With the 2016-17 season rapidly approaching, the Pittsburgh Penguins want to remind you that they’re the defending champions.
(And maybe distract the hockey world from Sidney Crosby’s very unfortunate concussion?)
What better way to do that than to unveil the 2016 Stanley Cup championship rings? You can read the press release here - Matt Murray is impressed by the heft of the rings - but here’s what they look like:
We put a ring on it.
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 11, 2016
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Want to compare these rings to the three previous ones by the Penguins? What about versus other teams’ jewelry? The Boston Globe provides a nice collection through 2012.
(The missing 2005 ring is a bummer, right?)