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  Stanley Cup - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Stanley Cup, originally a decorative bowl purchased from a London silversmith worth 10 guineas ($48.67 USD), was originally donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada, who had become enamoured with ice hockey.
Until 1910, when Cup trustees declared that only players who played in their league's regular season were eligible to play for the Cup, it was commonplace for both champion and challenger in the challenge series to bring in professional ringers to play the challenge games.
The Cup was redesigned in 1948 as a two-piece cigar-shaped trophy with a removable bowl and collar.
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 Stanley Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first year the Stanley Cup was not contested was 1919, when the influenza epidemic that ravaged the world that year forcing the cancellation of the series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans, with Montreal's "Bad" Joe Hall dying from the flu.
There are actually two Stanley Cups; the original, which is displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, and a duplicate which is the one awarded to the champions of the playoffs and is also used for promotions.
The Stanley Cup trophy itself is colloquially known as "Lord Stanley's Mug" or simply as "The Silver Cup" and tradition dictates that the winning team drink champagne from the top bowl after their victory.
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 MSN Encarta - Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup, team trophy for professional ice hockey, awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion.
The Stanley Cup is one of the most popular sporting events of the year in Canada, which is home to six NHL franchises and a majority of the NHL’s players.
The original Stanley Cup was 19 cm (7.5 in) high and 29 cm (11.5 in) wide and was made by a London-based silversmith in 1892.
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 Encyclopedia: Montreal Canadiens
In fact, the second most amount of Stanley Cups is held by their bitter rivals Toronto Maple Leafs, who have 13.
The Habs were back to their winning ways in 1971, defeating the Blackhawks to capture yet another Stanley Cup in goalie Ken Dryden's rookie season (starting a career where he would average an astonishing 2 goals allowed per game), in addition to long-time Leafs' star Frank Mahovlich's first in a Canadiens' uniform.
He was dealt to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche along with Mike Keane for Jocelyn Thibault, Andrei Kovalenko, and Martin Rucinsky.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Montreal-Canadiens   (8036 words)

  
 NBC10.com - Print This Story - The Quest For Lord Stanley's Cup Begins Wednesday
The Stars are the fifth seed in the West, while the Avalanche enter the playoffs as the fourth seed and without a division title for the first time in 10 years.
The Blues, who reached the playoffs for the 25th straight year, are the seventh seed, while the Sharks won the Pacific Division to earn the second seed.
The Devils and Flyers met twice previously in the playoffs, with New Jersey winning in the conference finals in 1995 and 2000 on the way to their first two Stanley Cup titles.
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 Encyclopedia: 1992-93 NHL season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Stanley Cup winners were the Montreal Canadiens, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Los Angeles Kings.
This is a list of the various series where the Stanley Cup was on the line, be it the challenge series of the early eras or the modern Stanley Cup playoffs.
This would be the last Stanley Cup Finals series to be played in the Montreal Forum, and the last time Gretzky would play in the Finals as well.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1992_93-NHL-season   (5108 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Stanley Cup playoffs: Flames advance to finals
Captain Jarome Iginla scored his 10th playoff goal and the Flames advanced to their first Stanley Cup finals in 15 years with a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night.
Calgary hasn't been in the NHL's final round since winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 – and the Canadian anthem will be sung in the finals for the first time since Vancouver made it in 1994.
The Sharks pulled their goalie in the final minute, but the Flames' Robyn Regehr was credited with a goal with one second left after a San Jose player attempted to pass the puck from behind the Calgary net and it went the length of the ice.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040519-2042-hkn-sharks-flames.html   (359 words)

  
 wiki/1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs Definition / wiki/1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He is the winner of three Stanley Cups (1997, 1998, 2002) with the Detroit Red Wings, one Lester B. Pearson Award (1989), one Conn Smythe Trophy (1998), one Frank J. Selke Trophy (2000) and one Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (2003).
The best team of the 1993 season was the Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the cup the two previous years and were the favourite to repeat.
A five-time Stanley Cup winner, Muckler has more than 50 years of professional hockey experience as a part owner, general manager, director of player personnel, director of hockey operations, head coach, assistant coach and player....
www.elresearch.com /wiki/1993_Stanley_Cup_Playoffs   (4073 words)

  
 Anything can happen in Stanley Cup playoffs - CBS SportsLine
Their superstar Yashin hasn't scored a goal in the playoffs in three years, which is probably a reason to figure his former team, Ottawa, will win its first playoff series in four years.
Louis is the Phil Mickelson of the playoffs.
Since the last playoff meeting in 1993, the teams have built new arenas and built a new rivalry.
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 Monday
Heading into the Stanley Cup semifinals this weekend, the NHL playoffs have actually perked up a bit compared with last year.
Through Tuesday, NHL playoff games on ESPN were up 11 percent over last year’s 0.45 average household rating to a 0.5 rating for five games.
Cup coverage on ESPN and ABC was down some 40 percent in 2003 from the previous year, including a 55 percent dip for the series’ first two games.
www.medialifemagazine.com /news2004/apr04/apr19/1_mon/news3monday.html   (461 words)

