National Hockey League
(NHL) The Stanley Cup
Stanley
Cup Wins
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Montreal
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23
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Toronto
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13
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Detroit
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10
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Boston
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5
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Edmonton
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5
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NY
Rangers
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4
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NY
Islanders
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4
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Chicago
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3
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Philadelphia
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2
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Pittsburgh
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2
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Calgary
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1
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Colorado
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2
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New Jersey
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3
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Dallas
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1
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The Stanley
Cup, oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America, was donated in 1892
by Sir Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston and son of
the Earl of Derby, in 1893. He purchased the trophy for 10 Guineas ($50.00 at that time) to be presented to "the championship hockey club of the Dominion of Canada."
There were no professional hockey leagues in that era, and the Stanley
Cup was reserved for the winners of Canada's amateur championship.
The first winner
was the Montreal AAA team in 1893. For the next 17 years, amateur
teams were entitled to "challenge" the reigning champions for possession of the Stanley Cup. A single victory would force the Cup to change hands and many teams
took possession it in those early years
By 1910 a professional hockey league
known as the National Hockey Association began managing the annual Stanley Cup competition. The trophy was now awarded to the top professional team in Canada -- which might emerge from any number of smaller leagues. Since 1910, when the National Hockey Association took possession of the Stanley Cup,
the trophy has been symbolic of professional hockey supremacy and has
been competed for only by NHL teams since 1926. By 1946, the NHL owned all rights to the trophy that had once been reserved for amateurs
. There have been numerous alterations to the Cup structure. Because
the Cup is the only professional sports trophy where the name of every
member of the winning team is inscribed, bands are often retired to make room for new champions.
|
| Stanley
Cup Winners after formation of NHL in 1917 |
| Year |
Winning team/coach |
Losing Team/Coach |
Result |
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2003 |
New Jersey/Pat Burns |
Anaheim/Mike Babcock |
4-3 |
2002 |
Detroit/Scotty Bowman |
Carolina/Paul Maurice |
4-1 |
| 2001 |
Colorado/Bob Hartley |
New Jersey/Larry Robinson |
4-3 |
| 2000 |
New Jersey/Robinson |
Dallas/Ken Hitchcock |
4-2 |
| 1999 |
Dallas/Ken
Hitchcock |
Buffalo/
Lindy Ruff |
4-2 |
| 1998 |
Detroit/Scotty
Bowman |
Washington/Ron
Wilson |
4-0 |
| 1997 |
Detroit/Scotty
Bowman |
Philadelphia/Terry
Murray |
4-0 |
| 1996 |
Colorado/Marc
Crawford |
Florida/Doug
MacLean |
4-0 |
| 1995 |
New Jersey/Jacques
Lemaire |
Detroit/Scotty
Bowman |
4-0 |
| 1994 |
NY Rangers/Mike
Keenan |
Vancouver/Pat
Quinn |
4-3 |
| 1993 |
Montreal/Jacques
Demers |
Los
Angeles/Barry Melrose |
4-1 |
| 1992 |
Pittsburgh/Scotty
Bowman |
Chicago/Mike
Keenan |
4-0 |
| 1991 |
Pittsburgh/Bob
Johnson |
Minnesota/Bob
Gainey |
4-2 |
| 1990 |
Edmonton/John
Muckler |
Boston/Mike
Milbury |
4-1 |
| 1989 |
Calgary/Terry
Crisp |
Montreal/Pat
Burns |
4-2 |
| 1988 |
Edmonton/Glen
Sather |
Boston/Terry
O'Reilly |
4-0 |
| 1987 |
Edmonton/Glen
Sather |
Philadelphia/Mike
Keenan |
4-3 |
| 1986 |
Montreal/Jean
Perron |
Calgary/Bob
Johnson |
4-1 |
| 1985 |
Edmonton/Glen
Sather |
Philadelphia/Mike
Keenan |
4-1 |
| 1984 |
Edmonton/Glen
Sather |
NY Islanders/Al
Arbour |
4-1 |
| 1983 |
NY Islanders/Al
Arbour |
Edmonton/Glen
Sather |
4-0 |
| 1982 |
NY Islanders/Al
Arbour |
Vancouver/Roger
Neilson |
4-0 |
| 1981 |
NY Islanders/Al
Arbour |
Minnesota/Glen
Somner |
4-1 |
| 1980 |
NY Islanders/Al
Arbour |
Philadelphia/Pat
Quinn |
4-2 |
| 1979 |
Montreal/Scotty
Bowman |
NY Rangers/Fred
Shero |
4-1 |
| 1978 |
Montreal/Scotty
Bowman |
Boston/Don
Cherry |
4-2 |
| 1977 |
Montreal/Scotty
Bowman |
Boston/Don
Cherry |
4-0 |
| 1976 |
Montreal/Scotty
Bowman |
Philadelphia/Fred
Shero |
4-0 |
| 1975 |
Philadelphia/Fred
Shero |
Buffalo/Floyd
Smith |
4-2 |
| 1974 |
Philadelphia/Fred
Shero |
Boston/Bep
Guidolin |
4-2 |
| 1973 |
Montreal/Scotty
Bowman |
Chicago/Billy
Reay |
4-2 |
| 1972 |
Boston/Tom
Johnson |
NY Rangers/Emile
Francis |
4-2 |
| 1971 |
Montreal/Al
MacNeil |
Chicago/Billy
Reay |
4-2 |
| 1970 |
Boston/Harry
Sinden |
St.
