Daniel Cleary of Harbour Grace, N.L., hoists the Stanley Cup. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)

Detroit Red Wings forward Daniel Cleary will make good on a promise to bring the Stanley Cup home to Newfoundland and Labrador on Canada Day.

Cleary will have the Stanley Cup with him when he visits Harbour Grace, the eastern Newfoundland town where he grew up, on Tuesday, his way of saying thanks to all of the people in the town for their support during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Cleary became the first hockey player from Newfoundland and Labrador to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup, after the Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier this month.

Harbour Grace was practically painted red and white during the NHL playoffs, with a massive banner hoisted across the legendary coastal boat the Kyle, which is moored in the town's harbour.

"To win the Stanley Cup is a life-long dream that has now been fulfilled thanks in part to the overwhelming support I have received from my family, friends and the people of this province," Cleary said in a news release.

"I am so proud of this accomplishment and grateful to all those who taught me along the way."

Cleary will meet the Stanley Cup on Monday as it arrives in St. John's and take it to the Janeway Children's hospital in the city before heading to Harbour Grace, about an hour's drive away.

On Canada Day, the cup will be involved in a motorcade, meetings with minor hockey players and an outdoor event at a local soccer field.

"He's only got the Cup for 48 hours and he wants to share it with everybody," said Harbour Grace Mayor Don Coombs.

Lord Stanley's mug has been in the province before while on national tour, but Coombs said this time it's going to be different.

"It's crazy. Cup crazy and Canada Day in Harbour Grace. The place has gone mad. The playoffs were quite the run in themselves but this is unreal," said Coombs of the red and white banners, posters and Christmas lights draped over homes and businesses.

Cleary was the third Newfoundlander to reach the Stanley Cup final, joining Alex Faulkner (Detroit, 1963 and 1964) and Keith Brown (Chicago, 1992).

With files from the Canadian Press