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The Professional Women’s Hockey League has found themselves asking where’s Walter — the Walter Cup, that is. On Friday, the league told The Associated Press on Friday that the trophy has gone missing while in transit.
Though the league did not provide details, the PWHL told the AP in a statement that the trophy “did not arrive as expected at its latest stop” and that they “are working closely with the shipping company to locate it.”
The trophy itself was technically a close replica version of the Walter Cup, which belongs to the Montreal Victoire after the team won the PWHL championship in May. The main Cup, which is presented to teams after winning the final, is permanently held in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto; winning teams are then given replicas to keep.
The Cup was supposed to end up in Lethbridge, Alberta to the home of Victoire forward Dara Greig, per the AP. Greig had planned to spend Thursday with the trophy, including a public event at the Lethbridge Arena.
However, though the container arrived in Alberta, the trophy was not inside. It is unclear where the Cup might have ended up, or how it was misplaced.
The 35-pound sterling silver trophy, crafted by Tiffany & Co., was named after PWHL owner Mark Walter. (On a side note, Walter’s apparent financial and legal trouble , and sudden sale of the Los Angeles Lakers and English club Chelsea , have also raised questions about how that will affect the PWHL.)
The Victoire became the second PWHL team to win the Walter Cup in the league’s short history. The Minnesota Frost had won the championship in both of the first two seasons of the PWHL’s existence.
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