Hurricanes join Red Wings in using all 55 name slots on Stanley Cup
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The Detroit Red Wings have company on the Stanley Cup now.
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For the first time since Detroit won the Cup in 1997-98, the Carolina Hurricanes used all 55 name slots on the trophy, including the five-year-old son of owner Tom Dundon.
The Red Wings requested the maximum 55 names for their 1997-98 championship roster, which included nine members of the Ilitch family: Mike Ilitch (owner/chairman), Marian Ilitch (owner), Denise Ilitch, Michael Ilitch Jr., Ronald Ilitch, Lisa Ilitch Murray, Carole Ilitch Trepeck (minority owners), Atanas Ilitch, Christopher Ilitch (vice presidents).
Dundon has faced backlash for engraving the names of his wife, Verushka, and their five children — Caden, Dax, Drew, Blake and Tagan, 5.
“Forever etched in history,” the Hurricanes posted on X, alongside a photo of the trophy.
Forever etched in history pic.twitter.com/KpJaNsb5Fz
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) July 9, 2026
The NHL has a formalized process to request which individuals will have their names engraved on the oldest trophy competed for by pro athletes in North America:
▶ Management and staff: The team determines the non-playing personnel who go on the Cup, pending NHL approval.
▶ Player qualifications: A player must appear in at least 41 regular-season games or one Stanley Cup Final game.
▶ Exceptions: Teams can petition the NHL commissioner for exemptions if an extenuating circumstance (like an injury) kept a player off the ice.
In 1998, the NHL agreed to engrave the names of Vladimir Konstantinov and masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov, who suffered life-altering injuries in a limousine crash just six days after the team's 1997 Stanley Cup title.
The Red Wings had 52 names engraved from their Stanley Cup championship teams in 1997, 2002, and 2008.
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Hurricanes join Red Wings in using all 55 name slots on Stanley Cup