- Seth Jarvis brought the Stanley Cup home to Winnipeg on Monday
- He opened at Children’s Hospital, then spent more than two hours at his childhood rink
- Read below for the pickup truck arrival, the ribs and poutine, and Jordan Martinook’s surprise
Seth Jarvis got the full Winnipeg treatment.
The Carolina Hurricanes forward took his day with the Stanley Cup home on Monday, and he spent almost all of it putting the trophy in other people’s hands. At the end of the night he was asked what the day had meant to him.
“I can’t believe the support I’ve gotten, it’s been incredible. You can’t replace home,” Jarvis told reporters.
His first stop was Children’s Hospital, where he walked the Cup around to patients. Jarvis explained afterward what he was hoping to get out of that visit.
“I just want to make people smile. It’s cool the power that thing has and what it can do for people. Obviously, those kids are going through some tough times, so anything I can do to brighten their day for a little bit, talk to them, meet them, show them the Stanley Cup, and just see them smile and have a little bit of fun is amazing,” Jarvis said, via Illegal Curve Hockey.
Watch his full media availability from Winnipeg:
Tuxedo Community Centre came next, the south Winnipeg rink where he learned to play. He rolled up standing in the bed of a pickup truck with the Cup, and the crowd inside erupted.
Keeper of the Cup Philip Pritchard got a shot of the ride in:
That building is the reason he gave for all of it.
“When I was younger, they gave me the keys to this place. They’d let me keep the lights on and keep the doors open so I could skate as long as I wanted. They’re a massive part of my childhood and a massive part of why I’m here today,” Jarvis said.
He stayed more than two hours and still ran out of time. Hundreds lined up, and once the slot ended he carried the Cup out to the street for everyone who never got through the door.
One 13-year-old fan told CBC he had waited about six hours to get near the front of that line.
Lunch was ribs and poutine, eaten straight out of hockey’s oldest trophy:
Teammate Jordan Martinook turned up unannounced to close out the night:
Martinook gets his own day with the Cup on Tuesday.
Jarvis went 13th overall to Carolina in 2020 and scored the biggest goal of his career in June. The 24-year-old ripped a power-play one-timer 3:56 into overtime to win Game 2 of the Final against Vegas, keeping the Hurricanes from falling behind 2-0 in the series.
The rest of his summer has been less fun. Jarvis had shoulder surgery in late June with a four-to-six month recovery window, which lands his return somewhere in the first half of next season.
None of that was on his mind at Tuxedo. He had the Cup, and he had Winnipeg.
