Yahoo Sports Stanley Cup history
The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy in competition by professional athletes in North America. The Cup was the idea of Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, the Earl of Preston and the sixth governor general of Canada.
Lord Stanley donated the trophy in 1893 to award the top-ranking amateur club. The original Cup, first called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
In the Cup's early years, teams could challenge for it, sometimes leading to multiple challenges each year. The National Hockey League took control of the Cup in 1926 and gained the right to reject challenges from other leagues in 1947.
The modern look of the trophy was designed in 1947 by engraver Carl Petersen. Champions get their names engraved on a ring, which when full, is removed and a new one is inserted at the bottom. Retired rings are flattened and displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The next new ring will be added following the 2016-17 season.
Source: Hockey Hall of Fame, NHL
Year | Champions | Finalists/challengers | Conn Smythe trophy, |
|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Henrik Zetterberg, DET | ||
2007 | Scott Niedermayer, ANA | ||
2006 | Cam Ward, CAR | ||
2005 | Season cancelled - labor dispute. | ||
2004 | Brad Richards, TB | ||
2003 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | J. Sebastien Giguere, ANA | |
2002 | Detroit Red Wings | Carolina Hurricanes | Nicklas Lidstrom, DET |
2001 | New Jersey Devils | Patrick Roy, COL | |
2000 | New Jersey Devils | Scott Stevens, NJ | |
1999 | Dallas Stars | Joe Nieuwendyk, DAL | |
1998 | Detroit Red Wings | Steve Yzerman, DET | |
1997 | Detroit Red Wings | Mike Vernon, DET | |
1996 | Colorado Avalanche | Joe Sakic, COL | |
1995 | New Jersey Devils | Detroit Red Wings | Claude Lemieux, NJ |
1994 | Brian Leetch, NYR | ||
1993 | Patrick Roy, MON | ||
1992 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mario Lemieux, PIT | |
1991 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Minnesota North Stars | Mario Lemieux, PIT |
1990 | Edmonton Oilers | Bill Ranford, EDM | |
1989 | Calgary Flames | Montreal Canadiens | Al MacInnis, CAL |
1988 | Edmonton Oilers | Boston Bruins | Wayne Gretzky, EDM |
1987 | Edmonton Oilers | Philadelphia Flyers | Ron Hextall, PHI |
1986 | Montreal Canadiens | Calgary Flames | Patrick Roy, MON |
1985 | Edmonton Oilers | Philadelphia Fyers | Wayne Gretzky, EDM |
1984 | Edmonton Oilers | Mark Messier, EDM | |
1983 | New York Islanders | Edmonton Oilers | Billy Smith, NYI |
1982 | New York Islanders | Vancouver Canucks | Mike Bossy, NYI |
1981 | New York Islanders | Minnesota North Stars | Butch Goring, NYI |
1980 | New York Islanders | Philadelphia Flyers | Bryan Trottier, NYI |
1979 | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers | Bob Gainey, MON |
1978 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | Larry Robinson, MON |
1977 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | Guy Lafleur, MON |
1976 | Montreal Canadiens | Philadelphia Flyers | Reggie Leach, PHI |
1975 | Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres | Bernie Parent, PHI |
1974 | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Bruins | Bernie Parent, PHI |
1973 | Montreal Canadiens | Chicago Blackhawks | Yvan Cournoyer, MON |
1972 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | Bobby Orr, BOS |
1971 | Montreal Canadiens | Chicago Blackhawks | Ken Dryden, MON |
1970 | Boston Bruins | Bobby Orr, BOS | |
1969 | Montreal Canadiens | St. Louis Blues | Serge Savard, MON |
1968 | Montreal Canadiens | St. Louis Blues | Glenn Hall, STL |
1967 | Montreal Canadiens | Dave Keon, TOR | |
1966 | Montreal Canadiens | Detroit Red Wings | Roger Crozier, DET |
1965 | Montreal Canadiens | Chicago Blackhawks | Jean Beliveau, MON |
1964 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | |
1963 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | |
1962 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Chicago Blackhawks | |
