1. Henri Richard (11 Stanley Cups) When anyone looks up who has the most championships by a player in North American sports history, there is the NBA's Bill Russell and the NHL's Henri Richard.
The Toronto Maple Leafs won three straight Stanley Cups between 1962 and '64, and the '63 team was their best. That team finished in first place in the regular season, and neither of the other teams did.
The Montreal Canadiens accomplished something that no other franchise has been able to match – this dynasty won five consecutive Stanley Cup championships, first hoisting the Cup in 1956 and repeating each spring to 1960.
No other team in hockey had ever won five straight Stanley Cups and the record still stands today. After the Canadiens' victory, one of their star players, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, the first man to score 50 goals in 50 games (in the 1944-1945 season) and the first to score 500 career goals, retired.
In 1996, captain Brian Skrudland hoisted the trophy, in the same year the Avalanche touched the Campbell Bowl. In 2023, captain Aaron Ekblad followed suit and touched the trophy as well. However, the Panthers lost the Stanley Cup Finals both times.
1987: After the Edmonton Oilers won their third title in four years, Mark Messier celebrated by bringing the Cup to his favorite bar in the area, where it was dented after allowing various fans to drink from it. Messier had to get the Cup repaired before returning it to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Despite the success that the franchise has experienced in its 31 seasons, the Sharks remain the only current California-based team to have never won a Stanley Cup.
Gretzky won a total of four Stanley Cups, all with the Edmonton Oilers, in the seasons 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, and 1987-88.
The longest currently active Stanley Cup drought belongs to the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have gone 56 seasons without winning the Stanley Cup Finals.
With 2.68 million fans, the Chicago Blackhawks was the National Hockey League (NHL) team account with the greatest number of Facebook likes in April 2023. The Facebook presence of the NHL itself had around 4.65 million fans.
Each ring usually costs between $20,000 to $25,000.
The price ranges from $30 for a 30oz to $50 for a 40oz. My sister bought a Stanley cup and when she brought it over to my house, I immediately wanted that cup. She saw my interest in the cup and gave me one about two weeks later.
Montreal Canadiens
The Canadiens are the oldest hockey team in the NHL, one of the oldest continuously existing sports franchises in the world, and also one of the most successful in all of sports. The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups, 24 division championships, and have 64 players in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
There was just one problem; Nicolas Aube-Kubel lost his balance while skating over with the Cup and fell, inadvertently driving the Stanley Cup into the ice. As a result of Aube-Kubel's slip, the ring around the bottom of the trophy was dented.
Here are some of the Cup's misadventures since it was first awarded in 1893. 1905: A member of the Ottawa Senators tried to drop-kick the Cup across the Rideau Canal. Luckily, the canal was frozen and they were able to retrieve the trophy.
Among the names coming off the Stanley Cup this fall are 16 Hall of Fame players, winners of a combined 63 championships: Detroit's Alex Delvecchio (three Stanley Cup titles), Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay (four each); Montreal's Butch Bouchard (four), Bernie Geoffrion, Doug Harvey, Tom Johnson, Dickie Moore, Jacques ...
Perry went on to lose his third consecutive Stanley Cup Finals with a third different team, becoming the first player in NHL history to do so.
However, anyone with any aspirations of winning it themselves won't take this opportunity. Many believe that touching the Stanley Cup before you've won it is bad luck and will keep you from doing so.
The Cup's main escort, known as The Keeper of the Cup, is Phil Pritchard. Pritchard has been looking after the Cup since December, 1988, and is embarking on his 26th year with the Hockey Hall of Fame, which serves as “home” to the Cup on the rare day it is not traveling.
The Penguins became the only team in the salary cap era to win back-to-back championships.
Since the Stanley Cup was dedicated to NHL's top team in 1926, only eight franchises (Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning) have successfully defended their title and won the Stanley Cup in ...