For the second time in simply over two weeks, the Skilled Girls’s Hockey League’s Walter Cup did not attain its scheduled vacation spot.
Montreal Victoire left winger Shiann Darkangelo wrote in an Instagram put up Saturday that the Cup did not arrive in time for an occasion with Athleta in Brighton, Mich.
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“I do know lots of you have been excited to see the Cup,” Darkangelo wrote. “I am genuinely disenchanted that it will not be there.”
The Cup had but to be delivered as of Saturday afternoon, however its location was identified, in keeping with a supply near the scenario who was granted anonymity as a result of they don’t seem to be licensed to talk publicly.
The Cup beforehand didn’t arrive on time for an Aug. 20 look with Montreal Victoire ahead Dara Greig in Lethbridge, Alta., and the league was uncertain of its whereabouts on the time.
“The Walter Cup keeper trophy awarded to the Montreal Victoire didn’t arrive as anticipated at its newest cease on the crew’s tour,” the PWHL mentioned in a press release on the time. “We’re working intently with the delivery firm to find it.”
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The trophy was finally discovered and returned to Montreal on Aug. 24.
The PWHL used the identical delivery firm for this week’s occasion because it did in August, the supply confirmed.
“I am sorry to everybody who was wanting ahead to seeing the cup,” Darkangelo wrote on Instagram. “I will nonetheless be at Athleta from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. if you would like to buy, take a photograph, and say good day. I might like to see you there!”
The trophy that has endured perilous journey is not the precise Walter Cup. The official trophy, roughly 24 1/2 inches excessive, 13 inches huge, 12 1/2 inches lengthy and weighing 35 kilos, was introduced to the Victoire after they defeated the Ottawa Cost in Sport 4 to win the PWHL championship in Might. That trophy is saved within the Hockey Corridor of Fame in Toronto, whereas every championship crew is issued its personal reproduction to maintain and tour across the continent.
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The PWHL fashioned in August 2023, with its inaugural puck drop on Jan. 1, 2024. Initially a six-team league, it grew to eight groups in 2025-26 after which 12 forward of the upcoming 2026-27 season. The Minnesota Frost received the league’s first two championships, and Montreal grew to become the primary Canadian crew to win a title in 2026.
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