1961 | Chicago Blackhawks | Detroit Red Wings | |
1960 | Montreal Canadiens | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1959 | Montreal Canadiens | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1958 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
1957 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
1956 | Montreal Canadiens | Detroit Red Wings | |
1955 | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | |
1954 | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | |
1953 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
1952 | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | |
1951 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Montreal Canadiens | |
1950 | Detroit Red Wings | New York Rangers | |
1949 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | |
1948 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | |
1947 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Montreal Canadiens | |
1946 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
1945 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | |
1944 | Montreal Canadiens | Chicago Blackhawks | |
1943 | Detroit Red Wings | Boston Bruins | |
1942 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Detroit Red Wings | |
1941 | Boston Bruins | Detroit Red Wings | |
1940 | New York Rangers | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1939 | Boston Bruins | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1938 | Chicago Blackhawks | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1937 | Detroit Red Wings | New York Rangers | |
1936 | Detroit Red Wings | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1935 | Montreal Maroons | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1934 | Chicago Black Hawks | Detroit Red Wings | |
1933 | New York Rangers | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
1932 | Toronto Maple Leafs | New York Rangers | |
1931 | Montreal Canadiens | Chicago Black Hawks | |
1930 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Bruins | |
1929 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | |
1928 | New York Rangers | Montreal Maroons | |
1927 | Ottawa Senators | Boston Bruins | |
NHL takes control of Stanley Cup competition after 1926 | |||
1926 | Montreal Maroons | Victoria Cougars | |
1925 | Victoria Cougars | Montreal Canadiens | |
1924 | Montreal Canadiens | Calgary Tigers | |
1923 | Ottawa Senators | Edmonton Eskimos | |
1922 | Toronto St. Pats | Vancouver Millionaires | |
1921 | Ottawa Senators | Vancouver Millionaires | |
1920 | Ottawa Senators | Seattle Metropolitans | |
1919 | Montreal-Seattle finals cancelled (influenza epidemic) | ||
1918 | Toronto Arenas | Vancouver Millionaires | |
1917 | Seattle Metropolitans | Montreal Canadiens | |
1916 | Montreal Canadiens | Portland Rosebuds | |
1915 | Vancouver Millionaires | Ottawa Senators | |
NHA, PCHA respective champions compete for Cup after 1914 | |||
1914 | Toronto Blueshirts | Victoria Cougars | |
1913 | Quebec Bulldogs | Sydney Millionaires | |
1912 | Quebec Bulldogs | Moncton Victorias | |
1911 | Ottawa Senators | Port Arthur Bearcats | |
1910 | Montreal Wanderers | Berlin Union Jacks | |
1909 | Ottawa Senators | (no challengers) | |
1908 | Montreal Wanderers | Toronto Trolley Leaguers | |
1907 | Kenora Thistles | Montreal Wanderers | |
1906 | Montreal Wanderers | New Glascow Cubs | |
1905 | Ottawa Silver Seven | Rat Portage Thistles | |
1904 | Ottawa Silver Seven | Brandon Wheat Cities | |
1903 | Ottawa Silver Seven | Montreal Victorias | |
1902 | Montreal AAA | Winnipeg Victorias | |
1901 | Winnipeg Victorias | Montreal Shamrocks | |
1900 | Montreal Shamrocks | Halifax Crescents | |
1899 | Montreal Victorias | Montreal Shamrocks | |
1898 | Montreal Victorias | (no challengers) | |
1897 | Montreal Victorias | Ottawa Capitals | |
1896 | Winnipeg Victorias | Montreal Victorias | |
1895 | Montreal Victorias | (no challengers) | |
1894 | Montreal AAA | Ottawa Generals | |
1893 | Montreal AAA | (no challengers) | |
Source: NHL, CBC, Canadian Encyclopedia
