WATERVILLE, Maine — Waterville native Andy Saucier brought the Stanley Cup to Colby College on Tuesday and the line was long to see the National Hockey League’s trophy, according to a news release from the college.
Saucier, the video coach for the NHL champion Pittsburgh Penguins, had the Stanley Cup for the day. He had the Stanley Cup at Colby’s Alfond Rink for more than two hours to allow hundreds of fans to see it and have pictures taken. The line went out the rink door, out the team entrance door, and down the long sidewalk adjacent to the rink.
Part of the tradition for winning the Stanley Cup is for coaches, players and front office personnel to each have one day with the trophy. Saucier was going to spend the rest of the day with family and friends.
Jack Kelley, Saucier’s grandfather, was in attendance Tuesday. Kelley is a former Colby men’s hockey coach and was the president of the Penguins from 1993 to 2001.
Saucier, who played youth hockey at Alfond Rink, is the nephew of Colby graduate Mark Kelley (1980), the vice president of amateur scouting for the Chicago Blackhawks.
The viewing at Colby was the only public appearance in Central Maine to see the Stanley Cup. Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan will have the trophy at Boston College High School on Wednesday.