document_title: List of Stanley Cup champions

question_text: who has won the most stanley cups in a row

text: List of Stanley Cup champions

text: Challenge Cup era (1893–1914)[edit]

text: The origins of the Challenge era come from the method of play of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada prior to 1893. From 1887 to 1893, the league did not play a round-robin format, but rather challenges between teams of the association that year, with the winner of the series being the 'interim' champion, with the final challenge winner becoming the league champion for the year. The Stanley Cup kept the tradition going, but added league championships as another way that a team could win the trophy. If a team in the same league as the current champion won the league championship, it would then inherit the Cup, without a challenge. The only time this rule was not followed was in 1904, when the Ottawa Senators club withdrew from its league, the CAHL. The trustees ruled that the Cup stayed with Ottawa, instead of the CAHL league champion.

text: During the challenge cup period, none of the leagues that played for the trophy had a formal playoff system to decide their respective champions; whichever team finished in first place after the regular season won the league title.[2] A playoff would only be played if teams tied for first-place in their leagues at the end of the regular season. Challenge games were played until 1912 at any time during hockey season by challenges approved and/or ordered by the Stanley Cup trustees. In 1912, Cup trustees declared that it was only to be defended at the end of the champion team's regular season.[3]

text: In 1908, the Allan Cup was introduced as the trophy for Canada's amateurs, as the Stanley Cup became a symbol of professional hockey supremacy.[4]

text: This table lists the outcome of all Stanley Cup wins, including successful victories and defenses in challenges, and league championships for the challenge era.

text:
Date
Winning team
Coach
Losing team
Playoff format
Score
Winning goal

March 17, 1893
Montreal Hockey Club (AHAC)
Harry Shaw (mgr.)
1893 AHAC champions, no challengers

March 22, 1894
Montreal Hockey Club (AHAC)
Harry Shaw (mgr.)
Ottawa HC (AHAC)
Single-elimination
(1894 AHAC championship playoff)
3–1
Billy Barlow (9:00, third qtr)

March 9, 1895
Montreal Victorias (AHAC)[A]
Mike Grant (capt.)
1895 AHAC Champion

March 9, 1895
Montreal Hockey Club (AHAC)[A]
Harry Shaw (mgr.)
Queen's University (OHA)
Single-elimination
5–1

February 14, 1896
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Jack Armytage (capt.)
Montreal Victorias (AHAC)
Single-elimination
2–0
Jack Armytage (10:00, first half)[5][6]

February 29, 1896
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Jack Armytage (capt.)
1896 MHA champion[7]

December 30, 1896
Montreal Victorias (AHAC)
Mike Grant (capt.)
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Single-elimination
6–5
Ernie McLea (28:00, second half)

March 6, 1897
Montreal Victorias (AHAC)
Mike Grant (capt.)
1897 AHAC Champion

December 27, 1897
Montreal Victorias (AHAC)
Mike Grant (capt.)
Ottawa Capitals (CCHA)
Single-elimination[B]
15–2

March 5, 1898
Montreal Victorias (AHAC)
Frank Richardson-playing
1898 AHAC Champion

February 15–18, 1899
Montreal Victorias (CAHL)
Frank Richardson-Playing
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Two-game total goals
5–3
Robert MacDougall (second half)

March 4, 1899
Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)
Barney Dunphy
1899 CAHL Champion

March 14, 1899
Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)
Barney Dunphy
Queen's University (OHA)
Single-elimination
6–2
Harry Trihey

February 12–15, 1900
Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)
Barney Dunphy
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Best-of-three
2–1
Harry Trihey (second half)

March 7, 1900
Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)
Barney Dunphy
Halifax Crescents (MaPHL)
Best-of-three
2–0 (10–2, 11–0)

March 10, 1900
Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)
Barney Dunphy
1900 CAHL Champion

January 29–31, 1901
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Dan Bain (capt.)
Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)
Best-of-three
2–0
Dan Bain (4:00, OT)

February 19, 1901
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Dan Bain (capt.)
Winnipeg HC (MHA)
Single-elimination
(1901 MHA championship)
4–3[8]

January 21–23, 1902
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Dan Bain (capt.)
Toronto Wellingtons (OHA)
Best-of-three
2–0
Fred Scanlon (9:00, second half)

