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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]
In the Stanley Cup Finals, a sweep refers to a National Hockey League (NHL) team winning four straight games and losing none in a best-of-seven format. There have been 20 sweeps in Stanley Cup Finals history. [1] The first sweep is credited to the Boston Bruins who defeated the Detroit Red Wings in four straight games in the 1941 Stanley Cup ...
"List of winners of the Stanley Cup". NHL.com "List of Stanley Cup Playoff Formats: 1917 to date". NHL.com "Stanley Cup-winning goals". NHL.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-12 "STC List of winners of the Stanley Cup". LegendsofHockey.net. Archived from the original on 2007-12-30
Most goals in a Stanley Cup Finals series: Babe Dye (1922, five games), 9; Most goals in the Stanley Cup Finals, career: Maurice Richard, 34; Most goals, 50 games from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (1981–82 and 1983–84), 61; Fastest 50 goals from start of season: Wayne Gretzky (December 30, 1981), 39 games
The 1970–71 season, because of fan demand, brought forth the first inter-conference playoff match up outside of the Stanley Cup Finals since the pre-war expansion, which had the winner of the second-place versus fourth-place match up in one division take on the winner of the first- versus third-place match up in the other division for a berth ...
The Avalanche have reached three Stanley Cup Finals, winning all of them (1996, 2001, 2022). After winning the 1996 Stanley Cup, Colorado became the first NHL team and the second team in North American professional sports history to win a championship in the same season they moved to a new city.
Lost Stanley Cup Finals March 28, 1985 3–1 Detroit Red Wings: April 25, 1985 2–6 New York Islanders: 11 Colorado Avalanche: 1999–2000: 42–28–11–1 Lost Western Conference Finals March 23, 2000 4–2 Phoenix Coyotes: April 19, 2000 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes 8 (tie) 10 St. Louis Blues: 1968–69: 37–25–14 Lost Stanley Cup Finals March ...
Most consecutive victories in the Stanley Cup Finals: 10, by the Montreal Canadiens (1976–1978) Most consecutive defeats in the Stanley Cup Finals: 13 , by the St. Louis Blues (1968–2019) Most sweeps in the Stanley Cup Finals since the best-of-seven format was introduced in 1939: 6 , by the Montreal Canadiens (1944, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1976 ...