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Hockey’s most iconic trophy was brimming with ice cream and syrupy toppings inside an Ottawa dessert shop on Friday.
The Stanley Cup made its way to Ottawa to celebrate Paul Schonfelder’s sweet victory as goaltending coach of the championship-winning Carolina Hurricanes.
Per NHL tradition, every member of the Stanley Cup-winning club gets to spend a day with the trophy, doing whatever they choose.
For Schonfelder and his family, who live in Barrhaven during the offseason, they wanted to share the moment with the community.
“You have 12 hours and you want to try to fit in as much as possible,” he said. “Something my daughter wanted to do was eat ice cream out of the cup with her friends.”
So dozens of hockey fans packed into Chocolat Favoris in Barrhaven, watching in awe as vanilla ice cream cascaded into the crown of the Stanley Cup.
It was followed up by a cornucopia of confections, including chocolate and caramel sauce, gummy bears and a cotton candy-flavoured topping.
Schonfelder then scooped the ice cream from the trophy, serving it to the fans who helped him celebrate the day.
Paul Schonfelder lives in Ottawa during the offseason. He wanted to spend his day with the cup in the community with his family. (Justin Ball/CBC News)Popcorn, pasta and lobster bisque
Before being filled with ice cream, the Stanley Cup also paid a visit to patients at CHEO and made a stop at the Minto Recreation Complex.
Ice cream isn’t the strangest thing Stanley Cup guard Walt Neubrand has seen eaten out of the trophy.
Having spent nearly 30 years looking after the Stanley Cup during its expeditions, Neubrand has seen it filled with popcorn, pasta and even lobster bisque.
“The only thing you can’t put in there is red wine because it stains the bowl,” he said.
Although the Carolina Hurricanes swept the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, plenty of Senators fans still showed up to see the cup at Chocolat Favoris.
Among them was Emily Kooiman, who says there’s no hard feelings.
“The Senators lost to Carolina, so we can basically say we came in second place,” she said.