Stanley Cup

American  

noun

Ice Hockey.

1. a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.

2. 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.

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Stanley Cup British  

noun

1. (in North America) the trophy presented annually to the champions of the National Hockey League

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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

Rieder was spotted at a White House event on Thursday honoring the Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup championship.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was there when the team won the Stanley Cup in 2007, for example, and when it took another final to a seventh game four seasons earlier.

From Los Angeles Times

A year later, it won the Stanley Cup.

From Los Angeles Times

We want to win the Stanley Cup.”

From Los Angeles Times

Can he lead them to a Stanley Cup championship?

From Los Angeles Times