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| | WCH2004.com Official site of World Cup of Hockey 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The task to design the new piece of hardware for the international competition was bestowed upon Gehry Partners, LLP, a full service firm located in Los Angeles, Calif., with broad international experience in museum, theater, performance, academic, and commercial projects. |
 | | "I would like them to accept it as a trophy for this match and that it was seriously conceived for its purpose and that they don't dismiss it as some kind of trivial thing that doesn't look like the Stanley Cup," he said. |
 | | While no other hockey trophy, including the one used in the first World Cup, influenced his vision and design for the new award, the '96 championship hardware did play a minor role when it came time to begin work on the new trophy. |
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