Line #30 UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Beautiful, isn't it?]]
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4	The '''Stanley Cup''' (French: ''La Coupe Stanley'') is the trophy awarded to the winning team of the UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague's end-of-season playoffs. [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey Hockey]] fans are known to proudly call it the hardest trophy to win in professional sports. While that claim is difficult to prove scientifically, given that the winning team generally has to play at least 98 hockey games (82 regular season and a minimum of 16 post-season games, assuming a full post-season sweep - which is not only highly unlikely but also unprecedented), it's certainly not an ''easy'' trophy to win.
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6	The Cup itself is named for Lord Frederick Stanley (later the [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever 16th Earl of Derby]]), the [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Governor-General of Canada]] who was instrumental in organizing Canadian hockey and donated the original Cup in 1892. Originally a silver punch bowl made in [[OopNorth Sheffield]] and purchased for [[UsefulNotes/OldBritishMoney ten guineas]] (on the order of $1200-$1300 in today's dollars), the trophy has been through a lot of incredible stories, especially for a trophy.[[note]](Some of these stories apply to the original, others apply to the newer one, and others to both.)[[/note]] This is in no large part due to the unofficial tradition of each member of the winning team getting a day to spend with the trophy (most will simply take it to their hometown for photo-ops at local schools). It's shared a bed with countless players, been set on fire, gone clubbing with Mark Messier, been used to baptize infants, attended pool parties with the winning team ([[MemeticMutation the trophy, it turns out, does not float]]), used as a horse feeder, marched in a gay pride parade, been driven around at 200mph by Mario Andretti on the eve of the Indy 500, and been [[GrailInTheGarbage lost on the side of the road]]. It was also attacked by Taliban grenades in 2007 while visiting Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. The damage it's sustained is fairly significant; multiple dings and dents from being kicked into a frozen river, bar-hopping with players, and [[NoodleIncident incidents players are presumably too embarrassed to discuss with the press]].
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8	Of note is, unlike other major sports trophies where a single trophy is given to the winning team ''permanently'' to flaunt around and display (good examples are the Lombardi Trophy of the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl and the Larry O'Brien Trophy of the NBA), there is only ''one'' Stanley Cup. Okay, technically there's three of them (see below), but the authenticated trophy is one-of-a-kind, passed down from champion to champion of each season (and gets bigger in the process, at least until 1991). While the Cup usually remains at the Hockey Hall of Fame unless it is being used for promotional purposes, it is handed to the winners at the deciding game.
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10	Which, of course, leads to the question, "If there is only one single trophy, what happens when they run out of space on the Cup to engrave names?" Well, since 1991, when the size of the Cup was finally capped, each time the Cup runs out of space (once each 13 years or so), the top ring is removed, the ones underneath are moved up, and a new ring is added to the bottom. The removed ring is then stored in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The NHL takes the immortality of its winners ''very'' seriously.
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12	The Vegas Golden Knights are the current Stanley Cup champions, winning in 2023 for the first time in franchise history.
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14	[[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas No relation to]] those [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Quencher insulated tumblers]] you see hawked on Platform/TikTok.
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16	!List of Champions
17	[[folder:List of Champions]]
18	%% !!'''1893-1914:''' The Challenge Cup Era
19	!!1915-1926: The NHL vs PCHA/WHL Era
20	* '''1915:''' Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) defeated the Ottawa Senators (NHA) in 3 games.
21	* '''1916:''' Montreal Canadiens (NHA) defeated the Portland Rosebuds (PCHA) in 5 games.
22	* '''1917:''' Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) defeated the Montreal Canadiens (NHA) in 4 games.
23	* '''1918:''' Toronto Hockey Club (NHL) defeated the Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) in 5 games.
24	* '''1919:''' ''Series cancelled because of UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu. Was slated to be Montreal Canadiens (NHL) vs. Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA).''
25	* '''1920:''' Ottawa Senators (NHL) defeated the Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) in 5 games.
26	* '''1921:''' Ottawa Senators (NHL) defeated the Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) in 5 games.
27	* '''1922:''' Toronto St. Patricks (NHL) defeated the Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) in 5 games.
28	* '''1923:''' Ottawa Senators (NHL) defeated the Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games.
29	* '''1924:''' Montreal Canadiens (NHL) defeated the Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 games.