March 1902
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Dan Bain (capt.)
1902 MHA Champion

March 13–17, 1902
Montreal HC (CAHL)
Clarence McKerrow
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Best-of-three
2–1
Jack Marshall (first half)

January 29–31,
February 2–4, 1903
Montreal HC (CAHL)
Desse Browne
Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)
Best-of-three
2–1[C]
Tom Phillips

March 7–10, 1903
Ottawa HC (CAHL)
Alf Smith
Montreal Victorias (CAHL)
Two-game total goals
(1903 CAHL championship playoff)
9–1
Suddy Gilmour (4:34, first half, second game)

March 12–14, 1903
Ottawa HC (CAHL)
Alf Smith
Rat Portage Thistles (MNWHA)
Two-game total goals
10–4
Frank McGee (8:20, first half)

December 30, 1903, January 1–4, 1904
Ottawa HC (CAHL)
Alf Smith-playing
Winnipeg Rowing Club (MHA)
Best-of-three
2–1
Frank McGee (11:00, second half)

February 23–25, 1904
Ottawa HC[D]
Alf Smith-playing
Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
Best-of-three
2–0
Arthur Moore (9:38, first half)

March 2, 1904
Ottawa HC[D]
Alf Smith-playing
Montreal Wanderers (FAHL)
Two-game total goals
[E]

March 9–11, 1904
Ottawa HC[D]
Alf Smith-playing
Brandon Wheat Cities (MNWHA)
Best-of-three
2–0
Frank McGee (18:00, first half)

January 13–16, 1905
Ottawa HC (FAHL)
Alf Smith-playing
Dawson City Nuggets
Best-of-three
2–0
Harry Westwick (12:15, first half)

March 3, 1905
Ottawa HC (FAHL)
Alf Smith-playing
1905 FAHL Champion

March 7–9–11, 1905
Ottawa HC (FAHL)
Alf Smith-playing
Rat Portage Thistles (MHL)
Best-of-three
2–1
Frank McGee

February 27–28, 1906
Ottawa HC (ECAHA)
Alf Smith-playing
Queen's University (OHA)
Best-of-three
2–0
Harvey Pulford (10:00, second half)

March 6–8, 1906
Ottawa HC (ECAHA)
Alf Smith-playing
Smiths Falls HC (FAHL)
Best-of-three
2–0
Frank McGee (17:45, first half)

March 14–17, 1906
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Cecil Blachford-playing
Ottawa HC (ECAHA)
Two-game total goals
(1906 ECAHA championship playoff)
12–10
Lester Patrick

December 27–29, 1906
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Cecil Blachford-playing
New Glasgow Cubs (MaHL)
Two-game total goals
17–5

January 21–23, 1907
Kenora Thistles (MPHL)
James Link
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Two-game total goals
12–8
Roxy Beaudro

March 16–18, 1907
Kenora Thistles (MPHL)
James Link
Brandon Wheat Cities (MPHL)
Best-of-three
(1907 MPHL championship)
2–0
Fred Whitcroft (19:00, first half)[9]

March 23–25, 1907
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Lester Patrick (capt.)
Kenora Thistles (MPHL)
Two-game total goals
12–8
Ernest "Moose" Johnson

January 9–13, 1908
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Cecil Blachford (capt.)
Ottawa Victorias (FAHL)
Two-game total goals
22–4
Frank Glass (25:00, first half, first game)[10]

March 7, 1908
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Cecil Blachford (capt.)
1908 ECAHA Champions

March 10–12, 1908
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Cecil Blachford (capt.)
Winnipeg Maple Leafs (MPHL)
Two-game total goals
20–8

March 14, 1908
Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)
Cecil Blachford (capt.)
Toronto (OPHL)
Single-elimination
6–4
Ernest "Moose" Johnson

December 28–30, 1908
Montreal Wanderers (ECHA)
Cecil Blachford (capt.)
Edmonton Hockey Club (AAHA)
Two-game total goals
13–10
Walter Smaill (33:45, second half, second game)[11]

March 6, 1909
Ottawa HC (ECHA)
Pete Green
1909 ECHA champions

January 5–7, 1910
Ottawa HC (CHA)
Pete Green
Galt HC (OPHL)
Two-game total goals
15–4
Hamby Shore (10:10, first half, first game)[12]

