Misplaced Pages

#383616

52-541: Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup , the trophy was donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston , then– Governor General of Canada , initially as a " challenge trophy " for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The champions held onto the Cup until they either lost their league title to another club, or a champion from another league issued a formal challenge and defeated

104-563: A Rogers Media -produced broadcast under a sub-license agreement, with it streaming on Rogers Media's digital platform, and a simulcast on Sportsnet starting in 2017 . French-language broadcasts in Canada also began in 1953, with play-by-play commentator Rene Lecavalier and colour commentator Jean-Maurice Bailly on CBC's Télévision de Radio-Canada (SRC) division. SRC continued to be the exclusive French-language broadcaster until 2003 when Réseau des sports (RDS) took over. Since 2015, under

156-626: A commission in the Grenadier Guards , rising to the rank of Captain before leaving the army for politics. He later served as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the part-time 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) from 23 June 1874 (though his political duties often kept him away from the regiment's annual training) and became Honorary Colonel of its successor, the 3rd and 4th Battalions, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), from 27 February 1886 until his death. He also followed his father and grandfather as Hon Colonel of

208-709: A no-decision because of the Spanish flu epidemic . Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby , KG , GCB , GCVO , PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he built Stanley House Stables in England and

260-548: A sub-license agreement with Rogers, TVA has been the exclusive home of French-language broadcasts in Canada. The first television broadcast in the United States was in 1962 , covered by local Chicago station WGN , while network broadcasts started in 1966 on NBC . However, national coverage on American television, like the rest of the NHL season, remained in a state of flux for decades. From 1966 to 1975, NBC and CBS held

312-713: A trophy today named in his honour as the Stanley Cup , known originally as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. He originally donated the trophy as a challenge cup for Canada's best amateur hockey club, but in 1909, it became contested for by professional teams exclusively. Since 1926, only teams of the National Hockey League have competed for the trophy. This now-famous cup bears his name as a tribute to his encouragement and love of outdoor life and sport in Canada and in recognition, he

364-675: Is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup , the championship trophy in ice hockey . Stanley was also one of the original inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame . Stanley was the second son of Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , and the Hon. Emma Caroline , daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale . He was born in London, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst . He received

416-463: Is named after him. He also experienced the joys of fishing and avidly pursued the sport whenever his busy schedule allowed. As governor general, Stanley was the third holder of that office to whom Queen Victoria granted the power of granting pardons to offenders or remitting sentences and fines and the power of mitigating capital or any other sentence. When Prime Minister John A. Macdonald died in office of heart failure on 6 June 1891, Stanley lost

468-460: The de facto championship trophy of the NHL. In 1947, the NHL reached an agreement with trustees P. D. Ross and Cooper Smeaton to grant control of the cup to the NHL, allowing the league itself to reject challenges from other leagues that may have wished to play for the Cup. A 2006 Ontario Superior Court case found that the trustees had gone against Lord Stanley's conditions in the 1947 agreement. The NHL has agreed to allow other teams to play for

520-462: The 1893 AHAC season . The team then had to defend its champion-title both through league championships and challenge games organised by the Stanley Cup trustees. Until 1912, these challenges could take place before or during a league season. After 1912, the trustees ordered that challenges only take place after all league games were completed. The last challenge, in 1914, was the inauguration of

572-726: The 1925–26 WHL season . This was the final season for the Western Hockey League (WHL). When the league folded, the Saskatoon players were sold to form the Montreal Maroons . Frank Patrick then negotiated the sale of the rest of the WHL players to the National Hockey League . The players were to be sold as three teams, one from the Victoria Cougars (who would be sold to Detroit and eventually become

SECTION 10

#1732771894384

624-475: The 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) , being appointed on 15 January 1894. After his death he was succeeded in this appointment by his son in turn. As the Hon Frederick Stanley he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (for Preston from 1865 to 1868, North Lancashire from 1868 to 1885 and Blackpool from 1885 to 1886). In government, he served as a Civil Lord of

676-519: The Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the first Chancellor of the University of Liverpool . Stanley Park , Liverpool is also named after him. In November 1901 Lord Derby was elected Mayor of Preston for the following year, and took part in the 1902 Preston Guild . He later received the honorary freedom of the borough of Preston, with which his family had been associated for centuries. During

728-585: The National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926. Starting in 1982 , the championship round of the NHL's playoffs has been a best-of-seven series played between the champions of the Eastern and Western Conferences . Since then, Western champions have won 21 times, while the Eastern champions have won 20 times. The Stanley Cup was first awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893 when the team won

