The most iconic trophy in sports will make an appearance in the Tri-Cities next week.

Olie Kolzig, a former longtime goalie for the Washington Capitals, and now one of their development coaches, will bring the Stanley Cup to the Tri-Cities on Tuesday for fans to enjoy.

Unlike others who brought the Cup to their hometowns, Kolzig, a former player and now co-owner of the Tri-City Americans, strayed from the norm.

“If you look at it, I don’t really have a hometown,” Kolzig said. “I have lived in Florida the past 10 years, but Tri-Cities is as big a hometown as I have. With everything I have going on in the Tri-Cities, and the people I know, it made sense.”

The Stanley Cup will begin its Tri-City journey at 10 a.m. at the Carson Kolzig Foundation in Kennewick, then make its way to Richland for a dinner at Meadow Springs Country Club.

The dinner is $200 per person, but any anything above the overhead will be donated to the Carson Kolzig Foundation. People also may make personal donations to the Foundation.

The dinner, which will run from 6-9 p.m., will feature a short program and an opportunity for photos.

Kolzig, who played for the Stanley Cup with the Capitals in 1998, but came up short against Detroit, said winning the Cup as a player is extra special, but winning it as part of the staff is just as rewarding.

“There is something about it,” he said. “But you don’t know what it is until you lift it over your head. When you win, you are part of a family. It’s extra special they put my name on the Cup. For them to honor me like that was very special.”

After the Capitals won the Cup with a 4-1 series victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in June, the Cup was passed around to all the players and a team photo was taken.

As Ovechkin was leaving the ice with the trophy, he spotted Kolzig, and handed him the Cup. The two played together for three years with the Captials, and became fast friends when Ovechkin first arrived in Washington.

“He said, ‘Can you believe we did this,’” Kolzig said of his conversation with Ovechkin. “It was an awesome moment. I don’t know if there is a player who has won the Cup that has shown as much joy as him.”

The Stanley Cup is the oldest existing trophy awarded to a professional sports franchise. Teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906.

The one-piece Cup is designed with a five-band barrel, which can hold up to 13 winning teams per band. Once the bottom band is full, the oldest band is removed and preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a new blank band is added to the bottom.

The Washington Capitals are the only team on the newest band of the trophy, and Kolzig’s name is among those hand-engraved.

“That’s what’s so great about it,” Kolzig said of the Cup. “Every letter is different, and they way they squeeze everyone in there. This ring will be on there for a while. I will be long gone before that one comes off in 50 or 60 years.”