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Our Cup runneth over... all over

The Holy Grail of Hockey arrived in the Hub early yesterday morning along with the conquering rink kings, who took a red-eye from Vancouver. After making an appearance at the Garden , the Cup went home with Chara, the team captain and the first to get custody of the ice chalice.

“I think I keep it about two days,” Chara told the Track. (According tradition, everyone on the championship roster gets to spend some quality private time with the Cup.)

Lincoln Wharf resident Therese Russo was on her way to the dentist yesterday morning when she got the surprise of her life.

“My neighbor came home with Lord Stanley hanging out the back window of his car!” she said.

In front of his building, Chara posed for pictures with every fan and signed every autograph — including one for a lady who insisted that the disbelieving defenseman sign the inseam of her shorts! — then headed upstairs with the Cup and a security guard.

“About an hour later, he came down in a T-shirt and Adidas sandals,” said Valerie Umana , who works at Regan Communications , in the same building where Chara lives. “He got on his bike and rode off to get his beard shaved.”

At Firicano’s Barbershop on North Street, Richie Firicano did the honors.

“It was about 2 1⁄2 months worth of growth there,” he said. “He had had enough of it. Mission accomplished, time for it to come off.”

Like the rest of the team, Chara went unshaven during the playoff run, but by yesterday afternoon most of the hairy hockey hunks had lost the facial fuzz. Mark Recchi and Chris Kelly had the Barbershop Lounge on Newbury Street do the honors, but Chara returned to his neighborhood haunt for the shearing.

“We had to bust out the heavy-duty clippers to take it down before I could put a blade to his face,” Firicano said.

Z was so happy to lose the beard, he invited Richie and the rest of the barbershop crew over to his house to have their picture taken with the Cup. We heard he also invited the postman up for a private viewing, and later in the day some of his teammates arrived and they were spotted on a roof deck hoisting the trophy for crowds that had gathered below.

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