LOS ANGELES – Whether it’s the Tampa Bay Lightning or Colorado Avalanche celebrating a Stanley Cup Final victory, the Cup itself won’t go to Russia or Belarus in the coming months, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday.
Speaking before the puck dropped in game one of the NHL’s best-of-seven championship series in Denver, Daly said league officials had told both teams that their Russian or Belarussian players will have to hold off on taking the Cup home.
Tradition has it that every player on the winning team gets to take possession of the…