Stanley Cup
NHL championship trophy
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the winner of the National Hockey League playoffs.
It is North American professional sports' oldest trophy, first awarded in 1893.
The Cup is unique in that players' names are engraved on it, and winning teams traditionally pass it among themselves during celebrations.
They finally won the Stanley Cup after twenty years.
Pro hockey organization
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- rinkEnclosed skating surface
- slapshotForceful hockey strike
- powerplayAsserting dominance strategically
penalty · faceoff · goaltender · defenseman · forward · icing · offside · Zamboni
Championship elimination series
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- titleFormal honorific or name
- clinchSettle beyond doubt
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
elimination · contenders · underdog · upset · bracket · seed · showdown · decider
Raising with effort
- kissTouch with lips
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- locker roomShared space for dressing
ice · summer tour · tradition · ceremony · celebration · jubilation · pageantry · annual
A specific year
- silver bowlLustrous metal container
- Governor GeneralViceregal position's formal address
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- MontrealQuebec's chief city
keeper · engraving · names · bands · replica · traveling · white gloves · damaged
NHL
Pro hockey organization
powerplay · penalty · faceoff · goaltender · defenseman · forward · icing · offside · Zamboni · skate
playoffs
Championship elimination series
dynasty · elimination · contenders · underdog · upset · bracket · seed · showdown · decider · sweep
hoisting
Raising with effort
locker room · ice · summer tour · tradition · ceremony · celebration · jubilation · pageantry · annual · time-honored
1893
A specific year
- silver bowlLustrous metal container
- Governor GeneralViceregal position's formal address
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
Montreal · keeper · engraving · names · bands · replica · traveling · white gloves · damaged · repaired
- winter sportsskiing, skating, snowboarding, hockey, sledding
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize
- Big GamesSuper Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, championship game, championship games
- championshipschampionship, championship game, finals, title match, championship match
- CanadianaCanadian, Canadian flag, maple syrup, maple leaf, beaver
- Hockey HistoryOriginal Six, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cupwooden spoon
Carved cooking utensil
lottery pick · elimination · draft lottery · cellar dweller · last place