11.   As a center on eight Stanley Cup champions with the Montreal Canadiens, Lemaire knows what it takes to win the cup.

12.   As important as the crew and organization are, boat speed wins the cup, and competitors spend millions in research to find a design edge.

13.   Ben Crenshaw, the U.S. captain, selects Tom Lehman and Steve Pate to join the group that will try to win the cup back from the Europeans.

14.   All they wanted to do was savor the moment of winning the cup.

15.   But he won the cup twice with the Red Wings before the Devils elevated Robbie Ftorek to head coach last summer and named Fetisov an assistant coach.

16.   But more than any other individual, he won the cup.

17.   But maybe the Rangers would have won the cup without those moves.

18.   But this team never had the aura of the team that finally won the cup two years ago.

19.   But we wanted to win the cup and not distract the team for the season.

20.   Da Matta, though, cautions that no matter who wins the cup, Americans have no grounds to feel superior.