30	* '''1925:''' Victoria Cougars (WCHL) defeated the Montreal Canadiens (NHL) in 4 games.
31	* '''1926:''' Montreal Maroons (NHL) defeated the Victoria Cougars (WHL) in 4 games.
32	!!1926-1942: The Interwar Years
33	* '''1927:''' Ottawa Senators defeated the Boston Bruins in 2 games.
34	* '''1928:''' New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Maroons in 5 games.
35	* '''1929:''' Boston Bruins defeated the New York Rangers in 2 games.
36	* '''1930:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 2 games.
37	* '''1931:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in 5 games.
38	* '''1932:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Rangers in 3 games.
39	* '''1933:''' New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games.
40	* '''1934:''' Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games.
41	* '''1935:''' Montreal Maroons defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games.
42	* '''1936:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games.
43	* '''1937:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers in 5 games.
44	* '''1938:''' Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games.
45	* '''1939:''' Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 5 games.
46	* '''1940:''' New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 6 games.
47	* '''1941:''' Boston Bruins defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games.
48	* '''1942:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 7 games.
49	!!1943-1967: The Original Six
50	* '''1943:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins in 4 games.
51	* '''1944:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in 4 games.
52	* '''1945:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 7 games.
53	* '''1946:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 5 games.
54	* '''1947:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 6 games.
55	* '''1948:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games.
56	* '''1949:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games.
57	* '''1950:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers in 7 games.
58	* '''1951:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 5 games.
59	* '''1952:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 4 games.
60	* '''1953:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 5 games.
61	* '''1954:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 7 games.
62	* '''1955:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 7 games.
63	* '''1956:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 5 games.
64	* '''1957:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 5 games.
65	* '''1958:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 6 games.
66	* '''1959:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 5 games.
67	* '''1960:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games.
68	* '''1961:''' Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 6 games.
69	* '''1962:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in 6 games.
70	* '''1963:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 5 games.
71	* '''1964:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 7 games.
72	* '''1965:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in 7 games.
73	* '''1966:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated Detroit Red Wings the in 6 games.
74	* '''1967:''' Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 6 games.
75	!!1968-1983: Expansion, the WHA, and the Dynasty Era
76	* '''1968:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the St. Louis Blues in 4 games.
77	* '''1969:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the St. Louis Blues in 4 games.
78	* '''1970:''' Boston Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues in 4 games.
79	* '''1971:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in 7 games.
80	* '''1972:''' Boston Bruins defeated the New York Rangers in 6 games.
81	* '''1973:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in 6 games.
82	* '''1974:''' Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Boston Bruins in 6 games.
83	* '''1975:''' Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Buffalo Sabres in 6 games.
84	* '''1976:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games.
85	* '''1977:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 4 games.
86	* '''1978:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in 6 games.
87	* '''1979:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Rangers in 5 games.
88	* '''1980:''' New York Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 6 games.
89	* '''1981:''' New York Islanders defeated the Minnesota North Stars in 5 games.
90	* '''1982:''' New York Islanders defeated the Vancouver Canucks in 4 games.
91	* '''1983:''' New York Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers in 4 games.
92	!!1984-2004: Wayne Gretsky, Southwards Growth, and Post-Soviet Globalization
93	* '''1984:''' Edmonton Oilers defeated the New York Islanders in 5 games.
94	* '''1985:''' Edmonton Oilers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 5 games.
95	* '''1986:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames in 5 games.
96	* '''1987:''' Edmonton Oilers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games.
97	* '''1988:''' Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in 4 games.
98	* '''1989:''' Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 6 games.
99	* '''1990:''' Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in 5 games.
100	* '''1991:''' Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Minnesota North Stars in 6 games.
101	* '''1992:''' Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games.
102	* '''1993:''' Montreal Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings in 5 games.
103	* '''1994:''' New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in 7 games.
104	* '''1995:''' New Jersey Devils defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games.
105	* '''1996:''' Colorado Avalanche defeated the Florida Panthers in 4 games.
106	* '''1997:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games.
107	* '''1998:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals in 4 games.
108	* '''1999:''' Dallas Stars defeated the Buffalo Sabres in 6 games.
109	* '''2000:''' New Jersey Devils defeated the Dallas Stars in 6 games.
110	* '''2001:''' Colorado Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils in 7 games.
111	* '''2002:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in 5 games.