780-720: The Portland Ice Arena . The first Rosebuds are notable for being the first American-based team to be allowed to compete for the Stanley Cup . The second Rosebuds are notable in that their roster was used to build the NHL expansion Chicago Blackhawks . The first Portland Rosebuds played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1914 to 1918. The team was previously known as the New Westminster Royals , an inaugural member of

832-399: The 16th Earl of Derby . As a result, Stanley, now known as Lord Derby, left Canada on 15 July 1893 and returned to England. An administrator was appointed to fulfil his duties until Lord Aberdeen was sworn in that September. Also in 1893, Toronto's " New Fort York " (built in 1841) was renamed The Stanley Barracks in honour of Lord Stanley. Back with his family in England, he soon became

884-614: The 1909 base ring, one of the permanent rings. Portland was the first United States –based team to participate in the Stanley Cup Finals. Portland suspended operations in 1918, and were replaced by the Victoria Aristocrats . Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against The second Rosebuds team was born when the Regina Capitals moved to Portland for

936-697: The Admiralty (1868), Financial Secretary to the War Office (1874–1878), Secretary to the Treasury (1878), War Secretary (1878–1880) and Colonial Secretary (1885–1886). In 1886, he was created Baron Stanley of Preston, in the County Palatine of Lancaster. He served as President of the Board of Trade (1886–1888), remaining in that office until he was appointed Governor General of Canada . Derby

988-585: The Allan Cup became the highest prize for amateur hockey teams in Canada, the trustees had become dependent on the top two professional leagues to bolster the prominence of the trophy. After the Portland Rosebuds , an American-based team, joined the PCHA in 1914, the trustees issued a statement that the Cup was no longer for the best team in Canada, but now for the best team in the world. Two years later,

1040-534: The Cup should the league not be operating, as was the case in the 2004–05 NHL lockout . The first television broadcast of the Stanley Cup Finals in Canada was in 1953 . English-language coverage was aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), with Danny Gallivan calling the play-by-play, Keith Dancy providing the colour commentary, and Wes McKnight hosted. The Hockey Night in Canada team of Gallivan and Dancy called

1092-662: The Cup, the trophy was then awarded to the winner of the NHL's championship playoff round. This first took place in 1927 between the Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators , which was planned to be a best-of-three series, although the series allowed ties. The series ended after four games, when the Senators defeated the Bruins in the fourth game. The NHL has changed its playoff format several times since 1927, and thus

SECTION 20

#1732771894384

1144-686: The Cup. At the same time, the NHA concluded a similar agreement with the Maritime Hockey League but the MHL champions abandoned their 1914 challenge and did not challenge again. From 1914 onwards, the Stanley Cup championship finals alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules. The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after

1196-669: The PCHA in 1911. The team moved to Portland due to poor attendance in New Westminster, British Columbia , and the availability of a larger arena in Portland. In 1916 the Portland Rosebuds won the PCHA championship and briefly held the Stanley Cup , losing it to the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals . Their win is memorialized on the Stanley Cup as "Portland Ore./PCHA Champions/1915–16" on

1248-690: The Rosebuds became the first American team to play in the Stanley Cup championship finals. In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup. After that season, the NHA dissolved, and the National Hockey League (NHL) took its place. In 1919 , the Spanish influenza epidemic forced the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans to cancel their series tied at 2–2–1, marking

1300-408: The Stanley Cup travel west, because they did not consider Victoria a proper challenger, as they had not verified themselves with the trustees. However, on March 18, trustee William Foran stated that it was a misunderstanding. PCHA president Lester Patrick, had not filed a challenge, because he had expected Emmett Quinn of the NHA to make all of the arrangements in his role as hockey commissioner, whereas

1352-431: The championship reverted to a single series. After winning in the 1924–25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup. The WHL folded in 1926, and most of the players moved to the NHL. This left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Cup. Other leagues and clubs have issued challenges, but from that year forward, no non-NHL team has played for it, leading it to become

1404-490: The close friendship he had enjoyed with Macdonald. He asked John Abbott to take over as prime minister. Once the government was in place, Abbott resigned for health reasons and turned the government over to John Thompson . Stanley helped cement the non-political role of the governor general when, in 1891, he refused to agree to a controversial motion in the House of Commons. The motion called on him as governor general to disallow

