Vancouver is a hockey-mad city. At the start of each season, fans expect that it will be “their time” — when their beloved Canucks will go all the way to become Stanley Cup champions. It happened once before when Cyclone Taylor led the Vancouver Millionaires to hockey glory in old Denman Arena.

Last night, The Canadian Encyclopedia’s Editor in Chief James Marsh was on CTV National News, talking about the most Canadian of subjects – hockey! More specifically, the Stanley Cup and it’s history of bumps, bruises, and survival in the midst of euphoric, sometimes drunken, celebrations. Its handling has been less than ceremonious: it’s been drop-kicked into [...]