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It all started on March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie, a player on the Ottawa Rebels hockey club from Government House, delivered the following message on behalf of Lord Stanley, the Earl of Preston and Governor General of Canada:
"I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challenge cup
which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion (of Canada).
"There does not appear to be any such outward sign of a championship at present, and considering
the general interest which matches now elicit, and the importance of having the game played fairly
and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup which shall be held from year to
year by the winning team."
Shortly thereafter, Lord Stanley purchased a silver cup measuring 7 ½ inches high by 11 ½ inches
across for the sum of 10 guineas (approximately $50); appointed two Ottawa gentlemen, Sheriff John
Sweetland and Philip D. Ross, as trustees of that cup; and set the following preliminary conditions
to govern the annual competition:
The winners to return the Cup in good order when required by the trustees in order that it may be
handed over to any other team which may win it. Each winning team to have the club name and year
engraved on a silver ring fitted on the Cup. The Cup to remain a challenge competition and not the
property of any one team, even if won more than once. The trustees to maintain absolute authority
in all situations or disputes over the winner of the Cup. A substitute trustee to be named in the
event that one of the existing trustees drops out.
The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey club,
champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada for 1893. Ironically, Lord Stanley never
witnessed a championship game nor attended a presentation his trophy, having returned to his
native England in the midst of the 1893 season. Nevertheless, the quest for his trophy has become
one of the world's most prestigious sporting competitions.
Related Links: Ed Belfour's Stanley Cup Tour www.nhl.com
Stanley Cup Winners: The Complete List of Stanley Cup Champions
2009-10 - Chicago Blackhawks
2008-09 - Pittsburgh Penguins
2007-08 - Detroit Red Wings
2006-07 - Anaheim Ducks
2005-06 - Carolina Hurricanes
2004-05 - Season cancelled due to labor dispute
2003-04 - Tampa Bay Lightning
2002-03 - New Jersey Devils
2001-02 - Detroit Red Wings
2000-01 - Colorado Avalanche
1999-2000 - New Jersey Devils
1998-99 - Dallas Stars
1997-98 - Detroit Red Wings
1996-97 - Detroit Red Wings
1995-96 - Colorado Avalanche
1994-95 - New Jersey Devils
1993-94 - New York Rangers
1992-93 - Montreal Canadians
1991-92 - Pittsburgh Penguins
1990-91 - Pittsburgh Penguins
1989-90 - Edmonton Oilers
1988-89 - Calgary Flames
1987-88 - Edmonton Oilers
1986-87 - Edmonton Oilers
1985-86 - Montreal Canadians
1984-85 - Edmonton Oilers
1983-84 - Edmonton Oilers
1982-83 - New York Islanders
1981-82 - New York Islanders
1980-81 - New York Islanders
1979-80 - New York Islanders
1978-79 - Montreal Canadians
1977-78 - Montreal Canadians
1976-77 - Montreal Canadians
1975-76 - Montreal Canadians
1974-75 - Philadelphia Flyers
1973-74 - Philadelphia Flyers
1972-73 - Montreal Canadians
1971-72 - Boston Bruins
1970-71 - Montreal Canadians
1969-70 - Boston Bruins
1968-69 - Montreal Canadians
1967-68 - Montreal Canadians
1966-67 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1965-66 - Montreal Canadians
1964-65 - Montreal Canadians
1963-64 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1962-63 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1961-62 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1960-61 - Chicago Blackhawks
1959-60 - Montreal Canadians
1958-59 - Montreal Canadians
1957-58 - Montreal Canadians
1956-57 - Montreal Canadians
1955-56 - Montreal Canadians
1954-55 - Detroit Red Wings
1953-54 - Detroit Red Wings
1952-53 - Montreal Canadians
1951-52 - Detroit Red Wings
1950-51 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1949-50 - Detroit Red Wings
1948-49 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1947-48 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1946-47 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1945-46 - Montreal Canadians
1944-45 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1943-44 - Montreal Canadians
1942-43 - Detroit Red Wings
1941-42 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1940-41 - Boston Bruins
1939-40 - New York Rangers
1938-39 - Boston Bruins
1937-38 - Chicago Black Hawks
1936-37 - Detroit Red Wings
1935-36 - Detroit Red Wings
1934-35 - Montreal Maroons
1933-34 - Chicago Black Hawks
1932-33 - New York Rangers
1931-32 - Toronto Maple Leafs
1930-31 - Montreal Canadians
1929-30 - Montreal Canadians
1928-29 - Boston Bruins
1927-28 - New York Rangers
1926-27 - Ottawa Senators
1925-26 - Montreal Maroons
1924-25 - Victoria Cougars
1923-24 - Montreal Canadians
1922-23 - Ottawa Senators
1921-22 - Toronto St. Pats
1920-21 - Ottawa Senators
1919-20 - Ottawa Senators
1918-19 - No decision
1917-18 - Toronto Arenas
1916-17 - Seattle Metropolitians
1915-16 - Montreal Canadians
1914-15 - Vancouver Millionaires
1913-14 - Toronto Blueshirts
1912-23 - Quebec Bulldogs
1911-12 - Quebec Bulldogs
1910-11 - Ottawa Senators
1909-10 - Montreal Wanderers
1908-09 - Ottawa Senators
1907-08 - Montreal Wanderers
1906-07 - Montreal Wanderers
1906-07 - Kenora Thistles
1905-06 - Montreal Wanderers
1905-06 - Ottawa Senators
1904-05 - Ottawa Senators
1903-04 - Ottawa Senators
1902-03 - Ottawa Senators
1902-03 - Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA)
1901-02 - Montreal AAA
1901-02 - Winnipeg Victoria
1900-01 - Winnipeg Victoria
1899-1900 - Montreal Shamrocks
1898-99 - Montreal Shamrocks
1897-98 - Montreal Victorias
1896-97 - Montreal Victorias
1895-96 - Winnipeg Victorias
1895-96 - Montreal Victorias
1894-95 - Montreal Victorias
1893-94 - Montreal AAA
1892-93 - Montreal AAA
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