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[quote name="Paul Hunter"]
Versteeg … or is that Vertseeg?
The Chicago Blackhawks recently took delivery of the Stanley Cup from the engraver. It was shiny and beautiful, except for one small detail.
Kris Versteeg’s name was spelled incorrectly. The “s” and “t” of his surname were transposed.
“It’s kind of funny. I may never be one of the biggest names in the game but now it’ll go down in history as one of the misspells on the Stanley Cup so I’ll take it,” said Versteeg, who was traded to the Maple Leafs from the champs during the off-season.
“It’s just a perfect example of my life. Just something crazy and quirky that’s always happening to me.”
Versteeg said his brother predicted something would go wrong with the family name when the winger celebrated with his family in Lethbridge, Alta., this summer.
“We were all sitting as a family around the Stanley Cup in the living room looking at all the misspelled names. My brother was like, ‘I guarantee they spell our name wrong,’ ” Versteeg recounted with a chuckle.
“I’d like to thank (GM) Stan Bowman of the Blackhawks for double-checking the sheet before he sent it in. I don’t know if he put the list together during the Cup party night, maybe that’s what it was. You don’t take it as sign of disrespect, it just happens.”
Versteeg said the mistake was corrected Monday and he was sent a picture of the new-look Stanley Cup.
“I think they just kind of punched (the correct letters) over it, you can tell,” he said.
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[quote name="Paul Hunter"]
Versteeg … or is that Vertseeg?
The Chicago Blackhawks recently took delivery of the Stanley Cup from the engraver. It was shiny and beautiful, except for one small detail.
Kris Versteeg’s name was spelled incorrectly. The “s” and “t” of his surname were transposed.
“It’s kind of funny. I may never be one of the biggest names in the game but now it’ll go down in history as one of the misspells on the Stanley Cup so I’ll take it,” said Versteeg, who was traded to the Maple Leafs from the champs during the off-season.
“It’s just a perfect example of my life. Just something crazy and quirky that’s always happening to me.”
Versteeg said his brother predicted something would go wrong with the family name when the winger celebrated with his family in Lethbridge, Alta., this summer.
“We were all sitting as a family around the Stanley Cup in the living room looking at all the misspelled names. My brother was like, ‘I guarantee they spell our name wrong,’ ” Versteeg recounted with a chuckle.
“I’d like to thank (GM) Stan Bowman of the Blackhawks for double-checking the sheet before he sent it in. I don’t know if he put the list together during the Cup party night, maybe that’s what it was. You don’t take it as sign of disrespect, it just happens.”
Versteeg said the mistake was corrected Monday and he was sent a picture of the new-look Stanley Cup.
“I think they just kind of punched (the correct letters) over it, you can tell,” he said.
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