January 18–20, 1910
Ottawa HC (NHA)
Pete Green
Edmonton Hockey Club (AAHA)
Two-game total goals
21–11
Bruce Stuart (23:45, first half)

March 9, 1910
Montreal Wanderers (NHA)
Frank Glass (capt.)
1910 NHA Champion

March 12, 1910
Montreal Wanderers (NHA)
Frank Glass (capt.)
Berlin Dutchmen (OPHL)
Single-elimination
7–3
Harry Hyland (22:00, first half)

March 10, 1911
Ottawa HC (NHA)
Pete Green
1911 NHA Champions

March 13, 1911
Ottawa HC (NHA)
Pete Green
Galt HC (OPHL)
Single-elimination
7–4
Marty Walsh (5:00, third)

March 16, 1911
Ottawa HC (NHA)
Pete Green
Port Arthur Bearcats
(New Ontario Hockey League)
Single-elimination
13–4
Marty Walsh (4:30, second)

March 5, 1912
Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)
Charles Nolan
1912 NHA Champions

March 11–13, 1912
Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)
Charles Nolan
Moncton Victorias (MaPHL)
Best-of-three
2–0
Joe Malone (18:00, first)

March 5, 1913
Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)
Joe Malone (capt.)
1913 NHA Champions

March 8–10, 1913
Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)
Joe Malone (capt.)
Sydney Millionaires (MaPHL)
Two-game total goals
20–5
Tommy Smith (3:10, second, first game)[13]

March 7–11, 1914
Toronto Hockey Club (NHA)
Jack Marshall (playing-mgr.)
Montreal Canadiens (NHA)
Two-game total goals
(1914 NHA championship playoff)
6–2
Scotty Davidson (2:00, third, second game)[14]

March 14–17–19, 1914
Toronto Hockey Club (NHA)
Jack Marshall (playing-mgr.)
Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA)
Best-of-five
3–0[F]
Harry Cameron (7:00, third)[15]

text: ^ A. Although the Montreal Victorias won the AHAC title in 1895, the Stanley Cup trustees had already accepted a challenge from the 1894 Cup champion Montreal HC and Queen's University. As a compromise, the trustees decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The Montreals eventually won the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were awarded the Cup.

text: ^ B. Intended to be a best-of-three series, Ottawa Capitals withdrew their challenge after the first game.

text: ^ C. The January 31 (a Saturday) game was tied 2–2 at midnight and the Mayor of Westmount refused to allow play to continue on Sunday. The game was played on February 2 (a Monday) and the January 31 game was considered to be void.[16]

text: ^ D. For most of 1904, the Ottawa Hockey Club was not affiliated with any league.

text: ^ E. The Montreal Wanderers were disqualified as the result of a dispute. After game one ended tied at the end of regulation, 5–5, the Wanderers refused to play overtime with the current referee, and then subsequently refused to play the next game of the series in Ottawa.

text: ^ F. During the series, it was revealed that the Victoria club had not filed a formal challenge. A letter arrived from the Stanley Cup trustees on March 17, stating that the trustees would not let the Stanley Cup travel west, as they did not consider Victoria a proper challenger because they had not formally notified the trustees.[17] However, on March 18, Trustee William Foran stated that it was a misunderstanding. PCHA president Frank Patrick had not filed a challenge because he had expected Emmett Quinn, president of the NHA to make all of the arrangements in his role as hockey commissioner, whereas the trustees thought they were being deliberately ignored. In any case, all arrangements had been ironed out and the Victoria challenge was accepted.[18][19]

text:
Coleman, Charles L. (1964). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. Sherbrooke, Quebec: Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Limited.
Montreal Gazette
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Journal
Winnipeg Tribune

text: NHA/NHL vs. PCHA/WCHL/WHL champions (1915–1926)[edit]

text: Several days after the Victoria Aristocrats – Toronto Hockey Club series, Stanley Cup trustee William Foran wrote to NHA president Emmett Quinn that the trustees are "perfectly satisfied to allow 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." Maritime league did not challenge for cup in 1914, and folded after 1915 season.[20] The Stanley Cup championship finals alternated between the East and the West each year, with games played alternately under NHA or PCHA rules.[21] The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after 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.[22][incomplete short citation] After the New Westminster Royal moved to Portland in the summer of 1914 becoming the Portland Rosebuds, an American-based team, 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.[21] In March 1916, the Rosebuds became the first American team to play in the Stanley Cup championship final.[23][incomplete short citation] In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup.[24] After that season, the NHA was suspended and the National Hockey League (NHL) took its place.[21]

