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| [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals|1992–93]] || [[Montreal Canadiens]] <small>([[Prince of Wales Conference|PW]])</small> || [[Jacques Demers]] || [[Los Angeles Kings]] <small>([[Clarence Campbell Conference|CC]])</small> || [[Barry Melrose]] || align=center| 4–1 || [[Kirk Muller]] <small>(3:51, 2nd)</small> |
| [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals|1992–93]] || [[Montreal Canadiens]] <small>([[Prince of Wales Conference|PW]])</small> || [[Jacques Demers]] || [[Los Angeles Kings]] <small>([[Clarence Campbell Conference|CC]])</small> || [[Barry Melrose]] || align=center| 4–1 || [[Kirk Muller]] <small>(3:51, 2nd)</small> |
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| [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals|1993–94]] || [[Vancouver Canucks]] <small>([[Eastern Conference (NHL)|EC]])</small> || [[Scotty Bowman]] || [[New York Rangers]] <small>([[Western Conference (NHL)|WC]])</small> || [[Marc Crawford]] || align=center| 4–3 || [[Mark Messier]] <small>(13:29, 2nd)</small> |
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| [[1995 Stanley Cup Finals|1994–95]] || [[New Jersey Devils]] <small>([[Eastern Conference (NHL)|EC]])</small> || [[Jacques Lemaire]] || [[Detroit Red Wings]] <small>([[Western Conference (NHL)|WC]])</small> || [[Scotty Bowman]] || align=center| 4–0 || [[Neal Broten]] <small>(7:56, 2nd)</small> |
| [[1995 Stanley Cup Finals|1994–95]] || [[New Jersey Devils]] <small>([[Eastern Conference (NHL)|EC]])</small> || [[Jacques Lemaire]] || [[Detroit Red Wings]] <small>([[Western Conference (NHL)|WC]])</small> || [[Scotty Bowman]] || align=center| 4–0 || [[Neal Broten]] <small>(7:56, 2nd)</small> |
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Revision as of 08:14, 6 July 2008
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This is a list of Stanley Cup champions, including finalists and challengers. The Stanley Cup, donated by former Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.[1] Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy started out as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. Today, it is awarded to the top team in the National Hockey League, a professional ice hockey league.
In 1915, the two professional ice hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), reached a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective champions would face each other for the Stanley Cup. After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the de facto championship trophy of the NHL in 1926. The Cup later became the de jure NHL championship prize in 1947.
Since the 1914–15 season, the trophy has been won a combined 92 times by 17 active NHL teams and five defunct teams. Prior to that, the challenge cup was held by nine different teams. There are two seasons that the Stanley Cup has not been awarded: the 1918–19 season, because of a Spanish flu epidemic and the 2004–05, because of the NHL lockout.
Challenge Cup era
The origins of the Challenge era come from the method of play of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada prior to 1893. From 1887 to 1893, the league did not play a round-robin format, but rather challenges between teams of the association that year, with the winner of the series being the 'interim' champion, with the final challenge winner becoming the league champion for the year. The Stanley Cup kept the tradition going, but added league championships as another way that a team could win the trophy. If a team in the same league as the current champion won the league championship, it would then inherit the Cup, without a challenge. The only time this rule was not followed was in 1904, when the Ottawa Senators club withdrew from its league, the CAHL. The trustees ruled that the Cup stayed with Ottawa, instead of the CAHL league champion.
During the challenge cup period, none of the leagues that played for the trophy had a formal playoff system to decide their respective champions; whichever team finished in first place after the regular season won the league title.[2] A playoff would only be played if teams tied for first-place in their leagues at the end of the regular season. Challenge games were played until 1912 at any time during hockey season by challenges approved and/or ordered by the Stanley Cup trustees. In 1912, Cup trustees declared that it was only to be defended at the end of the champion team's regular season.[3]
In 1908, the Allan Cup was introduced as the trophy for Canada's amateurs, as the Stanley Cup became a symbol of professional hockey supremacy.[4]
This table lists the outcome of all Stanley Cup wins, including successful victories and defenses in challenges, and league championships for the challenge era.
- Notes
^ A. Although the Montreal Victorias won the AHAC title in 1895, the Stanley Cup trustees had already accepted a challenge from the 1894 Cup champion Montreal HC and Queen's University. As a compromise, the trustees decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The Montreals eventually won the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were awarded the Cup.
^ B. Intended to be a best-of-three series, Ottawa Capitals withdrew their challenge after the first game.
^ C. The January 31 (a Saturday) game was tied 2–2 at midnight and the Mayor of Westmount refused to allow play to continue on the Sunday. The game was played on February 2 (a Monday) and the January 31 game was considered to be void.[7]
^ D. For most of 1904, the Ottawa Senators were not affiliated with any league.
^ E. The Montreal Wanderers were disqualified as the result of a dispute. After game one ended tied at the end of regulation, 5–5, the Wanderers refused to play overtime with the current referee, and then subsequently refused to play the next game of the series in Ottawa.
^ F. Victoria did not formally challenge for the Stanley Cup with the Stanley Cup trustees. Toronto accepted the challenge directly.[8]
- Source
- Coleman, Charles L. (1964). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Limited.