  
 NHL Playoffs 2001 - Stanley Cup Championship: Stanley Cup finally falls in Bourque's hands
The cup belongs to him, and the Colorado Avalanche, and Bourque acted as if he may never let go.
The Avalanche, who denied New Jersey the chance to clinch the cup at home by winning 4-0 in Game 6, are the first team since the 1971 Montreal Canadiens to rally from a 3-2 deficit in the finals.
Brodeur, who could have won his third cup and denied his idol, Roy, his fourth, had an uneven game on the worst possible night, letting in three goals before Roy allowed his first to put the Devils in the kind of hole that is almost impossible to overcome in such a big game.
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 CNNSI.com - 2001 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup Notebook: Blake won't discuss free agency - Tuesday May 29, 2001 09:22 ...
Posted: Tuesday May 29, 2001 8:13 PM Updated: Tuesday May 29, 2001 9:22 PM Rob Blake is focusing his attention on the Stanley Cup, not his impending free agency.
Blake is happy to be playing with goaltender Patrick Roy, who beat him and the Los Angeles Kings in the 1993 finals when Roy was with Montreal.
Teams winning Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals have gone on to win the championship in 25 of the past 29 seasons.
www.cnn.com /cnnsi/hockey/nhl/2001/playoffs/news/2001/05/29/notebook_ap   (856 words)

  
 Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Sergei Fedorov, Vaclav Prospal, National Hockey League - CBS ...
The Ducks became the fifth team in 11 seasons to miss the playoffs after going to the finals the year before, finishing 12th in the Western Conference.
Playoff MVP Jean-Sebastien Giguere had a lackluster campaign after signing a four-year, $19.5 million contract extension on the eve of training camp.
Fedorov, a six-time All-Star who helped Detroit win three Stanley Cups and was the league's MVP in 1993-94, had only three goals in his first 16 games before finishing with 31.
www.sportsline.com /nhl/story/7234147   (769 words)

  
 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Lightning should strike again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
If not, it will be very close to handing the Cup to the Flames, who are threatening to become one of the most improbable champions in NHL history.
Fedotenko, who has 10 playoff goals, was visibly dazed and cut his face while being slammed into the boards late in Game 3 by Robyn Regehr.
Since 1990, the only Cup champions with fewer regular-season points than the Flames' 94 were the two Mario Lemieux-led Penguins teams, 1990-91 (88) and 1991-92 (87).
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 Stanley Cup History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Stanley Cup, the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America, was donated by Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston and son of the Earl of Derby, in 1893.
Lord Stanley purchased the trophy for 10 guineas ($50 at that time) for presentation to the amateur hockey champions of Canada.
Since 1910, when the National Hockey Association took possession of the Stanley Cup, the trophy has been the symbol of professional hockey supremacy.
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 USATODAY.com - Demers: Devils will win Stanley Cup in seven games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By Jacques Boissinot, AP Jacques Demers lifts the Stanley Cup after leading the Canadiens to the championship in 1993.
When I coached the Montreal Canadiens in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, we decided going into the first game that we wanted Guy Carbonneau to play against Wayne Gretzky as much as possible.
I'm a firm believer that when Roy gets to this stage in the playoffs, its no longer about the money or the career wins total — he just loves to win the Stanley Cup.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/cup01/2001-05-24-demers.htm   (1230 words)

  
 The Sporting News : NHL - Bourque, Avs win Stanley Cup title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Alex Tanguay supplied the scoring touch with two goals and the 40-year-old Bourque, who had played a record 1,825 games without ever handling the cup, wept as he finally touched it -- ending a journey that began when he was a teen-age defenseman for Boston in the 1970s.
Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs, the first player to win it three times.
When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman handed the cup to Sakic, he defied tradition that the captain skates first with the cup.
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 SI.com - 2003 NHL Playoffs - SI Flashback: Stanley Cup Finals - Tuesday April 08, 2003 01:48 PM
Deep into overtime in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals on June 7, with the Los Angeles King forwards literally knocking at his goalmouth, Roy stoned Luc Robitaille and froze the puck.
As the playoffs progressed it seemed as if the Canadiens actually played for overtime, repeatedly dumping the puck in the last 10 minutes of the third period and then turning their offense loose in the extra frame.
That's where the Stanley Cup aspirations of the Montreal Canadiens stood.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/nhl/features/si_stanley_cup/1993   (1393 words)