112	* '''2003:''' New Jersey Devils defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 7 games.
113	* '''2004:''' Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames in 7 games.
114	!!2005-Present:The Shootout Era
115	* '''2005:''' ''Entire season cancelled due to a lockout.''
116	* '''2006:''' Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games.
117	* '''2007:''' Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators in 5 games.
118	* '''2008:''' Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in 6 games.
119	* '''2009:''' Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings in 7 games.
120	* '''2010:''' Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 6 games.
121	* '''2011:''' Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in 7 games.
122	* '''2012:''' Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils in 6 games.
123	* '''2013:''' Chigaco Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins in 6 games.
124	* '''2014:''' Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers in 5 games.
125	* '''2015:''' Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in 6 games.
126	* '''2016:''' Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks in 6 games.
127	* '''2017:''' Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators in 6 games.
128	* '''2018:''' Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in 5 games.
129	* '''2019:''' St. Louis Blues defeated the Boston Bruins in 7 games.
130	* '''2020:''' Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars in 6 games.
131	* '''2021:''' Tampay Bay Lighning defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 5 games.
132	* '''2022:''' Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in 6 games.
133	* '''2023:''' Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in 5 games.
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136	!Facts:
137	* The Montreal Canadiens have won the trophy 24 times, more than any other team. They haven't won it since 1993, a team record. Neither has any other Canadian team, much to pretty much the entire country's chagrin (though there's nothing remotely approaching solidarity among Canadian hockey fans; they only want a Canadian team to win as long as it's ''their'' team).
138	** Some fans call it the Curse of Marty [=McSorley=].[[note]]([=McSorley=] was a defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings who were playing the Montreal Canadiens in the 1993 Stanley Cup Final. Late in the 3rd period of Game 2 with the Kings up 2-1 in the game and 1-0 in the series, Canadiens coach Jacques Demers called for a measurement of his stick, which was found to be in violation of regulations on stick curvature and [=McSorley=] got a two-minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, which the Canadiens capitalized on to tie the game and eventually win in overtime. It's alleged that Demers only knew about [=McSorley=]'s illegal stick because he asked an employee of the Montreal Forum about it - Demers denies this and credits Canadiens captain Guy Carbonneau for spotting it on the ice.)[[/note]] Others say it's the Curse of Saint Patrick. [[note]] After the Canadiens' star goaltender and two time Conn Smythe winner Patrick Roy was left out for ''nine'' goals in a move he believed coach Mario Tremblay meant to humiliate him, he ''immediately'' demanded to be traded, and fans view the lack of Cups as karma for letting the man who led them to two Stanley Cups go. Roy, for his part, would win two more Cups and a record ''third'' Conn Smythe with the Colorado Avalanche, the first Cup the same year he got traded.[[/note]]
139	** An interesting thing to note is that the curse seems to be reversed when it comes to the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames [[note]]Although there's no reason for it to apply here, considering it's outside of the NHL and [=McSorley=] is from Canada. Whatever their NHL team, nearly all Canadian players -- and Canadians -- ''always'' root for Team Canada internationally[[/note]], in which Canada has won Olympic gold in 2002 and 2010, while the USA has not won gold since 1980. Especially considering that when Canada won both those gold medals, both finals were against the USA. (Canada would subsequently defend the gold medal in 2014, the first time a men's hockey team has done so since the Soviets in 1988 [[note]]the "Unified Team" consisting of several former Soviet republics won the gold in 1992[[/note]] - the USA finished fourth, losing the bronze medal game to Finland.)
140	* The other five "Original Six" franchises (the six oldest franchises in continuous operation, all dating back to at least 1926; from 1942-67, they were the ''only'' six franchises in the National Hockey League) have all had long dry spells, most of them dating to before the 1967 expansion.
141	** The Toronto Maple Leafs have gone since 1967 without winning the trophy, much to the chagrin of their passionate fanbase.
142	*** When the Blackhawks won the Cup in 2010 this left the Maple Leafs as the only Original Six team to have not won a Cup since the League expanded to include a double-digit number of teams, winning in the same year as but the season prior to the first League expansion. [[ButtMonkey Their fans are also not fond of this fact]].
143	** The Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year dry spell (begun 1961) in 2010, and went on to win again in 2013 and 2015.
