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04-10-2008, 03:08 AM
History of the Stanley Cup
It started on March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie, a player on the Ottawa Rebels hockey club from Government House, delivered the following message on behalf of Lord Stanley, the Earl of Preston and Governor General of Canada:
I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challengecup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion (of Canada).
There does not appear to be any such outward sign of a championship at present, and considering the general interest which matches now elicit, and the importance of having the game played fairly and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup which shall be held from year to year by the winning team.
Shortly thereafter, Lord Stanley purchased a silver cup for the equivalent of $48.67, and set rules for the competition, including rules about the winning team getting their names engraved on the silver ring, and the one cup being passed from winning team to winning team.
The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey club, champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada for 1893. Lord Stanley returned to his native England in the midst of the 1893 season, never witnessing a championship game nor attending a presentation of his trophy.
The trophy has since been awarded every year, with the exception of 1919, when an influenza epidemic forced the cancellation of the finals. The NHL took control of the cup after the 1926 season, and since then the cup has traveled millions of miles around the world and had more than 2,000 names engraved. Unlike league trophies in most sports, the Stanley Cup is a true traveling trophy, meaning that each year, the trophy is passed to the winning team. Since 1995, each player gets to take the trophy for a few days during the offseason, leading to some interesting stories for the cup--including time in strip clubs, being used as a beer cup, getting lost, and even ending up at the bottom of a swimming pool.
The Original Cup
The bowl that currently sits atop the Stanley Cup is a carefully constructed replica of the original bowl purchased by Lord Stanley in 1893. The original trophy was retired in 1969 because it had become brittle, but can still be seen at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Growth of the Cup
In the early days, players added their names to the trophy by scratching them onto the bowl with a knife or a nail. From the 1890s to the 1930s, various bands were added to the bottom of the bowl to hold the names of the winning teams and their players. Throughout this time, the appearance of the Cup kept changing almost from year to year. In 1939, the Stanley Cup was given a standardized form as a long, cigar-shaped trophy. It stayed this way until 1948, when it was rebuilt as a two-piece trophy with a wide barrel-shaped base and a removable bowl and collar. The modern one-piece Cup was introduced in 1958.
Winners:
2007-08 Detroit Red Wings
2006-07 Anaheim Ducks
2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes
2003-04 Tampa Bay Lightning
2002-03 New Jersey Devils
2001-02 Detroit Red Wings
2000-01 Colorado Avalanche
1999-2000 New Jersey Devils
1998-99 Dallas Stars
1997-98 Detroit Red Wings
1996-97 Detroit Red Wings
1995-96 Colorado Avalanche
1994-95 New Jersey Devils
1993-94 New York Rangers
1992-93 Montreal Canadiens
1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins
1990-91 Pittsburgh Penguins
1989-90 Edmonton Oilers
1988-89 Calgary Flames
1987-88 Edmonton Oilers
1986-87 Edmonton Oilers
1985-86 Montreal Canadiens
1984-85 Edmonton Oilers
1983-84 Edmonton Oilers
1982-83 New York Islanders
1981-82 New York Islanders
1980-81 New York Islanders
1979-80 New York Islanders
1978-79 Montreal Canadiens
1977-78 Montreal Canadiens
1976-77 Montreal Canadiens
1975-76 Montreal Canadiens
1974-75 Philadelphia Flyers
1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers
1972-73 Montreal Canadiens
1971-72 Boston Bruins
1970-71 Montreal Canadiens
1969-70 Boston Bruins
1968-69 Montreal Canadiens
1967-68 Montreal Canadiens
1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs
1965-66 Montreal Canadiens
1964-65 Montreal Canadiens
1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs
1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs
1961-62 Toronto Maple Leafs
1960-61 Chicago Blackhawks
1959-60 Montreal Canadiens
1958-59 Montreal Canadiens
1957-58 Montreal Canadiens
1956-57 Montreal Canadiens
1955-56 Montreal Canadiens
1954-55 Detroit Red Wings
1953-54 Detroit Red Wings
1952-53 Montreal Canadiens
1951-52 Detroit Red Wings
