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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]
With the merger of the PCHA and WCHL in 1925 and the merged league's collapse in 1926, the NHL took de facto control of the Stanley Cup. [2]: 21 While the Cup would not be formally deeded to the league until 1947, from 1926 onward the NHL playoffs and the Stanley Cup playoffs are considered synonymous.
On June 4, 2022, the Lake Creek High School softball team won the 2022 University Interscholastic League 5A State Championship at Red and Charline McCombs Field at the University of Texas at Austin by defeating the Georgetown High School (Texas) Eagles 7–0. The Lake Creek Lions completed a perfect season (41-0) in which they did not lose a ...
Brian Leetch, Mark Messier and Mike Richter mark the anniversary and offer their favorite memories from the Rangers' last championship. 30 years ago today: Stanley Cup champion Rangers discuss ...
The Penguins and the Flyers faced off in the 2008 Eastern Conference finals, won by the Penguins in five games for the Penguins' first-ever playoff series win against the Flyers. A year later, in the 2009 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Penguins beat the Flyers again, winning the series 4–2 on their way to winning the Stanley Cup.
Lord Stanley of Preston introduced the Stanley Cup in 1892 and it was first awarded at the end of winter 1893 to the league champion Montreal Hockey Club (Montreal HC). The same club won a playoff at the end of the 1894 season, which is considered the first "Stanley Cup challenge" although four clubs were involved in the process and three teams played games.
Bieksa played 78 games in the 2011–12 season with eight goals and 36 assists for 44 points to help the Canucks win the Presidents' Trophy for the second consecutive season, but the Canucks were upset in the first round of the 2012 playoffs by the eighth-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Los Angeles Kings.
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