144	** The New York Rangers ended a 54-year wait (begun 1940) in 1994 with a dramatic Game 7 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
145	** The Detroit Red Wings ended a 42-year wait (begun 1955) in 1997 by sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers. They followed up by sweeping the Washington Capitals in 1998 and kept up the success for 25 years, though the team ended their playoff streak in 2017 and have fallen off ''hard'' in recent years.
146	** The Boston Bruins ended a 39-year wait (begun 1972) in 2011 by beating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. Prior to this, they had had a 29-year dry spell between 1941 and 1970, including the entire "Original Six" era from 1942-67.
147	* The Montreal Canadiens have won the cup the most times, with 24. Their first was in 1916 and their most recent was in 1993. The Maple Leafs have won the second most with 13 and the Detroit Red Wings are third with 11. Their totals are inflated by their collective dominance of the Original Six era; between 1942 and 1967, the Canadiens won the Cup ten times, the Maple Leafs also won ten times, and the Red Wings won five times.[[note]] In other words, they won 25 of the 26 Stanley Cup championships between them during the Original Six era, the lone exception being the 1961 triumph by the Chicago Black Hawks (as they were still known).[[/note]]
148	* Every possible Original Six matchup except for one (Blackhawks/Rangers) has been played as a Stanley Cup Final. The second-to-last unplayed matchup was crossed off the list in 2013 when the Blackhawks defeated the Bruins to win the Cup. Almost all of the Original Six matchups are no longer possible because the Final is always played East vs. West, and five of the Original Six[[note]]except for the Blackhawks[[/note]] are located in the East.[[note]]In fact, ''no'' such matchups were possible in the wake of the 1967 expansion by design. At some point, it could change again...[[/note]]
149	* The Detroit Red Wings are the most storied American team in the NHL as they have won the Stanley Cup 11 times, more than any other American team. Their most recent championship was in 2008.
150	* The Philadelphia Flyers were the first expansion team[[labelnote:note]]The Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals, Minnesota North Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins entered in the same year, 1967, the first expansion of the NHL since before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.[[/labelnote]] to win the Stanley Cup, doing so in 1974.
151	* The Flyers would win again in 1975, making them the first expansion team to win two Cups ''and'' win Cups back-to-back.
152	* The first American team to win the Cup wasn't even an NHL team - it was the short-lived Seattle Metropolitans, who won it in 1917, their second season of operation. They would fold seven years later.
153	* Eleven of the NHL's 32 teams have never won the trophy, and of those eleven, five have never made it to the Finals (Winnipeg/Phoenix/Arizona, Atlanta/Winnipeg, Minnesota, Columbus, and Seattle. [[note]]To be fair, four of these teams are among the most recent expansion teams added to the league.[[/note]])
154	* Of all the teams in the NHL, the St. Louis Blues went the longest without winning their first Cup. Founded in 1967, they were tied with the Maple Leafs for the longest Cup drought until they won in 2019, a 52-year (and 51-complete-season due to 2004–05 lockout) span.
155	* It wouldn't take long to match that record, though: The Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres are also Cupless and joined in 1970, only three years after the Blues.[[note]]In Vancouver's defense: The Canucks actually have ''six'' championships across ''two'' leagues dating back to before they joined the NHL. They existed for 25 years before becoming an NHL franchise.[[/note]]
156	* Five teams have won the Stanley Cup after moving to new cities; the Calgary Flames (formerly the Atlanta Flames), the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques), the New Jersey Devils (see below), the Dallas Stars (formerly the Minnesota North Stars), and the Carolina Hurricanes (formerly the Hartford Whalers).
157	* The New Jersey Devils are the only team to have won the Stanley Cup after moving to new cities TWICE (originally the Kansas City Scouts, then the Colorado Rockies).
158	* The defunct Montreal Maroons won the Cup twice, in 1926 and 1935, then suspended operations in 1938 only to outright cancel the franchise in 1947. Since then, absolutely no Cup winner has ever relocated or gone under.
159	* The Tampa Bay Lightning (2004, 2020, and 2021) are the southernmost team to win the Cup. Other teams from warm cities also won: Dallas Stars (1999), Carolina Hurricanes (2006), Anaheim Ducks (2007)[[note]](though if they had won in the 2003 finals, the Cup would have the possible hilarity of "[[Film/TheMightyDucks Mighty Ducks]] of Anaheim" among its champions)[[/note]], Los Angeles Kings (2012 - ending 45 years of waiting for the title since the team's inception - and 2014) and Vegas Golden Knights (2023).