1950-51 Toronto Maple Leafs
1949-50 Detroit Red Wings
1948-49 Toronto Maple Leafs
1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs
1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs
1945-46 Montreal Canadiens
1944-45 Toronto Maple Leafs
1943-44 Montreal Canadiens
1942-43 Detroit Red Wings
1941-42 Toronto Maple Leafs
1940-41 Boston Bruins
1939-40 New York Rangers
1938-39 Boston Bruins
1937-38 Chicago Blackhawks
1936-37 Detroit Red Wings
1935-36 Detroit Red Wings
1934-35 Montreal Maroons
1933-34 Chicago Blackhawks
1932-33 New York Rangers
1931-32 Toronto Maple Leafs
1930-31 Montreal Canadiens
1929-30 Montreal Canadiens
1928-29 Boston Bruins
1927-28 New York Rangers
1926-27 Ottawa Senators
1925-26 Montreal Maroons
1924-25 Victoria Cougars
1923-24 Montreal Canadiens
1922-23 Ottawa Senators
1921-22 Toronto St. Pats
1920-21 Ottawa Senators
1919-20 Ottawa Senators
1918-19 No decision
1917-18 Toronto Arenas
1916-17 Seattle Metropolitians
1915-16 Montreal Canadiens
1914-15 Vancouver Millionaires
1913-14 Toronto Blueshirts
1912-13 Quebec Bulldogs
1911-12 Quebec Bulldogs
1910-11 Ottawa Senators
1909-10 Montreal Wanderers
1908-09 Ottawa Senators
1907-08 Montreal Wanderers
1906-07 Montreal Wanderers
1906-07 Kenora Thistles
1905-06 Montreal Wanderers
1905-06 Ottawa Senators
1904-05 Ottawa Senators
1903-04 Ottawa Senators
1902-03 Ottawa Senators
1902-03 Montreal AAA
1901-02 Montreal AAA
1901-02 Winnipeg Victorias
1900-01 Winnipeg Victorias
1899-1900 Montreal Shamrocks
1898-99 Montreal Shamrocks
1897-98 Montreal Victorias
1896-97 Montreal Victorias
1895-96 Winnipeg Victorias
1895-96 Montreal Victorias
1894-95 Montreal Victorias
1893-94 Montreal AAA
1892-93 Montreal AAA
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It started on March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie, a player on the Ottawa Rebels hockey club from Government House, delivered the following message on behalf of Lord Stanley, the Earl of Preston and Governor General of Canada:
I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challengecup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion (of Canada).
There does not appear to be any such outward sign of a championship at present, and considering the general interest which matches now elicit, and the importance of having the game played fairly and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup which shall be held from year to year by the winning team.
Shortly thereafter, Lord Stanley purchased a silver cup for the equivalent of $48.67, and set rules for the competition, including rules about the winning team getting their names engraved on the silver ring, and the one cup being passed from winning team to winning team.
The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey club, champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada for 1893. Lord Stanley returned to his native England in the midst of the 1893 season, never witnessing a championship game nor attending a presentation of his trophy.
The trophy has since been awarded every year, with the exception of 1919, when an influenza epidemic forced the cancellation of the finals. The NHL took control of the cup after the 1926 season, and since then the cup has traveled millions of miles around the world and had more than 2,000 names engraved. Unlike league trophies in most sports, the Stanley Cup is a true traveling trophy, meaning that each year, the trophy is passed to the winning team. Since 1995, each player gets to take the trophy for a few days during the offseason, leading to some interesting stories for the cup--including time in strip clubs, being used as a beer cup, getting lost, and even ending up at the bottom of a swimming pool.
The Original Cup
The bowl that currently sits atop the Stanley Cup is a carefully constructed replica of the original bowl purchased by Lord Stanley in 1893. The original trophy was retired in 1969 because it had become brittle, but can still be seen at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Growth of the Cup
In the early days, players added their names to the trophy by scratching them onto the bowl with a knife or a nail. From the 1890s to the 1930s, various bands were added to the bottom of the bowl to hold the names of the winning teams and their players. Throughout this time, the appearance of the Cup kept changing almost from year to year. In 1939, the Stanley Cup was given a standardized form as a long, cigar-shaped trophy. It stayed this way until 1948, when it was rebuilt as a two-piece trophy with a wide barrel-shaped base and a removable bowl and collar. The modern one-piece Cup was introduced in 1958.
