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The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. [1]
In the Stanley Cup Finals, a sweep refers to a National Hockey League (NHL) team winning four straight games and losing none in a best-of-seven format. There have been 20 sweeps in Stanley Cup Finals history. [1] The first sweep is credited to the Boston Bruins who defeated the Detroit Red Wings in four straight games in the 1941 Stanley Cup ...
First awarded in 1893, the Stanley Cup is awarded to the NHL's playoff champion. The Stanley Cup is the third trophy to be used as the league's championship, as for the first nine years of the NHL's existence, it remained a multi-league challenge cup. [1] Most of the trophies and all-star selections are presented at an annual awards ceremony ...
In 1919, the Spanish influenza epidemic forced the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans to cancel their series tied at 2–2–1, marking the first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded. [14] The format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in 1922, with the creation of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL).
The 1970–71 season, because of fan demand, brought forth the first inter-conference playoff match up outside of the Stanley Cup Finals since the pre-war expansion, which had the winner of the second-place versus fourth-place match up in one division take on the winner of the first- versus third-place match up in the other division for a berth ...
Pages in category "Stanley Cup champions" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,636 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
0–9. 1902–03 Ottawa Hockey Club season; 1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season; 1904–05 Ottawa Hockey Club season; 1905–06 Ottawa Hockey Club season
in Stanley Cup Finals Subsequent Conference Finals losses 1 Stanley Cup Finals drought Toronto Maple Leafs: 1966–67: 5: 1977–78, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2001–02: 56 seasons Arizona Coyotes: never (franchise entered the NHL in 1979–80) 1: 2011–12: 44 seasons 2,3: New York Islanders: 1983–84: 3: 1992–93, 2019–20, 2020 ...