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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]
Joe Sakic, won the Conn Smythe Trophy with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, their first championship in franchise's history. 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 Stanley Cup (French: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport". [1]
Most games coached in the Stanley Cup Finals: Dick Irvin, [a] 77; Most games played in the Stanley Cup Finals: Red Kelly [b] and Henri Richard, [c] 65; Most games won by a coach in the Stanley Cup Finals: Scotty Bowman, [d] 36; Most games coached by the first coach of an expansion franchise: Barry Trotz (Nashville Predators), 1,196
The following season, the Leafs won the Stanley Cup, and repeated as champions in 1963 and 1964. Mahovlich led the team in goals scored in all three seasons. Initially, Mahovlich and Imlach got along well, but their relationship deteriorated after winning the 1962 Stanley Cup, particularly when Mahovlich's contract was up for renewal at the end ...
There are three components of the Triple Gold Club (clockwise from top left): an Olympic Games gold medal, the Stanley Cup and a World Championship gold medal.. The Triple Gold Club is the group of ice hockey players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Lidström played his entire 20-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, finishing his career with the second-most Stanley Cup playoff games played in NHL history, with 263 appearances (Chris Chelios ranks first with 266). [9] He was a member of four Stanley Cup-winning teams, in 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02 and 2007–08.
The Stanley Cup playoffs saw the first- and second-place teams play against each other in a best-of-seven series for one berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, while the third- to sixth-place teams battled in a series of best-of-three matches for the other berth (with the third-place team taking on the fourth-place team, and the fifth-place team ...