Winners:
2007-08 Detroit Red Wings
2006-07 Anaheim Ducks
2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes
2003-04 Tampa Bay Lightning
2002-03 New Jersey Devils
2001-02 Detroit Red Wings
2000-01 Colorado Avalanche
1999-2000 New Jersey Devils
1998-99 Dallas Stars
1997-98 Detroit Red Wings
1996-97 Detroit Red Wings
1995-96 Colorado Avalanche
1994-95 New Jersey Devils
1993-94 New York Rangers
1992-93 Montreal Canadiens
1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins
1990-91 Pittsburgh Penguins
1989-90 Edmonton Oilers
1988-89 Calgary Flames
1987-88 Edmonton Oilers
1986-87 Edmonton Oilers
1985-86 Montreal Canadiens
1984-85 Edmonton Oilers
1983-84 Edmonton Oilers
1982-83 New York Islanders
1981-82 New York Islanders
1980-81 New York Islanders
1979-80 New York Islanders
1978-79 Montreal Canadiens
1977-78 Montreal Canadiens
1976-77 Montreal Canadiens
1975-76 Montreal Canadiens
1974-75 Philadelphia Flyers
1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers
1972-73 Montreal Canadiens
1971-72 Boston Bruins
1970-71 Montreal Canadiens
1969-70 Boston Bruins
1968-69 Montreal Canadiens
1967-68 Montreal Canadiens
1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs
1965-66 Montreal Canadiens
1964-65 Montreal Canadiens
1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs
1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs
1961-62 Toronto Maple Leafs
1960-61 Chicago Blackhawks
1959-60 Montreal Canadiens
1958-59 Montreal Canadiens
1957-58 Montreal Canadiens
1956-57 Montreal Canadiens
1955-56 Montreal Canadiens
1954-55 Detroit Red Wings
1953-54 Detroit Red Wings
1952-53 Montreal Canadiens
1951-52 Detroit Red Wings
1950-51 Toronto Maple Leafs
1949-50 Detroit Red Wings
1948-49 Toronto Maple Leafs
1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs
1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs
1945-46 Montreal Canadiens
1944-45 Toronto Maple Leafs
1943-44 Montreal Canadiens
1942-43 Detroit Red Wings
1941-42 Toronto Maple Leafs
1940-41 Boston Bruins
1939-40 New York Rangers
1938-39 Boston Bruins
1937-38 Chicago Blackhawks
1936-37 Detroit Red Wings
1935-36 Detroit Red Wings
1934-35 Montreal Maroons
1933-34 Chicago Blackhawks
1932-33 New York Rangers
1931-32 Toronto Maple Leafs
1930-31 Montreal Canadiens
1929-30 Montreal Canadiens
1928-29 Boston Bruins
1927-28 New York Rangers
1926-27 Ottawa Senators
1925-26 Montreal Maroons
1924-25 Victoria Cougars
1923-24 Montreal Canadiens
1922-23 Ottawa Senators
1921-22 Toronto St. Pats
1920-21 Ottawa Senators
1919-20 Ottawa Senators
1918-19 No decision
1917-18 Toronto Arenas
1916-17 Seattle Metropolitians
1915-16 Montreal Canadiens
1914-15 Vancouver Millionaires
1913-14 Toronto Blueshirts
1912-13 Quebec Bulldogs
1911-12 Quebec Bulldogs
1910-11 Ottawa Senators
1909-10 Montreal Wanderers
1908-09 Ottawa Senators
1907-08 Montreal Wanderers
1906-07 Montreal Wanderers
1906-07 Kenora Thistles
1905-06 Montreal Wanderers
1905-06 Ottawa Senators
1904-05 Ottawa Senators
1903-04 Ottawa Senators
1902-03 Ottawa Senators
1902-03 Montreal AAA
1901-02 Montreal AAA
1901-02 Winnipeg Victorias
1900-01 Winnipeg Victorias
1899-1900 Montreal Shamrocks
1898-99 Montreal Shamrocks
1897-98 Montreal Victorias
1896-97 Montreal Victorias
1895-96 Winnipeg Victorias
1895-96 Montreal Victorias
1894-95 Montreal Victorias
1893-94 Montreal AAA
1892-93 Montreal AAA
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