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Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup trophy is presented each year to the champions in the National Hockey League playoffs. The large silver cup was donated by Frederick Arthur Stanley, governor general of Canada, in March 1892 for the best team in Canadian amateur ice hockey. Originally called the Dominion Challenge Trophy, it was awarded in 1893 to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, which won it the following year in the first contest for the trophy, against Ottawa. Eventually known as the Stanley Cup, in 1909 it was won for the first time by a professional team, the Ottawa Senators, and is the oldest trophy for which professional athletes in North America compete.

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Other Resources

All-Time Stanley Cup Champions | NHL.com. Content archived on 8 June 2023 (original link)
Chronology of Stanley Cup engravings - Wikipedia
Exhibits -- Via Rail Stanley Cup Dynasties
List of Stanley Cup champions - Wikipedia
Little Known Facts About the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup - The Canadian Encyclopedia. Content archived on 7 Dec. 2024
Stanley Cup - Wikipedia
Stanley Cup - Winners, pictures and more | Historical Website of the Montreal Canadiens. Content archived on 21 Mar. 2023
Stanley Cup All-time Champions and Finalists | NHL.com - News
Stanley Cup Champions | NHL.com
Stanley Cup Winners - The Complete List. Content archived on 17 Apr. 2019
Stanley Cup Winners -- NHL Trophies -- Silverware -- Legends of Hockey
Stanley Cup by the numbers | NHL.com
Stanley Cup has incredible history | NHL.com
Stanley Cup timeline, from 1892 to today | NHL.com
Stanley, Lord (of Preston) -- Biography -- Honoured Builder -- Legends of Hockey

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