1456-408: The final round has not always pitted conference or division playoff champions against each other. In the playoff format used from 1929 to 1938, the two teams with identical division ranking would face each other (i.e. the first place teams played each other, the second place teams play each other, and likewise for the third place teams). The winner of the first place series would automatically advance to

1508-469: The final round. The winner of the second and third place series would then play each other, with the winner of that series earning the other berth to the championship round. During the Original Six era, the top four teams made the playoffs, with the first and third place teams battling in one semifinal series, while the second and fourth place teams battled in the other. And from 1975 to 1981 , all

1560-482: The first "World Series" of ice hockey, a series between the Stanley Cup and league champion Toronto Hockey Club of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Victoria Aristocrats , champions of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). The series was pre-arranged between the two leagues before the season after post-season exhibitions held in their previous seasons. The inaugural series

1612-629: The first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded. The format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in 1922 , with the creation of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). Now three leagues competed for the Cup and this necessitated a semi-final series between two league champions, with the third having a bye directly to the finals. In 1924 , the PCHA and the WCHL merged to form the Western Hockey League (WHL) and

Stanley Cup Finals - Misplaced Pages Continue

1664-688: The government of Quebec's Jesuit Estates Act , which authorized paying CA$ 400,000 as compensation for land granted to the Jesuits by the King of France. The opposition to the bill was introduced by the other provinces who were motivated by mistrust of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec. Stanley declined to interfere, citing the proposed disallowance as unconstitutional. In holding to this decision, he gained popularity by refusing to compromise

1716-641: The last years of his life, he increasingly dedicated himself to philanthropic work. He was founder president of the committee for the building of Liverpool Cathedral in 1901, and helped fund the Coronation Park, Ormskirk , in 1905. Derby married Lady Constance Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon , on 31 May 1864. She was born in 1840. They had eight sons and two daughters (of whom one son and one daughter died as children). Her Ladyship remained and several of their children lived in Canada throughout his term as Governor-General. She

1768-586: The location of the dinner party announcing the Cup at the Russell House , which has since been demolished. Stanley Quay, later renamed Stanley Street , in Brisbane , Australia , was named after him when he was Colonial Secretary. Portland Rosebuds (hockey) Portland Rosebuds was the name of two professional men's ice hockey teams in Portland, Oregon . Both teams played their home games at

1820-515: The mountain after Lord Derby. Vancouver 's Stanley Park and Stanley Theatre were also named after him, as was Stanley Park, Blackpool . The Preston Squadron of cadets at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean was named in his honour. Stanley Park, Liverpool, an area that famously separates Anfield and Goodison Park , the home grounds of English Premier League football teams Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. ,

1872-464: The next eight finals. Gallivan called his last championship series in 1978 . For decades, Hockey Night in Canada on CBC remained the exclusive English-language broadcaster across Canada, except in 1972 when a lengthy NABET strike forced coverage to be instead aired on CTV , and from 1985 to 1988 when the series was split between CBC and either CTV or Global TV . In 2015 , the CBC telecast became

1924-532: The playoff teams were seeded regardless of division or conference. From 1982 to 2020 , the NHL's final round pitted the league's two conference playoff champions. In 2021 , the league temporarily realigned due the COVID-19 pandemic , as a result the four playoff division champions were re-seeded and played in the Semifinals, with the winners of those series advancing to the finals. The league then returned to

1976-615: The previous conference based playoff format in 2022 . ^ 1. The NHL includes the Toronto Hockey Club ( Toronto Arenas ) 1918 win and the 1922 Toronto St. Patricks win in the Toronto Maple Leafs total. ^ 2. The Chicago Blackhawks were known as the Chicago Black Hawks before the 1986–87 season . ^ 3. The Montreal Canadiens totals include the 1919 finals that ended with

2028-404: The reigning Cup champion in a final game to claim their win. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. Starting in 1915, the Cup was officially held between the champion of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the champion of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the championship trophy of

2080-454: The representatives of the three pro leagues (NHA, PCHA and Maritime) to make all arrangements each season as to the series of matches to be played for the Cup." Victoria vs. Toronto All games played at Arena Gardens in Toronto. Part of their 1913 agreement to set up drafting and player rights ownership, the NHA and PCHA agreed to have their respective champions face each other for