text: In 1919, the Spanish influenza epidemic forced the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans to cancel their series tied at 2–2–1, marking the first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded.[25]

text: 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 final.[26] In 1924, the PCHA folded and only the Vancouver and Victoria teams entered the WCHL. With the loss of the PCHA, the championship reverted to a single series.[27] After their win in 1925, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup.[28] For the 1925–26 season the WCHL was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL). With the Victoria Cougars' loss in 1926, it would be the last time a non-NHL team competed for the Stanley Cup.

text:
Year
Winning team
Coach
Losing team
Coach
Games
Winning goal

1915
Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) (1, 1–0)
Frank Patrick-playing
Ottawa Senators (NHA) (1, 0–1)
Frank Shaughnessy (mgr.)
3–0
Barney Stanley (5:30, second)

1916
Montreal Canadiens (NHA) (1, 1–0)
Newsy Lalonde-playing
Portland Rosebuds (PCHA) (1, 0–1)
Edward Savage (mgr.)
3–2
George Prodgers (17:20, third)

1917
Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) (1, 1–0)
Pete Muldoon
Montreal Canadiens (NHA) (2, 1–1)
Newsy Lalonde-playing
3–1
Bernie Morris (7:55, first)

1918
Toronto Arenas[29] (NHL) (1, 1–0)
Dick Carroll
Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) (2, 1–1)
Frank Patrick-playing
3–2
Corb Denneny (10:30, third)

1919
Montreal Canadiens (NHL) vs. Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) – Series cancelled after the fifth game because of the flu epidemic – Stanley Cup not awarded

1920
Ottawa Senators (NHL) (2, 1–1)
Pete Green
Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) (3, 1–1)
Pete Muldoon
3–2
Jack Darragh (5:00, third)

1921
Ottawa Senators (NHL) (3, 2–1)
Pete Green
Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) (3, 1–2)
Frank Patrick-playing
3–2
Jack Darragh (9:40, second)

1922
Toronto St. Pats (NHL) (2, 2–0)
George O'Donoghue
Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) (4, 1–3)
Frank Patrick-playing
3–2
Babe Dye (4:20, first)

1923
Ottawa Senators (NHL) (4, 3–1)
Pete Green
Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL) (1, 0–1)
Ken McKenzine
2–0
Punch Broadbent (11:23, first)

1924
Montreal Canadiens (NHL) (4, 2–1)
Léo Dandurand
Calgary Tigers (WCHL) (1, 0–1)
Eddie Oatman-playing
2–0
Howie Morenz (4:55, first)

1925
Victoria Cougars (WCHL) (1, 1–0)
Lester Patrick
Montreal Canadiens (NHL) (5, 2–2)
Léo Dandurand
3–1
Gizzy Hart (2:35, second)

1926
Montreal Maroons (NHL) (1, 1–0)
Eddie Gerard
Victoria Cougars (WHL) (2, 1–1)
Lester Patrick
3–1
Nels Stewart (2:50, second)

text: NHL champions (since 1927)[edit]

text: The WHL folded in 1926, and its assets were bought by 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 the de facto championship trophy of the NHL.[27] 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.[30][31] A 2006 Ontario Superior Court case found that the trustees had gone against Lord Stanley's conditions in the 1947 agreement.[32] The NHL has agreed to allow other teams to play for the Cup should the league not be operating, as was the case in the 2004–05 NHL lockout.[31]

text: Since 1927, the league's playoff format, deciding which teams advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, has changed multiple times. In some systems that were previously used, playoff teams were seeded regardless of division or conference. From 1942 to 1967, the Cup was competed for by the league's six teams, also known as the Original Six. After the 1967 NHL Expansion, the Stanley Cup was competed for by the winners of each conference. Since 1982, the Finals have been played between the league's conference playoff champions.

text:
Year
Winning team
Coach
Losing team
Coach
Games
Winning goal
Conn Smythe Trophy

