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WINNIPEG -- The captain of the NHL champion Chicago Blackhawks is bringing a very special visitor home to meet his fans -- Lord Stanleys Cup. Jonathan Toews is bringing the cup to his hometown of Winnipeg for a public celebration before gathering privately with his family. Hundreds of fans lined up Friday afternoon to meet Toews -- and the cup -- Friday afternoon at a community centre named after the National Hockey League player. Chris Guimond came from Sagkeeng First Nation with his two sons, six-year-old Sabastien and nine-year-old Felix. "It means a lot to me to see him again," said Guimond, who met Toews in 2010. "I just wanted the boys to recognize who he is and the kind of hard work he does on the ice." Clutching an inflatable Stanley Cup with a Toews rookie card in his pocket, Guimond said he just wanted to say congratulations to Toews. "Two cups in four years is awesome," he said. The Blackhawks won hockeys highest honour last month in a dramatic sixth game victory over the Boston Bruins. Toews scored a goal in the nail-biting 3-2 triumph. He last brought the cup home when the Blackhawks were Stanley Cup champions in 2010. Erin Fowle, 22, missed him during that last visit and was determined not to make that mistake again. She arrived four hours before the cup to snag a place in line. Her birthday was the day after game six. As the Blackhawks trailed, Fowle wished for Toews to win the cup. A few seconds later, the Blackhawks tied it up. "I was so happy. It was the best birthday present possible," she said. "He deserves it. Hes just fantastic" Barry Catt, president of the Jonathan Toews Community Centre, said they only had a few days to prepare for their important visitors. "Its very exciting," he said as hundreds lined up in the centres parking lot. "Every little boy in Canada dreams of scoring the winning goal for the Stanley Cup final. 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If youre offbeat, go for Stanfords Tree.Those are among the choices people could have when the Mascot Hall of Fame announces its ballot of six candidates for the hall at a groundbreaking ceremony Friday in northwestern Indiana. After more than a decade of existing only online, the mascots are getting a place to flock together somewhere other than sidelines, ESPN commercials or the Capital One Mascot Challenge.Sam Weyen thinks the hall shall never see a mascot more lovely than the Stanford Tree.What other mascot strikes as much joy in the hearts of fans as it does creepy fear? We have a monopoly on that, said the symbolic systems major from Suwanee, Georgia, who has been the Tree since February. I cant think of a more iconic mascot and one that has been kicked out of so many stadiums as well.The Tree is not officially the universitys mascot -- its the mascot of the band known for its irreverence and has been banned from several stadiums for several years.Dave Johnson, who was Penn States Nittany Lion from 2005 to 2007, believes that mascot should be inducted because of simplicity and tradition. Its stuck to the same basic look since the 1920s.When you think of a college mascot, a lot of these other mascots ... theyre kind of gimmicky. Theyve got the inflatable mascots bouncing around, all that type of thing, and theyre limited in what they can do, Johnson said. In the ever-changing landscape of college campuses, the lion is always the same.The Mascot Hall of Fame will be built in Whiting, a city along Lake Michigan best known for its oil refinery and its Pierogi Fest -- a weekend event in July that celebrates Polish dumplings. More than 250,000 people take part in pierogi eating contests, pierogi tosses and polkas.David Raymond, the original Phillie Phanatic and the halls founder, said the city 20 miles southeast of Chicago is the perfect site for two reasons: It was willingg to put up $7 million for the building and its 5,000 residents embrace quirky.ddddddddddddTheir brand is the little wacky city that could, so they embrace the silliness of this project, Raymond said.Mayor Joseph Stahura said the hall is being financed through tax increment financing and is part of a plan to try to establish the city as one- or two-day tourist destination. A sustainability study says the hall should draw 50,000 visitors a year, he said.The idea for the hall was sparked by a 2003 incident of mascot abuse. Sports fans nationwide were shocked when Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon used a bat to fell one of the four Racing Sausages during a Milwaukee Brewers game in the bop heard round the world.Simon, who said he did not deliberately try to knock down the Italian sausage, was cited for disorderly conduct.We as a group in our office said we really should take advantage of this, have some fun with it, but also promote the fact that mascots sometimes arent getting the respect they deserve, Raymond said.That led to the creation of a mascot bill of rights , a mascot march in Philadelphia and the creation of the online hall. The inaugural class of the Phillie Phanatic, the Famous Chicken (aka the San Diego Chicken) and the Phoenix Gorilla was inducted in 2005.To date, 10 pro and seven collegiate mascots have been inducted. The pro honorees include Mr. Met, KC Wolf of the Kansas City Chiefs and Rocky of the Denver Nuggets. The college legends include Ohio States Brutus Buckeye, Wisconsins Bucky the Badger and Tennessees Smokey.Not all mascots are eligible for the hall, just the fully costumed kind. Raymond said the hall organizers may recognize human and animal mascots eventually in some way. Members of the hall are selected through voting by the public online, lifetime hall voting members (comes with a $50 donation) and an executive committee.Weyen said even if selected, the Tree doesnt belong in the hall.I would stipulate it has to be outside because trees dont like to be inside, hecomes with a $50 donation) and an