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The Prince of Wales Trophy, [1] also known as the Wales Trophy, is a team award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL). Named for Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor ), it has been awarded for different accomplishments throughout its history.
The first team trophy acquired by the club was the Prince of Wales Trophy in 1934, at the time awarded to the champion of the American Division. [3] [4] Their most recent team trophy was the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl in 2009, taken in honor of being the champions of the Western Conference.
The Prince of Wales Trophy remains an active award. It is awarded to the playoff champion of the Eastern Conference. The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl was created in 1967 to serve as the Western Division counterpart to the Prince of Wales Trophy. It is now awarded to the Western Conference champion. The youngest team trophy is the Presidents ...
There will be no winner of the NHL's Prince of Wales Trophy or Clarence S. Campbell Bowl this year. Steve Mayer, the league's chief content officer, told ESPN on Friday that the trophies won't be ...
Under this system, the Wales Conference champion, and therefore the winner of the Prince of Wales Trophy, was the team that finished with the best regular season record in the conference. Ever since the introduction of the Conference finals in 1982, the Prince of Wales Trophy has been presented to the Wales/Eastern Conference playoff champions.
The winner of the Eastern Conference finals still receives the Prince of Wales Trophy, while the winner of the Western Conference finals still receives the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl. The only exception to this practice was the pandemic-affected 2020–21 season that was played without conferences. [ 1 ]
Since the franchise was established, the team has won the Stanley Cup two times as league champions in 1974 and 1975, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl six times – twice as division champions and four times as conference champions – and the Prince of Wales Trophy as conference champions four times.
It all began with England’s King Edward I, who made his 16-year-old son the very first English Prince of Wales in 1301 with an investiture at Caernarfon Castle.