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The [[Stanley Cup]] is the trophy awarded to the winning team of the [[National Hockey League]]. Hockey fans are known to proudly call it the hardest trophy to win in professional sports. While that claim is difficult to prove scientifically, given that the winning team generally has to play at least 98 hockey games (82 regular season and a minimum of 16 post-season games, assuming a full post-season sweep -- which is highly unlikely), it's certainly not an ''easy'' trophy to win. |
The [[Stanley Cup]] is the trophy awarded to the winning team of the [[National Hockey League]]. Hockey fans are known to proudly call it the hardest trophy to win in professional sports. While that claim is difficult to prove scientifically, given that the winning team generally has to play at least 98 hockey games (82 regular season and a minimum of 16 post-season games, assuming a full post-season sweep -- which is highly unlikely), it's certainly not an ''easy'' trophy to win. |
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Of note is, unlike other major sports trophies where a single trophy is given to the winning team ''permanently'' to flaunt around and display (good examples are the Lombardi Trophy of the [[Super Bowl]] and the Larry O'Brien Trophy of the NBA), there is only ''one'' Stanley Cup. Okay, technically there's three of them (see below), but the authenticated trophy is one-of-a-kind, passed down from champion to champion of each season (and gets bigger in the process, at least until 1991). It was originally a challenge cup -- if you lost the game, you lost the Cup as well. While the Cup usually remains at the Hockey Hall of Fame unless it is being used for promotional purposes, it is handed to the winners at the deciding game. |
Of note is, unlike other major sports trophies where a single trophy is given to the winning team ''permanently'' to flaunt around and display (good examples are the Lombardi Trophy of the [[Super Bowl]] and the Larry O'Brien Trophy of the NBA), there is only ''one'' Stanley Cup. Okay, technically there's three of them (see below), but the authenticated trophy is one-of-a-kind, passed down from champion to champion of each season (and gets bigger in the process, at least until 1991). It was originally a challenge cup -- if you lost the game, you lost the Cup as well. While the Cup usually remains at the Hockey Hall of Fame unless it is being used for promotional purposes, it is handed to the winners at the deciding game. |
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As of early 2020, the St. Louis Blues are the current Stanley Cup champions. They've only ever won it once. |
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* The Montreal Canadiens have won the trophy 24 times, more than any other team. They haven't won it since 1993, a team record. Neither has any Canadian team, much to pretty much the entire country's chagrin. Some fans call it the [[wikipedia:Sports-related curses#Curse of Marty McSorley|Curse of Marty McSorley]]. (though there's nothing remotely approaching solidarity among Canadian hockey fans; they only want a Canadian team to win as long as it's ''their'' team). |
* The Montreal Canadiens have won the trophy 24 times, more than any other team. They haven't won it since 1993, a team record. Neither has any Canadian team, much to pretty much the entire country's chagrin. Some fans call it the [[wikipedia:Sports-related curses#Curse of Marty McSorley|Curse of Marty McSorley]]. (though there's nothing remotely approaching solidarity among Canadian hockey fans; they only want a Canadian team to win as long as it's ''their'' team). |
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** An interesting thing to note is that the curse seems to be reversed when it comes to the [[Olympic Games]], in that which Canada national team has won Olympic gold in 2002 and 2010, while the USA has not won gold since 1980. Especially considering that when Canada won both those gold medals, both finals were against the USA. |
** An interesting thing to note is that the curse seems to be reversed when it comes to the [[Olympic Games]], in that which Canada national team has won Olympic gold in 2002 and 2010, while the USA has not won gold since 1980. Especially considering that when Canada won both those gold medals, both finals were against the USA. |
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== Fan Works == |
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| ⚫ | * In the 25th Century of the [[Fanfic]] series ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', the Stanley Cup has been missing for three centuries or more, having been lost during a period of social and political upheaval, diaspora, and war on Earth. In the current day, there is an order of, well, kind of monks searching the galaxy for it. (This is a deliberate parody of a similar order in the TV show ''[[Babylon 5]]'', who are seeking the [[Holy Grail]].) |
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== Live-Action TV == |
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* ''[[Boston Legal]]'': The Cup (though likely a prop) appeared in an episode. [[William Shatner]] knocked it off a balcony. |
* ''[[Boston Legal]]'': The Cup (though likely a prop) appeared in an episode. [[William Shatner]] knocked it off a balcony. |
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* ''[[30 Rock]]'': Dennis Duffy got to carry it around after becoming "The Subway Hero." It was credited [[As Himself|As Itself]]. |
* ''[[30 Rock]]'': Dennis Duffy got to carry it around after becoming "The Subway Hero." It was credited [[As Himself|As Itself]]. |
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** And later |
** And later |
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{{quote|'''Dennis''': "...and the Ducks are mad at me for leaving the Stanley Cup on a water taxi!"}} |
{{quote|'''Dennis''': "...and the Ducks are mad at me for leaving the Stanley Cup on a water taxi!"}} |
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== Western Animation == |
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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Homer and Ned somehow get their hands on it after a blackout bender in Las Vegas. |
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Homer and Ned somehow get their hands on it after a blackout bender in Las Vegas. |
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** A couch gag has the Simpson family skating around their living room and celebrating with The Cup, along with Maggie sitting inside the bowl. |
** A couch gag has the Simpson family skating around their living room and celebrating with The Cup, along with Maggie sitting inside the bowl. |
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| ⚫ | * In the 25th Century of the [[Fanfic]] series ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', the Stanley Cup has been missing for three centuries or more, having been lost during a period of social and political upheaval, diaspora, and war on Earth. In the current day, there is an order of, well, kind of monks searching the galaxy for it. (This is a deliberate parody of a similar order in the TV show ''[[Babylon 5]]'', who are seeking the [[Holy Grail]].) |
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