Bieber haters freak when Justin touches Stanley Cup

[<a href="//storify.com/cbccommunity/bieber-haters-freak-when-justin-touches-cup" target="_blank">View the story "Bieber haters freak when Justin touches Stanley Cup" on Storify</a>]<h1>Bieber haters freak when Justin touches Stanley Cup</h1><h2></h2><p>Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/cbccommunity">CBC News Community</a>· Wed, Jul 10 2013 06:34:07</p><div>Many hockey fans wailed and gnashed their teeth on Twitter last night after a Chicago Blackhawks employee posted a photo of singer Justin Bieber posing and, horror of horrors, <i>touching </i>the Stanley Cup. <br><br>Peter Hassan, the NHL champions' senior director of market development and community affairs, tweeted this Tuesday: <br></div><div>The Biebs meets THE CUP!!! http://pic.twitter.com/oh4AvDbYbTPeter Hassen</div><div>Bieber visited the Hawks' locker room before performing at Chicago's United Center. <br></div><div>#JustinBieber with a young fan and #StanleyCup before #UnitedCenter concert tonight. @NHLBlackhawks @HockeyHallFame http://pic.twitter.com/9Vw5skkjlsPhilip Pritchard </div><div>And, oh, how hockey fans freaked when they saw that the likes of Justin Bieber would dare touch the Holy Grail of Hockey. The photo was reposted thousands of times on Twitter, many of those tweets railing against the club for allowing such a travesty. <br></div><div>Justin Bieber is completely unworthy of touching the Stanley Cup #punk #jealous #deepthinkingwithliddyLiddy Ziulkowski</div><div>Justin Bieber is in Chicago, went to the UC, and touched the Stanley Cup. Excuse me while I vomit. WHO LET HIM TOUCH THE CUP.Ang</div><div>@SportsNation <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNation/statuses/354768032687591425" class="">tweeted</a>, "Aaaand now the Stanley Cup isn't cool anymore...thanks Bieber." <br></div><div>Justin Bieber touched the Stanley Cup. Time to throw it in a volcano and make a new one from scratch.Cory Hinkel</div><div>Justin Bieber better get his damn hands off the Stanley Cup.I don't care who you are, a civilian has no right to touch the hockey holy grailTOU</div><div>The pics of justin bieber touching the Stanley Cup make me decently angry.Jambree</div><div>My dear friend @keeperofthecup: geranium planter, diapered babies, horses grazing, a beer stein all ok for Stanley Cup. But Bieber? BIEBER?!Dave Stubbs</div><div>Some haters focused more on Bieber's "look" than his hand on the Cup.<br></div><div>I have no issues with Justin Bieber being around the Cup... His douchie wardrobe, on the other hand #whodressesthebiebs?David Pagnotta</div><div>Did you see the pic of Bieber with the Stanley Cup? Why does he always look like he needs a smack?Pete Prisco</div><div>But touching the Cup wasn't Bieber's only faux-pas. Many NHL clubs, including the Blackhawks, have a tradition forbidding walking or standing on the team logo on the locker room floor. <br></div><div>Standing on the logo while taking the picture??? What the hell is wrong with him? #Blackhawks #StanleyCup http://pic.twitter.com/BFZn7MNFXHBrandon Newberry</div><div>For Bieber to get a pic with the Stanley Cup is one thing, but when you step on the team logo, it means war. Not even the players do that.Mike Praznowski</div><div>And to some, the picture was further evidence that Bieber is a bandwagon hockey fan, hopping from one team to another when it's convenient for him. <br></div><div>Justin Bieber's tour bus is actually a bandwagon. #blackhawks http://pic.twitter.com/SnCPFKznITDave Wischnowsky</div><div>@brofroradio @AngiTaylorKISS bieber just cursed the hawks by touching the cup. http://pic.twitter.com/cttSge4QqRSteve Templin</div><div>Here's Justin Bieber being a Kings, Jets, Bruins, Leafs, Hawks, and Flyers fan. Make up your mind, kid. #Bandwagon pic.twitter.com/LlpotX4eB0No Holds Barred</div><div>The vitriolic reaction surprised some sports journalists. <br></div><div>The pic that @PJHASSEN took of Bieber with the Cup has angered a lot of people. WowBill Ociepka</div><div>And Hassen urged everyone to calm down. It's just marketing. <br></div><div>@oc_sports people need to relax. Justin Bieber reaches the same market audience that we will need to be the next Blackhawks fans.Peter Hassen</div><div>@PJHASSEN @oc_sports It upsets people because fans like me who've been following for 30 years don't get same chance as JB knows 0 playersChicago Sports</div><div>But is touching the Stanley Cup even that big a deal, even if the person doing the touching is Justin Bieber? Certainly, NHL players -- a superstitious lot, by and large -- generally avoid touching the Cup unless they've won it. <br><br>But hockey fans touch the Cup and its official replicas all the time. The Stanley Cup tours around the world and thousands of fans have posed for photos with the trophy, just as Bieber did. <br></div><div>In the long history of the Stanley Cup I doubt Justin Bieber is the worst person to touch it. Gary Bettman touches it every year!Second City Hockey</div><div>@JoeO670 jim belushi lifting it over his head on the ice is still worsemikeconnolly</div><div>Yesterday wasn't even the first time Bieber had touched Lord Stanley's Mug. This photo is from Getty Images and was featured on <a href="http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/09/photo-hey-look-justin-bieber-with-the-stanley-cup/related/" class="">NBCSports.com</a>. <br></div><div>bieberagainJames O'Brien</div><div>Who else has touched the Stanley Cup lately? These photos are from the Twitter feed of Philip Pritchard, the @KeeperOfTheCup. <br><br>Is it OK for a Stanley Cup winner's mom to drink from the Cup?<br></div><div>#chicagoblackhawk Sheldon Brookbank sharing a drink from Lord Stanley with his Mom. @NHL @HockeyHallFame #StanleyCup http://pic.twitter.com/CrnMYfgv1WPhilip Pritchard </div><div>Is the writer of <i>Cheeseburger in Paradise </i>more worthy to laying his hands on the best-looking trophy in pro sports than the writer of <i>If I Was Your Boyfriend</i>? <br></div><div>#chicagoblackhawk Patrick Kane and Jimmy Buffett with the #StanleyCup yesterday @NHL @HockeyHallFame http://pic.twitter.com/jVotfuOK8KPhilip Pritchard </div><div>What about the guys who made an all-meat Stanley Cup replica?<br></div><div>Rocky and Coach Q with the #StanleyCup while a cup made from bacon and meat loaf looks jealous! @nhl @HockeyHallFame http://pic.twitter.com/gMxhNLtV08Philip Pritchard </div><div>Or this adorable tiny dog? <br></div><div>Is she a #chicagoblackhawk fan? #StanleyCupChampions! @NHL @HockeyHallFame @KellyHockeyHall http://pic.twitter.com/6qP6qXTbiJPhilip Pritchard </div>