Walter Cup trophy goes missing during transit to Alberta for Victoire event

The Montreal Victoire's missing Walter Cup championship trophy has been found after being lost during shipment and reunited with the team, the Professional Women's Hockey League announced Monday. The PWHL provided few details. The trophy went missing last week when it failed to arrive in Lethbridge, Alberta, where it was to spend Thursday with Victoire forward Dara Greig.

Montreal Victoire forward Dara Greig was set to have a “bringing it home” ceremony where she shepherded her Professional Women’s Hockey League trophy around her hometown of Lethbridge in the Canadian province of Alberta on Thursday. But it was postponed. Because the Walter Cup is missing. The official Walter Cup, presented when the Victoire beat the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the PWHL championship in May, is housed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Each championship-winning team, ho

A replica of the Walter Cup, the trophy that belongs to the Professional Women's Hockey League champion Montreal Victoire, is missing, the league told The Associated Press on Friday.

The league told the Associated Press that the trophy, which is on tour among Montreal players, 'did not arrive as expected' and that they are looking for it.

The Walter Cup is missing — or at least the replica version of the trophy that belongs to the Professional Women's Hockey League champion Montreal Victoire, the league told The Associated Press on Friday. Without going into detail, the PWHL issued a statement saying the trophy “did not arrive as expected at its latest stop,” and added "we are working closely with the shipping company to locate it.” The trophy was supposed to be shipped to Lethbridge, Alberta, to spend the day with Victoire forward Dara Greig, a person with knowledge of the plans told the AP on the condition of anonymity because those details were not revealed by the league.