+ No other prize in sports carries with it the souls of its victors, and the dreams of those who battle for the right to simply stand in its presence, acquiring an unquestionable respect ..... The men struggle, all for Lord Stanley and his symbolic cup, as if the meaning of their lives lie within a chance moment between victory and defeat ..... It is a consciousness teetering between dream and reality, a tenacity wavering between validation and obsession ..... It is a sacrifice that tears at the very fabric of mind and body ..... The dream is never as close as it seems, and destiny is just a million miles away ..... This is the STANLEY CUP +
"The difference is, the reality is better than the dream..."
~Wayne Gretzky