1927
Ottawa Senators (C) (5, 4–1)
Dave Gill
Boston Bruins (A) (1, 0–1)
Art Ross
2–0–2
Cy Denneny (7:30, second)

1928
New York Rangers (A) (1, 1–0)
Lester Patrick-playing
Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 1–1)
Eddie Gerard
3–2
Frank Boucher (3:35, third)

1929
Boston Bruins (A) (2, 1–1)
Cy Denneny-playing
New York Rangers (A) (2, 1–1)
Lester Patrick
2–0
Bill Carson (18:02, third)

1930
Montreal Canadiens (C) (6, 3–2)
Cecil Hart
Boston Bruins (A) (3, 1–2)
Art Ross
2–0
Howie Morenz (1:00, second)

1931
Montreal Canadiens (C) (7, 4–2)
Cecil Hart
Chicago Black Hawks (A) (1, 0–1)
Dick Irvin
3–2
Johnny Gagnon (9:59, second)

1932
Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (3, 3–0)
Dick Irvin
New York Rangers (A) (3, 1–2)
Lester Patrick
3–0
Ace Bailey (15:07, third)

1933
New York Rangers (A) (4, 2–2)
Lester Patrick
Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (4, 3–1)
Dick Irvin
3–1
Bill Cook (7:34, OT)

1934
Chicago Black Hawks (A) (2, 1–1)
Tommy Gorman
Detroit Red Wings (A) (1, 0–1)
Jack Adams
3–1
Mush March (10:05, second OT)

1935
Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 2–1)
Tommy Gorman
Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (5, 3–2)
Dick Irvin
3–0
Baldy Northcott (16:18, second)

1936
Detroit Red Wings (A) (2, 1–1)
Jack Adams
Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (6, 3–3)
Dick Irvin
3–1
Pete Kelly (9:45, third)

1937
Detroit Red Wings (A) (3, 2–1)
Jack Adams
New York Rangers (A) (5, 2–3)
Lester Patrick
3–2
Marty Barry (19:22, first)

1938
Chicago Black Hawks (A) (3, 2–1)
Bill Stewart
Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (7, 3–4)
Dick Irvin
3–1
Carl Voss (16:45, second)

