A day with hockey’s holy grail

WINNING THE STANLEY CUP WAS JUST THE BEGINNING. Each member of the Anaheim Ducks earned the right to have his name engraved on the most revered trophy in sports and each to celebrate with it for one day this summer. To document how some took this to heart, Times photographer Robert Gauthier traveled across the U.S., to Sweden, Finland, Russia and Canada. It’s a rare look inside one of sports’ greatest traditions and proved once more, the lure of the Cup is like no other.

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SIGHT & SOUND: For audio galleries with more of Gauthier’s photography, go to latimes.com/stanleycup.