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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]
Youngest player to win the Stanley Cup: Larry Hillman, April 14, 1955 18 years, 68 days (played 2 games in semifinals, did not play in the Finals) Oldest player to win the Stanley Cup: Chris Chelios , June 4, 2008, 46 years, 130 days (did not play in 2008 Finals, so Doug Harvey keeps record for oldest defenceman to play in Finals)
Henri won the Stanley Cup 11 times as a player, the most in NHL history. [23] Only one other athlete in North American professional sports has achieved winning eleven championships in his respective league—Bill Russell of the NBA's Boston Celtics. [24] Henri also scored two Stanley Cup-winning goals, one of five players to have done so. [9]
The Stanley Cup (French: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport". [1]
After winning in the 1924–25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup. [17] The WHL folded in 1926, and most of the players moved to the NHL. This left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Cup.
William Scott Bowman OC (born September 18, 1933) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey head coach.He holds the record for most wins in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and his 14 Stanley Cup wins ranks second most of all time [a] for any player, coach or executive.
In the 1950s The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup four times, but players were given silverware [6] or bought a dinner [7] instead of rings. Players were eventually given rings by the team more than fifty years later. [1] In the 1960s the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup four times, but players were originally only given one ring ...
He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (the award given to the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup playoffs) three times, the only one to do so in three different decades (1980s, 1990s, and 2000s), and the only one to do so for two different teams. Roy's number 33 sweater is retired by both the Canadiens and ...