160	* The Chicago Blackhawks were the first team to win the Cup three times since the institution of the league's salary cap (2010, 2013, 2015). The Pittsburgh Penguins matched the feat in 2017 (with their prior wins in 2009 and 2016).
161	* Speaking of the Penguins, they were the first to win the Cup twice in a row in the salary cap era. The only other team to do so is the aforementioned Lightning.
162	* There are three actual Cups: the original "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup" (retired in 1969 since it was getting worn out), the authenticated "Presentation Cup" that is actually presented at the games and updated accordingly, and a replica stand-in "Permanent Cup", which has spelling corrections and is installed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto when the authenticated Cup is out of town and up to no good. The original bowl is, of course, on permanent display in the Hall.
163	* The names of the winning team are engraved onto the Cup's bands. Once it is filled, the top band of the Cup is removed and a new one is replaced at the bottom, preventing it from growing any longer. As seen below, it's already enormous.
164	* As it currently stands, the trophy is 90 cm (35 inches) tall and weighs over 15 kilograms (34 pounds). That's more than twice as tall and three times as heavy as UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup.[[note]]Still not quite as big as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg-Warner_Trophy Borg-Warner Trophy]], which stands 163 cm (5'4") tall and weighs in at 69 kg (153 lbs). It's "awarded" to the winner of the [[UsefulNotes/IndyCar Indianapolis 500]], though like the Stanley Cup the winner doesn't actually get to keep it (it's permanently housed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum), and like the Stanley Cup winners get immortalized on the trophy itself, in this case with a high-relief sculpture of their likeness. Much like The Cup it's needed to be enlarged (twice in fact), as a new winner is added every year, at this point the trophy is bigger than some of the people that have won it.[[/note]]
165	* And there was a time when it was bigger than ''that''. Nowadays, each band can store 13 winning clubs' names. Decades ago, though, each band stored one per, and bands were not removed in a timely manner. The Cup became taller and taller till it resembled a stovepipe, hence the nickname "Stovepipe Cup". A 1948 redesign proved insufficient for fixing these problems, so it was redesigned again in 1957; that design is in use today - five bands, 13 clubs per band, and remove the topmost one once they're all full - to keep the Cup from growing out of control ever again. It also adds a certain sentimentality to the periodic removal of the top band, as iconic names can disappear from the Cup altogether, as happened in 2018 after the Capitals won and started a new band; in the process, names like Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, and Maurice Richard were permanently removed from the Cup.
166	* Dating all the way back to when the Cup was first implemented, teams sometimes engraved their names directly onto the Cup itself, though usually omitting players' names and just describing the series in which the team won. These engravings were replicated on the presentation Cup that is in use today; if you look closely, you can even see names ''in'' the bowl itself. These belong to the March 1907 Montreal Wanderers, though not all of the players involved are even listed (five are missing).
167	* There are typos in the engravings, only a handful of which have been corrected. Jacques Plante's engraved name is misspelled ''five times'', such as "Jac", "Jacq", and "Jaques". Plante, if you're not familiar with NHL stars of the 1950s, is considered one of the best goalies ever.
168	** Also, when the Boston Bruins won the 1972 Cup, it was spelled "[[LeetLingo Bqstqn]]". When the New York Islanders won the cup in 1981, it was spelled "Ilanders".
169	** Forward Gaye Stewart's name was misspelled as Gave Stewart when the Maple Leafs won the Cup in 1947.
170	** When the Detroit Red Wings won the 1954 Cup, Coach Tommy N. Ivan, center Alex Delvecchio, and winger Tony Leswick's last names were misspelled as Nivan, Belvecchio, and Leswich.
171	** Montreal Canadiens forward Bob Gainey's last name was misspelled Gainy when the Habs won the Cup in 1976.
172	** Glenn Hall's name was misspelled as "Glin" in 1951–52.
173	** Pat [=McReavy=]'s name is misspelled "[=McCeavy=]" as a member of the 1941 Boston Bruins on the second cup created during the 1957–58 season. His name was often misspelled as "[=McCreavy=]" on team pictures of the Boston Bruins. When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93, the misspelling was not corrected.
