The Stanley Cup is a trophy given each year to the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league’s playoff winner team. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. In this article will see the list of Stanley Cup Winners and their opponents.
What is the history of Stanley Cup
In the early decades of the 20th century, professional clubs began to dominate the sport. in 1913 the two major professional ice hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA), forerunner of the NHL, and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), reached a gentlemen’s agreement in which their respective champions would face each other in an annual series for the Stanley Cup. After 1947, the Cup became the de jure NHL championship prize.
Stanley Cup First Winner
The Montreal A.A.A., whose affiliate, the Montreal Hockey Club, won the five-team Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1893. The Montreal team won seven of its eight games.
Stanley Cup Winner 2022
The 2022 Stanley Cup was won by the Colorado Avalanche, who beat the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Most Stanley Cup Winners Team
From 1914 to the end of the 2022 season, the trophy has been won 106 times. The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times and made the Finals an additional eleven times.
The team with the second most Stanley Cup wins is the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have won 13 Stanley Cups. The team with the third most Stanley Cup wins is the Detroit Red Wings, who have won 11 Stanley Cups.
Stanley Cup Winners by each year and opponnent
- 2022: Colorado Avalanche, Coach Jared Bednar
- 2021: Tampa Bay Lightning, Coach Jon Cooper
- 2020: Tampa Bay Lightning, Coach Jon Cooper
- 2019: St. Louis Blues, Coach Craig Berube
- 2018: Washington Capitals, Coach Barry Trotz
- 2017: Pittsburgh Penguins, Coach Mike Sullivan
- 2016: Pittsburgh Penguins, Coach Mike Sullivan
- 2015: Chicago Blackhawks, Coach Joel Quenneville
- 2014: Los Angeles Kings, Coach Darryl Sutter
- 2013: Chicago Blackhawks, Coach Joel Quenneville
- 2012: Los Angeles Kings, Coach Darryl Sutter
- 2011: Boston Bruins, Coach Claude Julien
- 2010: Chicago Blackhawks, Coach Joel Quenneville
- 2009: Pittsburgh Penguins, Coach Dan Bylsma
- 2008: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Mike Babcock
- 2007: Anaheim Ducks, Coach Randy Carlyle
- 2006: Carolina Hurricanes, Coach Peter Laviolette
- 2004: Tampa Bay Lightning, Coach John Tortorella
- 2003: New Jersey Devils, Coach Pat Burns
- 2002: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 2001: Colorado Avalanche, Coach Bob Hartley
- 2000: New Jersey Devils, Coach Larry Robinson
- 1999: Dallas Stars, Coach Ken Hitchcock
- 1998: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1997: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1996: Colorado Avalanche, Coach Marc Crawford
- 1995: New Jersey Devils, Coach Jacques Lemaire
- 1994: New York Rangers, Coach Mike Keenan
- 1993: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Jacques Demers
- 1992: Pittsburgh Penguins, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1991: Pittsburgh Penguins, Coach Bob Johnson
- 1990: Edmonton Oilers, Coach John Muckler
- 1989: Calgary Flames, Coach Terry Crisp
- 1988: Edmonton Oilers, Coach Glen Sather
- 1987: Edmonton Oilers, Coach Glen Sather
- 1986: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Jean Perron
- 1985: Edmonton Oilers, Coach Glen Sather
- 1984: Edmonton Oilers, Coach Glen Sather
- 1983: New York Islanders, Coach Al Arbour
- 1982: New York Islanders, Coach Al Arbour
- 1981: New York Islanders, Coach Al Arbour
- 1980: New York Islanders, Coach Al Arbour
- 1979: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1978: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1977: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1976: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1975: Philadelphia Flyers, Coach Fred Shero
- 1974: Philadelphia Flyers, Coach Fred Shero
- 1973: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Scotty Bowman
- 1972: Boston Bruins, Coach Tom Johnson
- 1971: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Al MacNeil
- 1970: Boston Bruins, Coach Harry Sinden
- 1969: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Claude Ruel
