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Stanley Cup
history
It all started
on March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa
Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie,
a player on the Ottawa Rebels hockey club
from Government House, delivered the following
message on behalf of Lord Stanley, the Earl
of Preston and Governor General of Canada:
"I have for
some time been thinking that it would be a
good thing if there were a challenge cup which
should be held from year to year by the champion
hockey team in the Dominion (of Canada).
"There does
not appear to be any such outward sign of
a championship at present, and considering
the general interest which matches now elicit,
and the importance of having the game played
fairly and under rules generally recognized,
I am willing to give a cup which shall be
held from year to year by the winning team."
STANLEY
CUP HISTORY - Original Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup
was originally known as the Dominion Hockey
Challenge Cup
Shortly thereafter, Lord Stanley purchased
a silver cup measuring 7 ½ inches high
by 11 ½ inches across for the sum of
10 guineas (approximately $50); appointed
two Ottawa gentlemen, Sheriff John Sweetland
Philip D. Ross, as trustees of that cup; and
set the following preliminary conditions to
govern the annual competition:
-
The winners
to return the Cup in good order when required
by the trustees in order that it may be
handed over to any other team which may
win it.
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Each winning
team to have the club name and year engraved
on a silver ring fitted on the Cup.
-
The Cup to
remain a challenge competition and not the
property of any one team, even if won more
than once.
-
The trustees
to maintain absolute authority in all situations
or disputes over the winner of the Cup.
-
A substitute
trustee to be named in the event that
one of the existing trustees drops out.
HERE'S ONE OF OUR
DIE HARD HOCKEY FAN STAFF MEMBERS WITH THE
CUP AT THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
STANLEY
CUP HISTORY - first stanley cup winners
The first
winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal
Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey
club, champions of the Amateur Hockey Association
of Canada for 1893. Ironically, Lord Stanley
never witnessed a championship game nor attended
a presentation of his trophy, having returned
to his native England in the midst of the
1893 season. Nevertheless, the quest for his
trophy has become one of the world's most
prestigious sporting competitions.
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