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How it felt
What it's like to lift the Stanley Cup in your hometown and other stories

Globe and Mail, Dec. 23, 2011

This is part of The Globe’s ‘How it felt’ series that collects the stories of people who found themselves at the centre of this year’s major news events. See more ‘How it felt’ stories in Toronto, World, British Columbia, National, Arts, Sports and Business
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How it felt: to raise the Stanley Cup after beating your hometown team?

In June, Boston forward Milan Lucic, a native of Vancouver, helped lead the Bruins to a Game 7 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place.

“It was [David] Krejci who handed me the Cup. It was one of those moments where you’ve been thinking of this your whole life and wondering what it’s going to feel like when you finally get it in your hands. And then to get it in my home town and, even though it was against the road team, I still got a cheer.

You get chills just thinking about it. I remember I had chills at the moment and I just raised it up as high as I could and knew that this has got to be one of the best feelings in the world.

You think about your family and what they did to give you the opportunity to fulfill your dream in being an NHL hockey player. Obviously, they gave me the love and support and also the opportunity to be where I am at today. So you think about that. And you also think about the minor hockey and into Junior B and then into Junior A.

There’s just so much you’re thinking about. And then, you almost have to stop and think, ‘Wow – we actually did it. There’s no more games left to be played, there’s no more harder opponents.’ All those emotions go through your mind.

I handed it off to Rich Peverley and I’m sure he had the same feelings that I did.”

As told to Roy MacGregor

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