR PUCK!!!!!!!WE WANT OUR PUCK!!!!!!!WE WANT OUR PUCk!!!!!!!
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Patric Elias is not only a great Hockey Player, But he’s a fantastic human being. Stupid controversy, it went into the stands, I was there, and kings fans deserved it. he also gave his game stick out, to a Kings Fan. I know the person who has it. Long a kings fan over 30 years a season seat holder, if this is all we have to talk about. Shame on us. Let’s start a controversy, and take our eyes off the win and the Cup
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 9:15 am
Outstanding! Then presumably, you won’t mind emailing me and giving me the name of the person who has the puck and the stick. It should be very easy to clear it up after that. I’ll look forward to your email at lakingsinsider@gmail.com.
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Robert Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 9:39 am
@Rich Hammond, Feel free to call me, send me an email and I will speak with you on the phone only You have my email address
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 10:01 am
OK, well this isn’t a CIA investigation. I know who has the stick. If you have a name and you’d like to share, email me. If you don’t, don’t. I’ll be fine either way. Thanks.
Robert Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 10:11 am
@Rich Hammond, Just call me, I sent you my number. let’s talk about real controversy. How for example the Kings Organization, decided to give out tickets to the celebration inside staples. How loyal kings fans, we’re not given their season seats, but relegated to someplace foreign in the stadium. The organization failed the fans miserably. I keep hearing they learned from the Lakers, Did the lakers take the people in the floor seats, and put them in the 300 section for their celebrations. I think not. That’s something worth talking about, and finding a solution.
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 10:41 am
The Lakers haven’t held a rally inside Staples, and I’d suggest contacting your ticket rep if you have any issues. Everyone else seemed to have a great time with their free tickets.
rogiesbackup Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
@Robert, As I noted above I flung it into the crowd.
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rogiesbackup Reply:
June 19th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
@rogiesbackup, **he flung it**
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Free tickets. Lol. Nothing is free, I’ll bet if you asked season seat holders, you just might get a different answer . I actually enjoyed the ceremony even from the random seats I was assigned, it would have been nice to celebrate with my fellow season seat holders in our area, where we have spent so many decades in lean years. Glad we won, Hell yes, happy with the organizations inept and iun thought through plans. Naw not really….
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if you pay attention ellias throws the throw in the crowd after the handshakes
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Just watched hickey night in Canada broadcast (again). Elias definately throws the puck into the crowd.
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Rich Hammond Reply:
June 20th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
What you’re seeing is his stick being handed to a fan. Not a puck.
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