Ted Lindsay never strolled through a Las Vegas casino cradling the Stanley Cup in his arms. The 92-year-old Detroit Red Wings legend never danced in the electro-thump of a nightclub, the trophy pressed overhead.
Lindsay never celebrated winning the Cup by doing the breaststroke fully clothed in a public fountain, nor guzzled from it while being dunked into the silver chalice, dipped into it while being held by the ankles by teammates.
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