STANLEY CUP Definition & Meaning

Stanley Cup

noun

Ice Hockey.

a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
the best-of-seven-games series in which the champion of the Prince of Wales Conference and that from the Clarence S. Campbell Conference oppose each other for this trophy.

Stanley Cup

noun

(in North America) the trophy presented annually to the champions of the National Hockey League

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Stanley Cup¹

Named after Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston (1841–1908), governor general of Canada, who donated the trophy for the best amateur team of the 1893–94 season

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Stanley Cup¹

C19: named after Lord Stanley (1841–1908), 6th Governor-General of Canada, who first presented it in 1893

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The Edmonton Oilers are heading south to Miami to fight to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada for the first time since 1993.

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That’s apparently the conclusion the Kings came to in their search for a general manager because they chose Ken Holland, the architect of an Edmonton Oilers team that knocked the Kings out of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the first round in each of the last four seasons.

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The team hasn’t won a playoff series since the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, a record 11-year drought for the franchise.

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Holland is also a Hall of Famer, having been inducted in 2020 as a builder following three Stanley Cup victories in 22 years as president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.

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He joined the Oilers as president of hockey operations and general manager in 2019, guiding the team to five consecutive playoff berths, two Western Conference finals and last year’s Stanley Cup final, where it lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games.

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