Although we're not a huge community here in Jackson, we can appear quite large when it comes to those things we're passionate about, in this case: hockey. Young and old take to the ice each winter and many spend summer breaks at hockey camps throughout the country. So when Sports Illustrated posted its annual photo competition (the young hockey player who takes the most creative picture with a Stanley Cup cut-out wins a day with the real thing), Harrison Sauter was quick to respond. Just days before the competition closed, nine-year old "H" (as he's known to his teammates) found the perfect venue: a larger-than-life-sized Jackalope in Dubois, Wyoming. That's right. Harrison sat atop the world's largest horned rabit with Stanley Cup cut-out in hand. Weeks later, he got a call from the magazine letting him know that his photographic genius had earned him a visit from the nation's oldest sport trophy.

Yesterday, the Cup's white-gloved "Keeper of the Cup" and a member from Sports Illustrated presented "H" with The Cup for a day. Classmates learned the history of the coveted ice award before it made the rounds throughout town (the Stanley Cup, it turns out, has an agenda all its own) posing in pictures with a long line of diehard hockey fans at Snow King Resort, then to Sidewinders for dinner before making a final stop at Harrison's house where the young "H" battled the Keeper of the Cup in a game of airhockey... for the Stanley Cup.

The Keeper won and the iconic silver accolade is now on its way to its next series of destinations--mainly spending 20 hours with each member of this year's NHL championship team, the Anaheim Ducks. But thanks to Harrison Sauter, the town of Jackson Hole scored when the Stanley Cup veered from its traditional sports show-ice rink-hall of fame-famous athlete agenda to make an appearance in Teton County. Thanks for sharing, Harrison.