Stanley Cup

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The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and is one of the most iconic and historic trophies in professional sports.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Hockey League trophy
championship trophy
ice hockey trophy
associatedWith North American sports
professional ice hockey
awardedDuring Stanley Cup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
awardedFor Stanley Cup self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Hockey League playoff championship
awardedFrequency annually
awardedTo NHL team
Stanley Cup champion
cityOfOriginal Toronto
competition Stanley Cup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
component barrel with engraved bands
bowl
collar
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOriginal Canada
engravingPractice names of players, coaches, and team staff of winning team engraved
finalSeriesFormat best-of-seven series
firstAwarded 1893
formerGoverningBody Stanley Cup trustees
governingBody National Hockey League
hasNickName Stanley Cup
surface form: Lord Stanley’s Cup

The Cup
The Holy Grail of hockey
hasReplica display Stanley Cup
presentation Stanley Cup
height approximately 89.5 centimetres
inception 1892
inscriptionLimitPractice oldest engraved band removed when full and displayed separately
languageOfName English
laterBecame championship trophy of the National Hockey League
league National Hockey League
locationOfOriginal Hockey Hall of Fame
material nickel alloy
silver
namedAfter Lord Stanley of Preston
surface form: Frederick Arthur Stanley

Lord Stanley of Preston
notableFeature oldest existing trophy awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America
only major North American sports trophy that travels with players during off-season
originalPurpose challenge cup for Canada’s top amateur ice hockey club
presentedBy National Hockey League
region North America
sport ice hockey
sportGoverningBody National Hockey League
sportSeason NHL playoffs
tradition each player on winning team gets personal time with the Cup
winning team captain usually receives the Cup first on the ice
weight approximately 15.5 kilograms

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The Cup alsoKnownAs Stanley Cup
The Cup alsoKnownAs Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: Lord Stanley’s Cup
Stanley Cup trustees appliesTo Stanley Cup
Conn Smythe Trophy associatedWith Stanley Cup
Bobby Hull awardReceived Stanley Cup
Orr awardReceived Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Bobby Orr
Corey Perry awardReceived Stanley Cup
Eddie Shore awardReceived Stanley Cup
Joe Sakic awardReceived Stanley Cup
Nikita Kucherov awardReceived Stanley Cup
Patrice Bergeron awardReceived Stanley Cup
Roderick awardReceived Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Roderick "Rod" Langway
Sergei Brylin awardReceived Stanley Cup
Sergei Fyodorov awardReceived Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup awardedDuring Stanley Cup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Stanley Cup awardedFor Stanley Cup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Hockey League playoff championship
Billy Smith championshipWon Stanley Cup
Frank Nighbor championshipWon Stanley Cup
John Carlson championshipWon Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: 2018 Stanley Cup
NHA competition Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup competition Stanley Cup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
NHL playoffs competitionForTrophy Stanley Cup
Great Hall contains Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Great Hall (Hockey Hall of Fame)
Stanley Cup trustees createdFor Stanley Cup
NHL playoffs determinesWinnerOf Stanley Cup
Lord Stanley of Preston donated Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: original Stanley Cup trophy
NHL playoffs finalSeries Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Final
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Hockey Hall of Fame hasCollection Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup hasNickName Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: Lord Stanley’s Cup
Calder Cup hasRelatedTrophy Stanley Cup
Brad Marchand hasWon Stanley Cup
Nicklas Bäckström hasWon Stanley Cup
Bäckström hasWon Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Nicklas Bäckström
Steven Stamkos hasWon Stanley Cup
Sergei Brylin hasWonChampionship Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup with New Jersey Devils
16th Earl of Derby namesakeOf Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Cam Neely participatedIn Stanley Cup
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Olie the Goalie playedIn Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Olaf Kölzig
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Presidents' Trophy relatedTo Stanley Cup