More info on the Iron D trophy
UM hockey coach Red Berenson and MSU coach Tom Anastos visited the Nordins' studio earlier this month to help forge the trophy centerpiece, which is a 1½-inch thick iron letter “D.”
Most of the trophy is stainless steel, but the “D” is hand-forged carbon steel, Nordin said. Other elements of the trophy will be a cup and the base will list the winners of the game from each season. Details on the trophy will represent the game of hockey, both universities, the city of Detroit and the new Red Wings arena now under construction downtown.
January 22nd, 2016 at 2:48 PM ^
Trophies need to have an authentic flavor. They should have gone to an abandoned building, ripped out a couple of rusty old pipes, and welded them together into a "D". I would want to play for that.
January 22nd, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^
January 22nd, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
But I love the idea of using parts from the demolished building. Give it that authentic scrap heap flavor with a hint of asbestos.
January 22nd, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^
This is one of those things where I think someone overthought something that was supposed to be simple.
January 22nd, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^
I'm sure he had something to do with it....
January 22nd, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
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January 22nd, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^
Well I would hope a hockey trophy with "details" on it would depict the game of hockey yeah. Rather than, say, badminton
January 22nd, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^
Piece of shit trophy for one game as if the two teams only play once per season.
January 22nd, 2016 at 9:26 PM ^
January 22nd, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^
This is probably what it's gonna look like. I would have preffered an Old English D instead of an Iron D.
January 23rd, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
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January 22nd, 2016 at 3:27 PM ^
nothing screams collegiate rivalry trophy
more than focus groups, design studios, and 1/2 Billion dollar corporate arenas.
January 22nd, 2016 at 4:06 PM ^
Sounds more a pet name for my dick moreso than a trophy
January 22nd, 2016 at 4:26 PM ^
January 22nd, 2016 at 7:23 PM ^
This trophy sucks. Playing the game at a neutral site sucks too. I say bring the game back to Yost (or to Munn for that matter) and to let the Red Wings keep the trophy. Or we can send the trophy to Soldier Field. The Paul Bunyan trophy can go with it.
January 22nd, 2016 at 8:13 PM ^
...should be placed atop one hockey puck for each goal we score against them this year.
It will hopefully be 8 feet tall by season's end.
January 22nd, 2016 at 8:59 PM ^
So if it's actually made out of steel, why isn't it the Steel D?
January 22nd, 2016 at 9:42 PM ^
how long it will take normal rust oxidation to reduce the 1 1/2 inch D to a pile of rubble, stumbled upon a fascinating site - Mothcam, so you can check on the Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, WV, any time you'd like. Looks like it is snowing down there now.
Back to the original quest, sheesh can't find quick answers on something like this - maybe an MSE out there knows it. So I'll say in 100 years of sitting around ice rinks this D will be gone.
January 23rd, 2016 at 12:18 AM ^
the D.