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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Bill Barber winnerOf Stanley Cup
John Carlson winnerOf Stanley Cup
Bill Clement won Stanley Cup
Ed Belfour won Stanley Cup
Kevyn Adams won Stanley Cup
Miroslav Šatan won Stanley Cup
Sergei Zubov won Stanley Cup
T.J. Oshie won Stanley Cup
Zdeno Chara won Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Zdeno Chára
Chára wonAward Stanley Cup
subject surface form: Zdeno Chára
subject surface form: Art Ross
Bobby Clarke wonChampionship Stanley Cup
Denis Potvin wonChampionship Stanley Cup
Steve Yzerman wonChampionship Stanley Cup
Ryan Getzlaf wonCompetition Stanley Cup
Dan Bylsma wonTitle Stanley Cup
Alex Ovechkin wonTrophy Stanley Cup