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NHA/NHL vs. PCHA/WCHL/WHL champions
In 1914, the Victoria Aristocrats from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) challenged the NHA and Cup champion Toronto Blueshirts. Since the Aristocrats never formally submitted a challenge, the Cup trustees viewed the series as illegitimate. However, the controversy was moot as Toronto successfully defended the Cup by sweeping a best-of-five series.[8]
One year later, the NHA and the PCHA concluded a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective champions would face each other for the Cup. Under the new proposal, the Stanley Cup championship finals alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules.[9] The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after the Allan Cup became the highest prize for amateur hockey teams in Canada, the trustees had become dependent on the top two professional leagues to bolster the prominence of the trophy.[10] After the Portland Rosebuds, an American-based team, joined the PCHA in 1914, the trustees issued a statement that the Cup was no longer for the best team in Canada, but now for the best team in the world.[9] Two years later, the Rosebuds became the first American team to play in the Stanley Cup championship final.[10] In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup.[11] After that season, the NHA dissolved, and the National Hockey League (NHL) took its place.[9]
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.[12]
The format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in 1922, with the creation of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). Now three leagues competed for the Cup and this necessitated a semi-final series between two league champions, with the third having a bye directly to the final.[13] In 1924, the PCHA and the WCHL merged to form the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the championship reverted to a single series.[14] After winning in the 1924–25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup.[15]
NHL champion
The WHL folded in 1926, and its assets were bought by the NHL. This left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Cup. Other leagues and clubs have issued challenges, but from that year forward, no non-NHL team has played for it, leading it to become the de facto championship trophy of the NHL.[14] In 1947, the NHL reached an agreement with trustees P.D. Ross and Cooper Smeaton to grant control of the cup to the NHL, allowing the league itself to reject challenges from other leagues that may have wished to play for the Cup.[16][17] A 2006 Ontario Superior Court case found that the trustees had gone against Lord Stanley's conditions in the 1947 agreement.[18] The NHL has agreed to allow other teams to play for the Cup should the league not be operating, as was the case in the 2004–05 NHL lockout.[17]
The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded to the player who is judged to be the most valuable player to his team during the playoffs.[19] It was first awarded during the 1964–65 playoffs.
Playoff formats
- 1926–27 to 1927–28: After NHL became the only league to compete for the Cup, the playoff champion of the NHL Canadian Division faced the playoff champion of the NHL American Division in the Stanley Cup Finals.[20]
- 1928–29 to 1937–38: The league changed the playoff format: In the Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, both second place teams faced each other, as did the two third place teams. Both first place teams received a bye and automatically advanced to the semifinals, but had to face each other in that playoff round. As a result, two teams from the same division occasionally played each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.[20]
- 1938–39 to 1966–67: Before the start of the 1938–39 season, the league contracted to seven teams, causing the league to implement a one division format. The NHL contracted even further to only six clubs by the 1942–43 season, beginning a period that became known as the Original Six Era.[20]
- 1967–68 to 1969–70: As a result of the 1967 NHL Expansion, the league realigned its teams into the East Division and the West Division, with the playoffs arranged so that teams from each division would meet in the Stanley Cup Finals.[20]
- 1970–71 to 1973–74: The league changed the playoff format again so that an Eastern Division team would always face a Western Division team in the Stanley Cup Semifinals. Therefore, two teams from the same division could face each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.[20]
- 1974–75 to 1980–81: The league expanded to 18 teams and realigned into two conferences: the Prince of Wales Conference and the Clarence Campbell Conference. Twelve teams qualified for the postseason, but were seeded 1–12 regardless of conference (the four division winners received first round byes). This type of seeding system would continue after the league expanded the playoffs to 16 teams before the 1979–80 season.[20]
- 1981–82 to 1992–93: The postseason format was altered so that once again the playoff champion of the Prince of Wales Conference faced the playoff champion of the Clarence Campbell Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals.
- 1993–94 to Present: The league's two conferences were renamed the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively.[20]
See also
- List of Stanley Cup appearances
- List of NHL seasons
- Presidents' Trophy
- List of NHL franchise post-season droughts
- List of National Hockey League playoff appearance streaks
References
- General
- "List of winners of the Stanley Cup". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- "List of Stanley Cup Playoff Formats". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- "Stanley Cup-winning goals". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- "STC List of winners of the Stanley Cup". LegendsofHockey.net. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- "Stanley Cup Playoffs - Winners and Finalists Since 1893". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- Coleman, Charles (1964–1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup vols. 1–3. Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Ltd., NHL.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Diamond, Dan (2003). The Ultimate Prize: The Stanley Cup. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-3830-5.
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- Specific
- ^ "Stanley Cup Fun Facts". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ Podnieks, pg. 20
- ^ "Stanley Cup Winners: Quebec Bulldogs 1911–12". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, pg. 19
- ^ "After the puck", The Globe and Mail, pp. pg. 06, March 2, 1896
{{citation}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Victorias Always Win", The Globe and Mail, pp. pg. 10, February 20, 1901
{{citation}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Coleman(1964), pg. 82
- ^ a b Diamond, pg. 46
- ^ a b c Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, pg. 20
- ^ a b Diamond, pg. 45 Cite error: The named reference "DiamondNHL100–45" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Stanley Cup Winners: Seattle Metropolitians 1916–17". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- ^ Podnieks, pg. 51
- ^ Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, pp. 20–21
- ^ a b Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, pg. 21
- ^ "Stanley Cup Winners: Victoria Cougars 1924–25". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- ^ Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey, pg. 40
- ^ a b "Court:Non-NHL teams could vie for Cup". TSN. 2006-02-07. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Amateurs taking NHL to court to play for Cup". ESPN. 2005-04-13. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Conn Smythe Trophy". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g "List of Stanley Cup Playoff Formats". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
Further reading
- Diamond, Dan (2003). The Ultimate Prize: The Stanley Cup. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. pp. 21–26. ISBN 0-7407-3830-5.
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