- 1968: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1967: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Punch Imlach
- 1966: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1965: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1964: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Punch Imlach
- 1963: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Punch Imlach
- 1962: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Punch Imlach
- 1961: Chicago Black Hawks, Coach Rudy Pilous
- 1960: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1959: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1958: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1957: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1956: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake
- 1955: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Jimmy Skinner
- 1954: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Tommy Ivan
- 1953: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Dick Irvin
- 1952: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Tommy Ivan
- 1951: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Joe Primeau
- 1950: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Tommy Ivan
- 1949: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Hap Day
- 1948: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Hap Day
- 1947: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Hap Day
- 1946: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Dick Irvin
- 1945: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Hap Day
- 1944: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Dick Irvin
- 1943: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Jack Adams
- 1942: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Hap Day
- 1941: Boston Bruins, Coach Cooney Weiland
- 1940: New York Rangers, Coach Frank Boucher
- 1939: Boston Bruins, Coach Art Ross
- 1938: Chicago Black Hawks, Coach Bill Stewart
- 1937: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Jack Adams
- 1936: Detroit Red Wings, Coach Jack Adams
- 1935: Montreal Maroons, Coach Tommy Gorman
- 1934: Chicago Black Hawks, Coach Tommy Gorman
- 1933: New York Rangers, Coach Lester Patrick
- 1932: Toronto Maple Leafs, Coach Dick Irvin
- 1931: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Cecil Hart
- 1930: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Cecil Hart
- 1929: Boston Bruins, Coach Cy Denneny
- 1928: New York Rangers, Coach Lester Patrick
- 1927: Ottawa Senators, Coach Dave Gill
- 1926: Montreal Maroons, Coach Eddie Gerard
- 1925: Victoria Cougars, Coach Lester Patrick
- 1924: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Leo Dandurand
- 1923: Ottawa Senators, Coach Pete Green
- 1922: Toronto St. Pats, Coach George O’Donoghue
- 1921: Ottawa Senators, Coach Pete Green
- 1920: Ottawa Senators, Coach Pete Green
- 1918: Toronto Arenas, Coach Dick Carroll
- 1917: Seattle Metropolitans, Coach Pete Muldoon
- 1916: Montreal Canadiens, Coach Newsy Lalonde
- 1915: Vancouver Millionaires, Coach Frank Patrick
- 1914: Toronto Blueshirts, Coach Scotty Davidson
- 1913: Quebec Bulldogs, Joe Malone (Captain)
- 1912: Quebec Bulldogs, Coach Mike Quinn
- 1911: Ottawa Senators, Bruce Stuart (Captain)
- 1910: Montreal Wanderers, Pud Glass (Captain), Ottawa Senators, Bruce Stuart (Captain)
- 1909: Ottawa Senators, Bruce Stuart (Captain)
- 1908: Montreal Wanderers, Coach Cecil Blachford
- 1907: Montreal Wanderers, Coach Cecil Blachford, Kenora Thistles, Tommy Phillips (Captain)
- 1906: Montreal Wanderers, Cecil Blachford (Captain), Ottawa Silver Seven, A.T. Smith (Manager)
- 1905: Ottawa Silver Seven, A.T. Smith (Manager)
- 1904: Ottawa Silver Seven, A.T. Smith (Manager)
- 1903: Ottawa Silver Seven, A.T. Smith (Manager), Montreal AAA, Coach Clare McKerrow
- 1902: Montreal AAA, Coach Clare McKerrow, Winnipeg Victorias
- 1901: Winnipeg Victorias, Dan Bain (Captain)
- 1900: Montreal Shamrocks, Harry Trihey (Captain)
- 1899: Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias, Harry Trihey (Captain)
- 1898: Montreal Victorias, Frank Richardson (Manager)
- 1897: Montreal Victorias, Mike Grant (Captain)
- 1896: Montreal Victorias, Mike Grant (Captain) Winnipeg Victorias, Jack Armytage (Manager)
- 1895: Montreal Victorias, Mike Grant (Captain)
- 1894: Montreal AAA
- 1893: Montreal AAA
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