An little bird has relayed to me the following blurblet from today’s New Haven Register:

Chip Malafronte writes:

Care to get a glimpse of the Stanley Cup? Then clear some time in your datebook because the most famous trophy in sports will be in East Haven next week. The East Haven Youth Hockey association has arranged for the Cup to make an appearance on Tuesday from 5-8 PM in a fundraiser program at DiLungo Rink. For a $5 donation, fans can get a close look at the trophy, which was won by the Carolina Hurricanes in June. East Haven High Hockey Coach Lou Pane said the league got hooked up with the trophy partly through former Branford resident Mike Amendola. Pane also has a relationship with Carolina assistant coaches Kevin McCarthy and Jeff Daniels dating back to the late 1990’s when the Beast of New Haven practed at the East Haven rink. McCarthy, who was the Beast’s head coach, used Pane’s office at the rink before and after practices while Daniels played for the team.

I’ve got it on pretty good authority that the “partly” was actually a “mostly”, if not a “wholly”–as in, Mike called this guy and said “Hey, this day I have the Cup, would you like to do a fundraiser?”

I’ve also got it on pretty good authority that neither Jake nor Kato have much of a relationship with this guy–but really, that’s neither here nor there. I can understand wanting to raise money for youth hockey, and I’m all for it. But I wish that reporter had been honest about whose idea the fundraiser was and given some credit where credit’s due.

Just sayin’.