  
 Guy Carbonneau: Edmonton Press, Round 1, 2000 Stanley Cup Playoffs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Webmaster's Note: During Round One of the 2000 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as Carbonneau's Stars were on their way to eliminating the Edmonton Oilers in five games, the Edmonton press had glowing comments to make about Guy and the other former Habs on his team.
Of course, the Stanley Cup has followed, as customs passed from Maurice Richard to Beliveau, then to Henri Richard, and eventually to Guy Carbonneau, the respected 40-year-old Stars veteran.
He has learned much and won three Cups himself since breaking in back in 1982, at which time the greatest leader under whom Carbonneau has studied just happened to be captain of the Canadiens.
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 WhoWins(tm) -- MLB, NBA, NHL Playoffs -- Best-of-7 Series
In MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 954 (the "American League Championship Series"), either the New York Yankees or the Anaheim Angels shall face either the Chicago White Sox or the Boston Red Sox.
In MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 955 (the "National League Championship Series"), either the Atlanta Braves or the Houston Astros shall face either the St. Louis Cardinals or the San Diego Padres.
After 84 best-of-7 NBA playoff games in 15 playoff series in 2005, the NBA champions are the San Antonio Spurs.
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 National Hockey League Players' Association
John rose to the status of superstar in the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs, when he scored three game-winning goals to lead the Canadiens to their 24th Stanley Cup.
In the 1993 Stanley Cup finals, he scored overtime game-winners in back-to-back games as the Canadiens won the series in five games over the Kings.
In the 1997 playoffs, John helped the Flyers knock off the Rangers in the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals.
www.nhlpa.com /PlayerOfTheDay/index.asp?Date=2005-07-18   (398 words)

  
 The Quest for the Cup Begins - PittsburghLIVE.com
Analysis: New Jersey may be even better that it was a year ago when it won the Stanley Cup.
Carolina has very little playoff experience, and most of what the Hurricanes do have comes from captain Ron Francis, who has 40 goals, 123 points and two Stanley Cup rings in his 133 games.
This team is solid top to bottom with a three-time Stanley Cup winning goaltender in Patrick Roy, MVP candidate Joe Sakic and All-World defenseman Raymond Bourque, the sentimental favorite to win the Cup this year.
beta.pittsburghlive.com /x/leadertimes/sports/s_34740.html   (2181 words)

  
 A short history of the Stanley Cup Playoffs - IronMagazine Bodybuilding, Health & Fitness Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The NHL champion then moved on to play the PCHA champion in the best-of-three Stanley Cup Semifinals, and the winner of the Semifinals played the WCHL champion, which had been given a bye, in the best-of-three Stanley Cup Finals.
After the 1925-26 season, the NHL was the only major professional hockey league still in existence and consequently took over sole control of the Stanley Cup competition.
First-round playoff berths were awarded to the first-place team in each division as well as to the next five best teams based on regular-season point totals in each conference.
www.ironmagazineforums.com /history/topic/16651-1.html   (2218 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - 2002 NHL Playoffs - Wings rout Avs 7-0 to advance to face 'Canes in Stanley Cup finals - Saturday June ...
Colorado became the first NHL team to play in four consecutive Game 7s, dating to last year when the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup, and joined the 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs as the only teams to play in three Game 7s in one postseason.
These rivals, who have combined to win four of the past six Stanley Cups, met for the fifth time in the postseason since 1996, but played in a Game 7 for the first time.
The seven goals Colorado gave up were the most in the playoffs since a 7-3 loss to San Jose on April 30, 1999.
money.cnn.com /cnnsi/hockey/2002/playoffs/news/2002/05/31/avalanche_wings_ap   (1090 words)

  
 NHL Playoffs 2001 - Stanley Cup Championship: Avalanche aim to break losing streak
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- When the puck drops for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals tonight (ABC, 8 ET), the Colorado Avalanche will battle the defending champion New Jersey Devils, as well as a little bit of history.
Like I said before the series, we struggled in L.A. ever since we got to Denver, and we did well in the playoffs," said Colorado captain Joe Sakic, referring to the Avs' 0-4 record at the Staples Center in L.A. before winning two of three games there in the conference semifinals.
Hartley was asked if the absence of Peter Forsberg, out for the playoffs after having his spleen removed on May 10, was beginning to affect Colorado's performance, especially on the power play.
espn.go.com /nhl/playoffs2001/2001/0530/1207649.html   (925 words)

  
 CCMSports.com > Community > Articles > 2003-02-02 - E-rush - What You Didn’t Know About Roy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the playoffs, though, Roy is king, having stoned the opposition 22 times.
The most amazing thing about Montreal's 1993 Cup run was that a record 10 of their 16 wins were in overtime.
Patrick is the only player to win the Conn Smythe trophy as MVP of the playoffs three times (1985-86, 1992-93, and 2000-01).
en.ccmsports.com /community/articles/view_article.php?article_id=132&s=16   (620 words)

  
 SI.com - NHL - Longest suspensions in NHL history - Thursday March 11, 2004 10:31AM
Hunter, a tough guy for the Capitals, slammed the Islanders' Pierre Turgeon to the boards from behind after Turgeon scored the series-clinching goal during the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs.
May, then a winger for the Phoenix Coyotes, was suspended for a slash to the head of Columbus' Steve Heinze on Jan. 4, 2001.
He was suspended for the entire playoffs, which sparked off riots in Montreal.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/hockey/nhl/03/11/longest.suspensions/index.html   (369 words)

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