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The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. [1]
While he had not been the team's captain after 1967, as the senior assistant captain, he had the honor of being the first to ceremonially skate the Stanley Cup around the Boston Garden ice. The 1970–71 season saw the Bruins break 37 individual and team league records en route to the best record in league history. [20]
The Oilers selected Connor McDavid first overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Ales Hemsky led the team in scoring points for four seasons, from 2005–06 to 2008–09. The statue of Wayne Gretzky outside Rogers Place commemorates the Oilers' Stanley Cup victories and the all-time Oiler leader for regular season goals, assists and points and playoff assists and points.
There are three components of the Triple Gold Club (clockwise from top left): an Olympic Games gold medal, the Stanley Cup and a World Championship gold medal.. The Triple Gold Club is the group of ice hockey players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Oilers then met the Chicago Blackhawks in the conference finals and fell behind 2–1 in the series. However, the Oilers won the next three games to earn a rematch of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals with Boston. The series is remembered for Game 1, still the longest Stanley Cup Finals game played in the modern NHL.
Since their arrival, over 190 players have played at least one NHL game for the Avalanche. [1] Forty-one of those players have won a Stanley Cup championship with the Avalanche. Six of those players—Adam Foote, Peter Forsberg, Jon Klemm, Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic and Stephane Yelle—were members of both Cup-winning teams in 1996 and 2001. [2]
Over 500 players have played for the team for at least one regular season or playoff game, and nearly 20 have had multiple stints over the years. [ 1 ] The Islanders have won the Stanley Cup four consecutive times ( 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , and 1983 ), [ 2 ] with a total of 32 players playing for the team throughout those four wins.
He won the Vezina Trophy on two occasions, and was named team captain for the 1933–34 season, leading his team to win their first Stanley Cup. [9] It was the only time a goaltender had captained a Cup-winning side. [10] Just over two months after the Stanley Cup victory, Gardiner died of a brain hemorrhage. [9]