1939
Boston Bruins (4, 2–2)
Art Ross
Toronto Maple Leafs (8, 3–5)
Dick Irvin
4–1
Roy Conacher (17:54, second)

1940
New York Rangers (6, 3–3)
Frank Boucher
Toronto Maple Leafs (9, 3–6)
Dick Irvin
4–2
Bryan Hextall (2:07, OT)

1941
Boston Bruins (5, 3–2)
Cooney Weiland
Detroit Red Wings (4, 2–2)
Jack Adams
4–0
Bobby Bauer (8:43, second)

1942
Toronto Maple Leafs (10, 4–6)
Hap Day
Detroit Red Wings (5, 2–3)
Jack Adams
4–3
Pete Langelle (9:48, third)

1943
Detroit Red Wings (6, 3–3)
Jack Adams
Boston Bruins (6, 3–3)
Art Ross
4–0
Joe Carveth (12:09, first)

1944
Montreal Canadiens (8, 5–2)
Dick Irvin
Chicago Black Hawks (4, 2–2)
Paul Thompson
4–0
Toe Blake (9:12, OT)

1945
Toronto Maple Leafs (11, 5–6)
Hap Day
Detroit Red Wings (7, 3–4)
Jack Adams
4–3
Babe Pratt (12:14, third)

1946
Montreal Canadiens (9, 6–2)
Dick Irvin
Boston Bruins (7, 3–4)
Dit Clapper
4–1
Toe Blake (11:06, third)

1947
Toronto Maple Leafs (12, 6–6)
Hap Day
Montreal Canadiens (10, 6–3)
Dick Irvin
4–2
Ted Kennedy (14:39, third)

1948
Toronto Maple Leafs (13, 7–6)
Hap Day
Detroit Red Wings (8, 3–5)
Tommy Ivan
4–0
Harry Watson (11:13, first)

1949
Toronto Maple Leafs (14, 8–6)
Hap Day
Detroit Red Wings (9, 3–6)
Tommy Ivan
4–0
Cal Gardner (19:45, second)

1950
Detroit Red Wings (10, 4–6)
Tommy Ivan
New York Rangers (7, 3–4)
Lynn Patrick
4–3
Pete Babando (8:31, second OT)

1951
Toronto Maple Leafs (15, 9–6)
Joe Primeau
Montreal Canadiens (11, 6–4)
Dick Irvin
4–1
Bill Barilko (2:53, OT)

1952
Detroit Red Wings (11, 5–6)
Tommy Ivan
Montreal Canadiens (12, 6–5)
Dick Irvin
4–0
Metro Prystai (6:50, first)

1953
Montreal Canadiens (13, 7–5)
Dick Irvin
Boston Bruins (8, 3–5)
Lynn Patrick
4–1
Elmer Lach (1:22, OT)

1954
Detroit Red Wings (12, 6–6)
Tommy Ivan
Montreal Canadiens (14, 7–6)
Dick Irvin
4–3
Tony Leswick (4:20, OT)

1955
Detroit Red Wings (13, 7–6)
Jimmy Skinner
Montreal Canadiens (15, 7–7)
Dick Irvin
4–3
Gordie Howe (19:49, second)

1956
Montreal Canadiens (16, 8–7)
Toe Blake
Detroit Red Wings (14, 7–7)
Jimmy Skinner
4–1
Maurice Richard (15:08, second)

1957
Montreal Canadiens (17, 9–7)
Toe Blake
Boston Bruins (9, 3–6)
Milt Schmidt
4–1
Dickie Moore (0:14, second)

1958
Montreal Canadiens (18, 10–7)
Toe Blake
Boston Bruins (10, 3–7)
Milt Schmidt
4–2
Bernie Geoffrion (19:26, second)

1959
Montreal Canadiens (19, 11–7)
Toe Blake
Toronto Maple Leafs (16, 9–7)
Punch Imlach
4–1
Marcel Bonin (9:55, second)

1960
Montreal Canadiens (20, 12–7)
Toe Blake
Toronto Maple Leafs (17, 9–8)
Punch Imlach
4–0
Jean Beliveau (8:16, first)

1961
Chicago Black Hawks (5, 3–2)
Rudy Pilous
Detroit Red Wings (15, 7–8)
Sid Abel
4–2
Ab McDonald (18:49, second)

1962
Toronto Maple Leafs (18, 10–8)
Punch Imlach
Chicago Black Hawks (6, 3–3)
Rudy Pilous
4–2
Dick Duff (14:14, third)

1963
Toronto Maple Leafs (19, 11–8)
Punch Imlach
Detroit Red Wings (16, 7–9)
Sid Abel
4–1
Eddie Shack (13:28, third)

1964
Toronto Maple Leafs (20, 12–8)
Punch Imlach
Detroit Red Wings (17, 7–10)
Sid Abel
4–3
Andy Bathgate (3:04, first)

1965
Montreal Canadiens (21, 13–7)
Toe Blake
Chicago Black Hawks (7, 3–4)
Billy Reay
4–3
Jean Beliveau (0:14, first)
Jean Beliveau

1966
Montreal Canadiens (22, 14–7)
Toe Blake
Detroit Red Wings (18, 7–11)
Sid Abel
4–2
Henri Richard (2:20, OT)
Roger Crozier

1967
Toronto Maple Leafs (21, 13–8)
Punch Imlach
Montreal Canadiens (23, 14–8)
Toe Blake
4–2
Jim Pappin (19:24, second)
Dave Keon

1968
Montreal Canadiens (E) (24, 15–8)
Toe Blake
St. Louis Blues (W) (1, 0–1)
Scotty Bowman
4–0
J. C. Tremblay (11:40, third)
Glenn Hall

1969
Montreal Canadiens (E) (25, 16–8)
Claude Ruel
St. Louis Blues (W) (2, 0–2)
Scotty Bowman
4–0
John Ferguson (3:02, third)
Serge Savard

1970
Boston Bruins (E) (11, 4–7)
Harry Sinden
St. Louis Blues (W) (3, 0–3)
Scotty Bowman
4–0
Bobby Orr (0:40, OT)
Bobby Orr

1971
Montreal Canadiens (E) (26, 17–8)
Al MacNeil
Chicago Black Hawks (W) (8, 3–5)
Billy Reay
4–3
Henri Richard (2:34, third)
Ken Dryden

1972
Boston Bruins (E) (12, 5–7)
Tom Johnson
New York Rangers (E) (8, 3–5)
Emile Francis
4–2
Bobby Orr (11:18, first)
Bobby Orr

