PWHL Replica Walter Cup Goes Missing in Transit

Overview

• The PWHL reported Friday that the Montreal Victoire’s replica Walter Cup did not arrive at a scheduled stop while being shipped to Lethbridge and the league is coordinating with the shipping company to find it.
• The missing trophy is a close replica kept by the champion team, made by Tiffany & Co., about 35 pounds and 24 inches tall, while the original cup remains at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
• The container sent to Lethbridge arrived without the cup inside, prompting forward Dara Greig to postpone a public event that was to feature the trophy.
• Unlike the NHL’s Stanley Cup tradition of assigning a custodian to travel with the trophy, the PWHL does not have a dedicated escort for its cup, a difference that has highlighted security and logistics questions.
• Reporting notes the cup is named for PWHL founder Mark Walter but offers no link between his separate financial investigations and the missing trophy; the league’s next steps include working with the carrier and tracking where the replica was last scanned.