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==History==
The Stanley Cup, originally a decorative bowl purchased from a [[London]] [[silversmith]] worth 10 guineas ($48.67 USD), was originally donated in [[1892]] by [[Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|Lord Stanley]], [[Governor General of Canada]], who had become
Lord Stanley had made several preliminary regulations regarding the Cup:
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===Early years===
The first Stanley Cup playoff game
The next year saw the first challenge for the cup, by [[Queen's University, Kingston|Queen's University]]. However, this did not come without controversy. On [[March 8]], [[1895]], the [[Montreal Victorias]] won the league title, and thus the Stanley Cup, but the challenge match, which was scheduled earlier for the next day, was to be between the previous year's champion and the university squad. Thus, it was decided by the trustees that the Montreal AAA, if they won the challenge match, would mean that the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The AAA would eventually win the match 5-1, while their cross-town rivals were crowned the champions.
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===The new challenge===
In [[1914]], the [[Victoria Aristocrats]] from the [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association]] informally challenged the Cup champion [[Toronto Blueshirts]] to a series of exhibition series. This would set up an agreement between the NHA and the PCHA a year later where their respective champions would face each other for the Cup, an agreement that, by large, lasted until [[1926]]. The Stanley Cup Final series would alternate between the east and the west each year, while the differing
[[1916]] saw the first American team, the [[Portland Rosebuds]], in either league, as well as the first American team in the Stanley Cup Final. The following year saw the first American team (the [[Seattle Metropolitans]]) to host (and win) the Cup. [[1917-18 NHL season|1917]] saw the dissolution of the NHA and the formation of the [[National Hockey League]] in its place. The first year the Stanley Cup was not awarded was [[1918-19 NHL season|1919]], when the [[influenza]] epidemic that ravaged the world that year forcing the cancellation of the series between the Montreal
[[1924-25 WCHL season|1924]] saw the merger of the PCHA and the WCHL to form the Western Hockey League. Its champion that season, the [[Victoria Cougars]], was the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup. Following the WHL's demise after the following season, the Cup's Trustees granted the NHL exclusive control of the Stanley Cup.
===The Stanley Cup today===
The Cup has been awarded every year since [[1893]], except for [[1918-19 NHL season|1919]] (when it was not awarded because of an outbreak of [[Spanish influenza]]) and [[2004-05 NHL season|2005]] (as a result of a [[NHL lockout|labour dispute]]). The [[Montreal
In [[December 2004]], a group of hockey fans from [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]] announced their intention to ask the trophy's trustees to make the Stanley Cup a challenge trophy once again due to the [[2004-05 NHL lockout]]. Their plan involved the winner of the [[Memorial Cup]], [[Allan Cup]], [[University Cup]], as well as the top Canadian minor professional teams ([[American Hockey League|AHL]] and [[ECHL]]). The Cup's current Trustees, [[Scotty Morrison]] and [[Brian O'Neill]] (both former longtime NHL officials), made no formal ruling, but were quoted as saying that the NHL's possession of the Cup is firm.
There are actually three Stanley Cups; the original bowl, which is displayed in a vault at the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]]; a duplicate, made by Montreal silversmith Carl Petersen, which is the one awarded to the champions of the playoffs and is also used for promotions; and a replica that is occasionally on display at the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] when the duplicate is
The player who has served on the most Stanley Cup championship teams is [[Henri Richard|Henri "Pocket Rocket" Richard]], of the Montreal
==Engraving on the Cup==
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In [[1908]], for reasons unknown, the Wanderers, despite having turned aside four challengers, did not record their names on the Cup. The next year saw the [[Ottawa Senators (Original)|Ottawa Senators]] add a new band onto the Cup. Despite the new room on the Cup, the [[1910]] Wanderers and the [[1911]] Senators, for reasons unknown, did not put their names on the Cup. The new band would eventually be filled by the [[Vancouver Millionaires]], who, although they did not properly win the Cup (which by then was a formal championship game akin to the [[World Series]]), they did win the league championship of the previous champion's league. It has also been noted that two other teams were on the Cup due to the "league championship" clause from [[1915]] to [[1918]], although they did not officially win the Cup.
It was a mystery why no further engraving occurred until [[1924]], when the
The modern one-piece Cup design was introduced in [[1958]] with the replacement of the old barrel with a five-band barrel (each of which could contain 13 winning teams). Although the bands were originally designed to fill up during the Cup's centennial year, the names of the [[1965]] Montreal
==Traditions and anecdotes==
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*A member of the [[1905]] [[Ottawa Silver Seven]] tried to see if he could [[drop kick]] the Cup across the frozen [[Rideau Canal]]. The attempt failed, and the Cup was not retrieved until the next day.
*Weeks after members of the [[1906]] Montreal Wanderers left it at a photographer's studio, officials learned that the photographer's mother was using the Cup to plant [[Pelargonium|geraniums]].
*Several members of the [[1924]]
*In [[1925]], [[Lynn Patrick|Lynn]] and [[Muzz Patrick]], the children of [[Victoria Cougars]] manager-coach [[Lester Patrick]], discover the Cup in the basement of their home, and scratched their names on the Cup with a nail. In [[1940]], both Lynn and Muzz would be properly engraved on the Cup as members of the [[New York Rangers]]. They would also urinate in the cup with teammates in 1940.
*[[New York Islanders]]' [[Bryan Trottier]] admitted not only to sleeping with it (as have, apparently, dozens of players before and since), but also to unscrewing the bowl as a food dish for his dog.
*In [[1988]], the [[Edmonton Oilers]]' [[Mark Messier]] took it to a strip club and let fans drink out of it. The Cup wound up slightly bent in various places for reasons unknown. The Cup was repaired at a local automotive shop, and shipped back to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
*Both the [[1991]] [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] and [[1993]] Montreal
*[[Sylvain Lefebvre]] of the [[1996]] Colorado Avalanche had his daughter baptized in it.
*In [[2003]], the Cup was slated to make its first-ever visit to [[Slovakia]] with [[New Jersey Devils]]' [[Jiri Bicek]] , but it never arrived, having inadvertently been left behind in [[Canada]]; the Cup made the next flight out of Toronto.
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* In [[1929]], [[Boston Bruins]] player-coach [[Cy Denneny]]'s name was listed on the Cup twice (once as a player and once as a coach), with one being spelled correctly and the other as "Cy Dennenny".
* In [[1952]], Detroit Red Wings' coach [[Tommy Ivan]]'s last name was misspelled as "Nivan", and [[Alex Delvecchio]]'s last name was misspelled as "Belvecchio".
* In [[1964]], the Toronto Maple Leafs was misspelled as "Toronto Maple Leaes", the Montreal
* In [[1984]], Oilers owner [[Peter Pocklington]] included his father, Basil Pocklington, on his trophy. However, as Basil had no connection to the team, his name was crossed out with a row of Xs.
* In [[1996]], Colorado Avalanche forward Adam Deadmarsh's last name was misspelled as "Deadmarch". It was later corrected, the first time that had ever happened. Six years later, Detroit Red Wings' goaltender Manny Legace's last name was misspelled "Lagace", and was also corrected.
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===1919 flu epidemic: Stanley Cup not awarded===
During the [[1918-19 NHL season|1918-19 Stanley Cup playoffs]] between the Montreal
=== 1927 Stanley Cup brawl ===
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