Three-week-old Brecken Archibald gets baptized out of hockey's Holy Grail (Brainerd, MN) #stanleycup@penguins@NHL@HockeyHallFamepic.twitter.com/kE6EewxDi6
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) August 30, 2017
The Stanley Cup’s back-to-back tour with the Penguins wasn’t without a holy sacrament this year.
On Wednesday, Philip Pritchard, Hockey Hall of Fame’s Keeper of the Cup, shared a few snaps from the Michigan baptism of Pittsburgh winger Josh Archibald’s son in Lord Stanley’s Mug.
“Three-week-old Brecken Archibald gets baptized out of hockey’s Holy Grail (Brainerd, MN) #stanleycup @penguins @NHL @HockeyHallFame,” Pritchard tweeted.
While the Cup’s summer vacation also has included a trip on the back nine and cooking lessons, Archibald’s baby boy isn’t the first tot to be baptized in hockey’s treasured trophy.
The daughter of retired Ranger Sylvain Lefebvre got the blessed honor in 1996, followed by the little lady of former Red Wings star Tomas Holmström in 2008.
