BOSTON — Wherever the Stanley Cup appears, Mike Bolt or one of his colleagues can be found close by.

Bolt is one of three keepers of the Cup and explained his role fairly simply: "I pretty much keep it within eyesight at all times."

Even at night?

"I have to ask Stanley to move over every night," Bolt said with a laugh.

With the Blackhawks a win from capturing the Cup after their 3-1 victory over the Bruins on Saturday, arguably sports' most famous trophy is scheduled to be in Boston, ready to be pulled from its case and hoisted overhead on the TD Garden ice if the series concludes Monday night.

Along with Phil Pritchard and Howie Borrow, Bolt travels with the Cup in the months following the season as players and team personnel each spend a full day with it. That begs the question, what's the craziest thing Bolt has seen done with the Cup?

"I get that a lot — it's a hard question to answer," Bolt said. "The parade in Chicago in 2010 was probably the biggest parade I've ever seen — over 2 million people. It showed how passionate the city was for them winning the Cup.

"Some of the players' stuff is always exciting and fun. Guys take it golfing and fishing. Last year when (the Kings' Anze) Kopitar took it over to Slovenia, that was an amazing thing to see happen. The Cup had never been to that country, and it was a pretty big deal to have it out there. It was an amazing experience roaming around that countryside with the Cup."

Bolt was tight-lipped on which players have dropped the 34 1/2-pound trophy in his presence.

"Those kinds of things we don't really talk about," Bolt said. "It's a trophy that doesn't hide behind glass like the other major sports. Accidents do happen. Guys are pretty good with it. They respect it and treat it fairly well. The odd accident does happen every once in a while."

When the Cup is accessible, people tend to gravitate toward it and want to touch it. That's fine, Bolt said, but hoisting it overhead is frowned upon.

"I don't mind fans touching it," he said. "The biggest rule is if you want to lift it, you have to go out and earn the right."