1973
Montreal Canadiens (E) (27, 18–8)
Scotty Bowman
Chicago Black Hawks (W) (9, 3–6)
Billy Reay
4–2
Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third)
Yvan Cournoyer

1974
Philadelphia Flyers (W) (1, 1–0)
Fred Shero
Boston Bruins (E) (13, 5–8)
Bep Guidolin
4–2
Rick MacLeish (14:48, first)
Bernie Parent

1975
Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (2, 2–0)
Fred Shero
Buffalo Sabres (PW) (1, 0–1)
Floyd Smith
4–2
Bob Kelly (0:11, third)
Bernie Parent

1976
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (28, 19–8)
Scotty Bowman
Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (3, 2–1)
Fred Shero
4–0
Guy Lafleur (14:18, third)
Reggie Leach

1977
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (29, 20–8)
Scotty Bowman
Boston Bruins (PW) (14, 5–9)
Don Cherry
4–0
Jacques Lemaire (4:32, OT)
Guy Lafleur

1978
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (30, 21–8)
Scotty Bowman
Boston Bruins (PW) (15, 5–10)
Don Cherry
4–2
Mario Tremblay (9:20, first)
Larry Robinson

1979
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (31, 22–8)
Scotty Bowman
New York Rangers (CC) (9, 3–6)
Fred Shero
4–1
Jacques Lemaire (1:02, second)
Bob Gainey

1980
New York Islanders (CC) (1, 1–0)
Al Arbour
Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (4, 2–2)
Pat Quinn
4–2
Bob Nystrom (7:11, OT)
Bryan Trottier

1981
New York Islanders (CC) (2, 2–0)
Al Arbour
Minnesota North Stars (PW) (1, 0–1)
Glen Sonmor
4–1
Wayne Merrick (5:37, first)
Butch Goring

1982
New York Islanders (PW) (3, 3–0)
Al Arbour
Vancouver Canucks (CC) (1, 0–1)
Roger Neilson
4–0
Mike Bossy (5:00, second)
Mike Bossy

1983
New York Islanders (PW) (4, 4–0)
Al Arbour
Edmonton Oilers (CC) (1, 0–1)
Glen Sather
4–0
Mike Bossy (12:39, first)
Billy Smith

1984
Edmonton Oilers (CC) (2, 1–1)
Glen Sather
New York Islanders (PW) (5, 4–1)
Al Arbour
4–1
Ken Linseman (0:38, second)
Mark Messier

1985
Edmonton Oilers (CC) (3, 2–1)
Glen Sather
Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (5, 2–3)
Mike Keenan
4–1
Paul Coffey (17:57, first)
Wayne Gretzky

1986
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (32, 23–8)
Jean Perron
Calgary Flames (CC) (1, 0–1)
Bob Johnson
4–1
Bobby Smith (10:30, third)
Patrick Roy

1987
Edmonton Oilers (CC) (4, 3–1)
Glen Sather
Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (6, 2–4)
Mike Keenan
4–3
Jari Kurri (14:59, second)
Ron Hextall

1988
Edmonton Oilers (CC) (5, 4–1)
Glen Sather
Boston Bruins (PW) (16, 5–11)
Terry O'Reilly
4–0
Wayne Gretzky (9:44, second)
Wayne Gretzky

1989
Calgary Flames (CC) (2, 1–1)
Terry Crisp
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (33, 23–9)
Pat Burns
4–2
Doug Gilmour (11:02, third)
Al MacInnis

1990
Edmonton Oilers (CC) (6, 5–1)
John Muckler
Boston Bruins (PW) (17, 5–12)
Mike Milbury
4–1
Craig Simpson (9:31, second)
Bill Ranford

1991
Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (1, 1–0)
Bob Johnson
Minnesota North Stars (CC) (2, 0–2)
Bob Gainey
4–2
Ulf Samuelsson (2:00, first)
Mario Lemieux

1992
Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (2, 2–0)
Scotty Bowman
Chicago Blackhawks (CC) (10, 3–7)
Mike Keenan
4–0
Ron Francis (7:59, third)
Mario Lemieux

