The night the lights went out in The Garden, the Cup was in the building.
It was Game 4 of the 1988 Stanley Cup Final, and the Oilers looked to sweep the Bruins in Boston. But in the second period, unfathomably, a power outage darkened Boston Garden. The game was suspended. So, everybody flew to Edmonton, site of Game 5, for a redo of Game 4, which the Oilers went on to win.
That was the last time the Cup was awarded on Edmonton ice, and perhaps the most bizarre circumstance for a Stanley Cup ceremony ... until this year, when the Cup will again be awarded on Edmonton ice.