Louis/Scotty Bowman |
4-0 |
| 1969 |
Montreal/Claude
Ruel |
St.
Louis/Scotty Bowman |
4-0 |
| 1968 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
St.
Louis/Scotty Bowman |
4-0 |
| 1967 |
Toronto/Punch
Imlach |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
4-2 |
| 1966 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Detroit/Sid
Abel |
4-2 |
| 1965 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Chicago/Billy
Reay |
4-3 |
| 1964 |
Toronto/Punch
Imlach |
Detroit/Sid
Abel |
4-3 |
| 1963 |
Toronto/Punch
Imlach |
Detroit/Sid
Abel |
4-1 |
| 1962 |
Toronto/Punch
Imlach |
Chicago/Rudy
Pilous |
4-2 |
| 1961 |
Chicago/Rudy
Pilous |
Detroit/Sid
Abel |
4-2 |
| 1960 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Toronto/Punch
Imlach |
4-0 |
| 1959 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Toronto/Punch
Imlach |
4-1 |
| 1958 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Boston/Milt
Schmidt |
4-2 |
| 1957 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Boston/Milt
Schmidt |
4-1 |
| 1956 |
Montreal/Toe
Blake |
Detroit/Jimmy
Skinner |
4-1 |
| 1955 |
Detroit/Jimmy
Skinner |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
4-3 |
| 1954 |
Detroit/Tommy
Ivan |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
4-3 |
| 1953 |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
Boston/Lynn
Patrick |
4-1 |
| 1952 |
Detroit/Tommy
Ivan |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
4-0 |
| 1951 |
Toronto/Joe
Primeau |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
4-1 |
| 1950 |
Detroit/Tommy
Ivan |
NY Rangers/Lynn
Patrick |
4-3 |
| 1949 |
Toronto/Hap
Day |
Detroit/Tommy
Ivan |
4-0 |
| 1948 |
Toronto/Hap
Day |
Detroit/Tommy
Ivan |
4-0 |
| 1947 |
Toronto/Hap
Day |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
4-2 |
| 1946 |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
Boston/Dit
Clapper |
4-1 |
| 1945 |
Toronto/Hap
Day |
Detroit/Jack
Adams |
4-3 |
| 1944 |
Montreal/Dick
Irvin |
Chicago/Paul
Thompson |
4-0 |
| 1943 |
Detroit/Jack
Adams |
Boston/Art
Ross |
4-0 |
| 1942 |
Toronto/Hap
Day |
Detroit/Jack
Adams |
4-3 |
| 1941 |
Boston/Cooney
Weiland |
Detroit/Ebbie
Goodfellow |
4-0 |
| 1940 |
NY Rangers/Frank
Boucher |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
4-2 |
| 1939 |
Boston/Art
Ross |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
4-1 |
| 1938 |
Chicago/Bill
Stewart |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
3-1 |
| 1937 |
Detroit/Jack
Adams |
NY Rangers/Lester
Patrick |
3-2 |
| 1936 |
Detroit/Jack
Adams |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
3-1 |
| 1935 |
Montreal*/Tom
Gorman |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
3-0 |
| 1934 |
Chicago/Tom
Gorman |
Detroit/Herbie
Lewis |
3-1 |
| 1933 |
NY Rangers/Lester
Patrick |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
3-1 |
| 1932 |
Toronto/Dick
Irvin |
NY Rangers/Lester
Patrick |
3-0 |
| 1931 |
Montreal/Cecil
Hart |
Chicago/Dick
Irvin |
3-1 |
| 1930 |
Montreal/Cecil
Hart |
Boston/Art
Ross |
2-0 |
| 1929 |
Boston/Cy
Denneny |
NY Rangers/Lester
Patrick |
2-0 |
| 1928 |
NY Rangers/Lester
Patrick |
Montreal*/Eddie
Gerard |
3-2 |
| 1927 |
Ottawa/Dave
Gill |
Boston/Art
Ross |
2-0-2 |
| 1926 |
Montreal*/Eddie
Gerard |
Victoria/Lester
Patrick |
3-1 |
| 1925 |
Victoria/Lester
Patrick |
Montreal/Leo
Dandurand |
3-1 |
| 1924 |
Montreal/Leo
Dandurand |
Calgary
Tigers/Eddie Oatman |
2-0 |
|
|
Vancouver Maroons/Lloyd
Cook, Frank Patrick |
2-0 |
| 1923 |
Ottawa/Pete
Green |
Edmonton
Eskimos/Ken McKenzie |
2-0 |
|
|
Vancouver Maroons/Frank
Patrick, Lloyd Cook |
3-1 |
| 1922 |
Toronto/George
O'Donahue |
Vancouver
Millionaires**/Frank Patrick, Lloyd Cook |
3-2 |
| 1921 |
Ottawa/Pete
Green |
Vancouver
Millionaires **/Frank Patrick, Lloyd Cook |
3-2 |
| 1920 |
Ottawa/Pete
Green |
Seattle/Pete
Muldoon |
3-2 |
| 1918 |
Toronto/Dick
Carroll |
Vancouver
Millionaires**/Frank Patrick |
3-2 |
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*Montreal Maroons (NHL folded in 1938)
**Vancouver Millionaires (folded along with PCHA in 1925)
Note: There was no Stanley Cup champion in
1919. The series between Montreal and Seattle was cancelled
due to an influenza epidemic. |
