Stanley Cup
Americannoun
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a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
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the best-of-seven-games series in which the champion of the Prince of Wales Conference and that from the Clarence S. Campbell Conference oppose each other for this trophy.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Stanley Cup
Named after Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston (1841–1908), governor general of Canada, who donated the trophy for the best amateur team of the 1893–94 season
Example Sentences
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A year later that team captured the Stanley Cup, the first of three Quenneville won in Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
At 36, he’s the third-oldest player on one of the NHL’s oldest teams and the last holdover from the 2014 Stanley Cup team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Barry Melrose, who led the Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before a long career in broadcasting, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Jordan Staal, the oldest player on the Hurricanes, won a Stanley Cup 17 years ago as a 20-year-old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
After the first couple of hours of nothing, you stop waiting for somebody to yell “Eureka!” and haul a Brachiosaurus femur out of the dirt, holding it over their head like the Stanley Cup.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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