In the image, on the left, is Christy Hammond, one of the best Detroit Red Wings bloggers on the Web at Behind the Jersey and a PR intern for the club this season. She explains on her blog what it was like to experience Friday's Stanley Cup championship parade and rally in Detroit with VIP access; and, clearly, she and her friend relished the chance to mimic Hayden Panettiere's infamous close-up with Stanley.  

As one would hope, the Stanley Cup celebration in Motown had its share of other bizarre and memorable moments. It's not every day that the mayor of a major American city gets booed more than Bettman at the end of the finals. But that's a frustrating moment, not a blissful one; like, for example, asking your girlfriend for her hand in marriage during a Red Wings parade.

Andy Jones had expected to ask Jennifer Carlson to marry him on a boat. That was until Thursday night, when he changed plans and decided to ask her during the Cup celebration. From the Detroit Free Press:

Jones told a police officer his plan and asked for the right moment to be allowed outside the barricade and into the street. At 10:41 a.m., with the Fox Theatre marquee hanging in the background, he pulled Carlson into the street and asked for her hand in marriage. She said yes, of course, and the assembled crowd, waiting for another celebration, roared its approval. Nine years after meeting Jones, Carlson let the tears fly.

Nine years? Jeez, Red Wings fans have a shorter wait between Cups ...

But as much fun as the fans had, it was really a day for the Red Wings players to cut loose and celebrate. Whether than meant dancing like a fool, feeding beer to the citizens of Detroit from the Cup ... or accidently damaging Stanley.

First up is Aaron Downey. You know how Hugh Jackman can strike that balance between lighthearted song-and-dance man and animal savagery as Wolverine? Downey, one of the Red Wings' most prolific pugilists, simply can't ignore the pounding rhythms of Wings rally music. Somebody get this guy a glow stick:

There was a rather silly controversy that broke out this week about a news photographer drinking from the Stanley Cup in the Red Wings' locker room after their win in Game 6. Like we said at the time: Someone passes you the Cup with an adult beverage in it -- and you're sure that the Cup hasn't spent the last 12 hours in Mario's pool or under a pile of strippers or as a spittoon in Western Canada -- then you drink from it. It's tradition.

Cheli's Chili Bar, a restaurant owned by Wings defenseman Chris Chelios, was the site of some after-partying for the fans and the players. Check out Brett Lebda, Chris Osgood and Derek Meech giving the fans a taste of victory:

Unfortunately, the Stanley Cup didn't escape unscathed from Cheli's bar: NHL spokeswoman Bernadette Mansur told the AP that the Cup got a "slight dent" during the party at the restaurant.

"The Cup has seen worse," she said.

You ain't kidding. Wings fans were practically polite to it by comparison.

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