Although I may not be the world's biggest hockey fan, I am completely aware that the greatest trophy in sports is the Stanley Cup, hands down. It's not even close. Nothing comes near its awesomeness.

And, as I'm sure most of you know, each individual associated with the team that won the Cup gets to spend 24 hours with it over the course of the offseason.

The Cup has already had an entertaining offseason, as it attended one hell of a 4th of July party and was apparently even used as an ashtray at one point.

Chris Draper also had the Stanley Cup recently and some interesting things with it including filling it up with donut holes and letting his kids eat ice cream out of it. But what tops Draper's story is this tiny tidbit that he relates to readers:

"A week after we won it, I had my newborn daughter in there and she pooped in the Cup," said Draper. "That was something. We had a pretty good laugh."

"I still drank out of it that night, so no worries."

Totally gross, but totally classic. So anyway, here's a look back at some of the other great stories involving the Stanley Cup's offseason shenanigans.

After Ottawa won the Cup in 1905, a drunken member of the team accepted a challenge to punt the Cup into the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. Luckily for the Cup, the canal was frozen, and instead of sinking it bounced across the ice. The Cup was left out on the ice all night before being recovered by hungover teammates the next morning.

In 1907 it was stolen from a photographer's home after it was accidentally left there by the Montreal Wanderers. It was held for ransom, but when no one bit, the thief returned it to the photographer's house. It was reportedly used by the guy's wife as a flower pot until the Wanderers learned it had been recovered.

In 1924 some Montreal Canadiens players stuck it in the back of their car on the way to a victory party. After getting a flat tire, they took the Cup out and set it on a snowbank in order to get the spare tire. After fixing the tire, they sped off with the Cup still sitting in the snow bank. When it was time to drink champagne from the Cup they remembered they'd left it out on the road. It was still there when they drove back to pick it up.

In 1970 the Cup was stolen from the Hockey Hall of Fame. A popular theory is that it was being held hostage by someone whom the police were familiar with. It was eventually recovered a few weeks later but the details of how are sketchy. According to police, it was simply left on a Detective Sergeant's driveway.

In 1991 it wound up at the bottom of Super Mario's pool when a teammate dove into the water with it. Just to let you know, the Cup weighs more than 30 lbs.

In 1996 a childless couple of 14 years attended a party where the Stanley Cup was present. The woman, who doctors said had a slim to none chance of getting pregnant, kissed the Cup while at the party. Shortly after she discovered she was pregnant. By counting back, she determined she likely conceived the night she kissed the Cup. The couple named their kid Stanley.

Here are some other bizarre facts about the Cup:

• It's been been crapped in multiple times and urinated on.
• It's shared a bed with at least one player and his wife.
• A Kentucky Derby winner has eaten from it.
• It's been to strip clubs. (Not a big surprise)
• New York Islanders player Clark Gillies let his dog eat out of it.
• Has been misplaced multiple times by airlines.
• Has been dogsledding.
• A number of players' children have been baptized in it.
• Has been the guest of honor at weddings.
• Has been atop peaks in the Rocky Mountains.
• Has been to Afghanistan.

Simply awesome. I need to party with Stanley at some point, no question.