2132-472: The rights at various times, but they each only covered selected games of the series. It was then carried on syndication from 1976 to 1979 through the 1970s NHL Network . In 1980, the Hughes broadcast network simulcast CBC's feed before the series was moved to cable. During its time on cable from 1980 to 1993, rights to the series was held at various times by USA , SportsChannel America , and ESPN , but there

Stanley Cup Finals - Misplaced Pages Continue

2184-462: The series has been rotated annually between ABC in even years and the cable channel TNT in odd years (with the option for simulcasts on their respective sister cable networks or streaming platforms). The championship series began with the interleague 'World Series' played in one city. The series alternated between a rink of the NHA and later the NHL and a rink of the PCHA and later the WCHL/WHL. It

2236-440: The trustees thought they were being purposely ignored. The Victoria challenge was accepted. Any tension was diffused as Toronto successfully defended the Cup by sweeping a best-of-five series in three games. This began the end of the influence of the Stanley Cup trustees on the challengers and series for the Cup. In March 1914, trustee William Foran wrote to NHA president Emmett Quinn that the trustees are "perfectly satisfied to allow

2288-820: The viceregal position of political neutrality. Stanley's wife, whom Wilfrid Laurier described as "an able and witty woman", made a lasting contribution during her husband's term of office. In 1891, she founded the Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses on Rideau Street , the first nursing school in Ottawa . She was also an enthusiastic fan of hockey games at the Rideau Rink . Stanley's sons became avid ice hockey players in Canada, playing in amateur leagues in Ottawa, and Lord and Lady Stanley became staunch hockey fans. In 1892, Stanley bequeathed to Canada

2340-620: Was a Freemason . Stanley was appointed the Governor General of Canada and Commander in Chief of Prince Edward Island on 1 May 1888. During his term as Governor General, he travelled often and widely throughout the country. His visit to western Canada in 1889 gave him a lasting appreciation of the region's great natural beauty as well as permitting him to meet the people of Canada's First Nations and many western ranchers and farmers. During his visit, he dedicated Stanley Park , which

2392-516: Was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 in the "Honoured Builders" category. The original size of the trophy was 7 inches (180 mm) and is now around 36 inches (910 mm) and weighs 35 pounds (16 kg). Stanley's term as Governor General of Canada was due to end in September 1893 but in April of that year, his elder brother, the 15th Earl of Derby , died. Stanley succeeded him as

2444-599: Was named after him. Stanley House Inn, named for Lord Stanley and was built as his summer residence in 1888 along the Cascapedia River . The Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup is today known as the Stanley Cup and is awarded to the winning team of the National Hockey League playoffs each season. In October 2017, Lord Stanley's Gift Monument was erected in Ottawa at Sparks Street and Elgin Street, near

2496-443: Was no exclusive coverage of games and thus local broadcasters could also still televise them regionally as well. In 1995 , Fox signed on to be the exclusive national broadcast network of selected games of the final round, splitting it with ESPN. This splitting of exclusive national coverage between a cable and a broadcast network was then passed to ABC and ESPN in 2000 , and then NBC and Versus (now NBCSN ) in 2006 . Since 2022 ,

2548-416: Was not until the demise of the WHL, that the final series alternated games between the two finalists' home ice. The series allowed ties until 1928. As the two and later three leagues differed, the series would alternate using each league's rules. The PCHA continued to use seven-man team play, and games would alternate with six and seven-man games. After the NHL became the last remaining league to compete for

2600-477: Was responsible for the foundation of the Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses in Ottawa, Ontario, as well as a Maternity Hospital. She was president of the $ 4,000 fund instituted by the women of Canada for the presentation of a wedding gift to the present Prince and Princess of Wales: a sleigh, robes, harnesses and horses and a canoe. In 1890 Prince George of Wales (the future King George V)

2652-419: Was their guest at Rideau Hall. In 1903 King Edward VII was their guest at their residence, St. James Square, London, England. Their 10 children (8 boys; 2 girls) were: Derby died on 14 June 1908, aged 67, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, who also became a distinguished politician. Lady Derby died on 17 April 1922. After Edward Whymper made the first ascent of Stanley Peak in 1901, he named

SECTION 50

#1732771894384

2704-408: Was to be held in the city of the NHA champion, and alternate annually following the series. After the series got under way, there was some concern that the series would not produce an "official" Stanley Cup champion. The Victoria club had not formally applied to the Stanley Cup trustees to challenge for the Cup. A letter arrived from the Stanley Cup trustees on March 17, that the trustees would not let

#383616