PWHL's Walter Cup replica found after going missing en route to Lethbridge
The 35-pound championship trophy vanished in transit before a scheduled stop with a Montreal Victoire player, prompting a search involving the league's shipping company.
The Professional Women's Hockey League announced Monday that the Montreal Victoire's missing Walter Cup trophy has been located and returned to the team after going missing in shipment last week. The league offered few details on where it was found or how it disappeared, saying only that it was "lost in shipment."
The trophy had been scheduled to arrive in Lethbridge, Alberta, where it was set to spend time with Victoire forward Dara Greig. A shipping container did arrive at the destination, but it was not the one carrying the cup. The PWHL said last week it was working with its shipping company to track down the trophy.
The missing item was not the trophy presented on ice to championship winners, which is permanently kept at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Instead, it was the team's "keeper" cup, a roughly 35-pound, 24-inch-tall replica of the sterling silver, Tiffany & Co.-designed original.
Montreal won the Walter Cup in May by defeating Ottawa in Game 4 of a best-of-five series, becoming the PWHL's first Canadian champion after Minnesota won the league's first two titles. The trophy is named for PWHL founder Mark Walter and his wife, Kimbra.
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