174	** Frank J. Selke won the cup as Assistant Manager for the Maple Leafs in 1945. He is credited as "F.J. Selke [[TheProblemWithPenIsland (Ass Man)]]". The team was later misspelled "Maple Leaes" when it won the 1963 Cup, actually one of the last times the Leafs won the trophy.
175	** Adam Deadmarsh's last name was misspelled Deadmar'''c'''h at first. It later became the first error to be corrected, as were the misspellings of Detroit Red Wings goalie Manny Legace ("L'''a'''gace"), Carolina Hurricanes forward Eric Staal ("Staa'''a'''l"), Chicago Blackhawks forward Kris Versteeg ("Ver'''ts'''eeg") and Los Angeles Kings forward Justin Williams ("Willi'''vi'''s").
176	* Two names on the Cup are crossed out.
177	** Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington had his father Basil's name placed on the Cup as well as his own when the Oilers won in 1984. The NHL, not amused (there's little enough space on the cup as it is), had the name covered with "XXXX XXXXXXXXX". Pocklington [[ImplausibleDeniability insisted that it was an error on the engraver's part, mistaking a list of people to receive miniature replica Cups with the list of team names]]. Incidentally, this is the main visible difference between the presentation Cup and the Hall of Fame's replica Cup: the replica simply leaves the spot where Basil Pocklington's name was engraved blank, instead of replicating the engraving and then X-ing over it.
178	** Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Brad Aldrich, who was part of their 2010 winning team, was X-ed out in 2021 at the Blackhawks' request following revelations that he had sexually abused and harassed at least two players and another team employee during that 2010 season.
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180	!Appearances in Media
181	* ''Series/BostonLegal'': The Cup (though likely a prop) appeared in an episode. Denny Crane (Creator/WilliamShatner) knocked it off a balcony. This was after attempting to engrave his own name into it alongside the 1970 Bruins - he claims to have loaned Bobby Orr his lucky jock strap for that Cup-winning game.
182	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Dennis Duffy got to carry it around after becoming "The Subway Hero." It was credited [[AsHimself As Itself]].
183	-->'''Cerie''': What's that?
184	-->'''Dennis''': It's hockey's ultimate prize, sweetheart. And me and it are teaming up to fight illiteracy.
185	** And later:
186	-->'''Dennis''': "...and the Ducks are mad at me for leaving the Stanley Cup on a water taxi!"
187	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Viva Ned Flanders", Homer and Ned somehow get their hands on it after a blackout bender in Las Vegas.
188	** A couch gag has the Simpson family skating around their living room and celebrating with the Cup, along with Maggie sitting inside the bowl.
189	** In "The Last Temptation of Krust", Krusty drinks from the Cup going on a late night bender and then vomits. The NHL weren't amused, and sent a letter to the show... which a Fox lawyer told the show to ''ignore''.
190	* ''Series/CornerGas'': Used as a prop by (then) Anaheim Ducks forward Travis Moen. Takes a ride in the passenger seat of a car while Moen gets pulled over for various reasons.
191	* A GretzkyHasTheBall joke in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' had Rerun, a new recruit to Charlie Brown's baseball team, convinced they were playing in the finals of the Stanley Cup. Snoopy also dreamed of playing for the Stanley Cup, practicing on top of his doghouse with Woodstock at one point.
192	* It ends up spending the night at Franchise/SherlockHolmes's brownstone on ''Series/{{Elementary}}''. Holmes claims he's attempting to work out whether or not it's a replica or the genuine article and eventually decides it's the latter. Detective Bell is absolutely bewildered at the fact that he's spending the night with Sherlock tossing cards into it. Earlier, Joan Watson finds it sitting in the bathtub as part of a mysterious "test" of its authenticity.
193	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE2dI4qnoiA A commercial]] for Anheuser-Busch's Bud Ice beer in TheNineties has the Cup being successfully stolen by the brand's penguin mascot.
194	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDm5Tb1JL1E this]] late-1990s [=FedEx=] commercial, a competitor package company erroneously sends the Cup to a village in rural Bolivia. The Bolivians have no idea what it is, and it [[PricelessPaperweight ends up as a basket for produce]] in the village market.
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196	->''[[http://youtu.be/iavRZiyYHMA ...because it's the cup]]''

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