1993
Montreal Canadiens (PW) (34, 24–9)
Jacques Demers
Los Angeles Kings (CC) (1, 0–1)
Barry Melrose
4–1
Kirk Muller (3:51, second)
Patrick Roy

1994
New York Rangers (EC) (10, 4–6)
Mike Keenan
Vancouver Canucks (WC) (2, 0–2)
Pat Quinn
4–3
Mark Messier (13:29, second)
Brian Leetch

1995
New Jersey Devils (EC) (1, 1–0)
Jacques Lemaire
Detroit Red Wings (WC) (19, 7–12)
Scotty Bowman
4–0
Neal Broten (7:56, second)
Claude Lemieux

1996
Colorado Avalanche (WC) (1, 1–0)
Marc Crawford
Florida Panthers (EC) (1, 0–1)
Doug MacLean
4–0
Uwe Krupp (4:31, third OT)
Joe Sakic

1997
Detroit Red Wings (WC) (20, 8–12)
Scotty Bowman
Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (7, 2–5)
Terry Murray
4–0
Darren McCarty (13:02, second)
Mike Vernon

1998
Detroit Red Wings (WC) (21, 9–12)
Scotty Bowman
Washington Capitals (EC) (1, 0–1)
Ron Wilson
4–0
Martin Lapointe (2:26, second)
Steve Yzerman

1999
Dallas Stars (WC) (3, 1–2)
Ken Hitchcock
Buffalo Sabres (EC) (2, 0–2)
Lindy Ruff
4–2
Brett Hull (14:51, third OT)
Joe Nieuwendyk

2000
New Jersey Devils (EC) (2, 2–0)
Larry Robinson
Dallas Stars (WC) (4, 1–3)
Ken Hitchcock
4–2
Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT)
Scott Stevens

2001
Colorado Avalanche (WC) (2, 2–0)
Bob Hartley
New Jersey Devils (EC) (3, 2–1)
Larry Robinson
4–3
Alex Tanguay (4:57, second)
Patrick Roy

2002
Detroit Red Wings (WC) (22, 10–12)
Scotty Bowman
Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (1, 0–1)
Paul Maurice
4–1
Brendan Shanahan (14:04, second)
Nicklas Lidstrom

2003
New Jersey Devils (EC) (4, 3–1)
Pat Burns
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (WC) (1, 0–1)
Mike Babcock
4–3
Michael Rupp (2:22, second)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

2004
Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (1, 1–0)
John Tortorella
Calgary Flames (WC) (3, 1–2)
Darryl Sutter
4–3
Ruslan Fedotenko (14:38, second)
Brad Richards

2005
Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

2006
Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (2, 1–1)
Peter Laviolette
Edmonton Oilers (WC) (7, 5–2)
Craig MacTavish
4–3
Frantisek Kaberle (4:18, second)
Cam Ward

2007
Anaheim Ducks (WC) (2, 1–1)
Randy Carlyle
Ottawa Senators (EC) (1, 0–1)
Bryan Murray
4–1
Travis Moen (15:44, second)
Scott Niedermayer

2008
Detroit Red Wings (WC) (23, 11–12)
Mike Babcock
Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (3, 2–1)
Michel Therrien
4–2
Henrik Zetterberg (7:36, third)
Henrik Zetterberg

2009
Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (4, 3–1)
Dan Bylsma
Detroit Red Wings (WC) (24, 11–13)
Mike Babcock
4–3
Maxime Talbot (10:07, second)
Evgeni Malkin

2010
Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (11, 4–7)
Joel Quenneville
Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (8, 2–6)
Peter Laviolette
4–2
Patrick Kane (4:06, OT)
Jonathan Toews

2011
Boston Bruins (EC) (18, 6–12)
Claude Julien
Vancouver Canucks (WC) (3, 0–3)
Alain Vigneault
4–3
Patrice Bergeron (14:37, first)
Tim Thomas

2012
Los Angeles Kings (WC) (2, 1–1)
Darryl Sutter
New Jersey Devils (EC) (5, 3–2)
Peter DeBoer
4–2
Jeff Carter (12:45, first)
Jonathan Quick

2013
Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (12, 5–7)
Joel Quenneville
Boston Bruins (EC) (19, 6–13)
Claude Julien
4–2
Dave Bolland (19:01, third)
Patrick Kane

2014
Los Angeles Kings (WC) (3, 2–1)
Darryl Sutter
New York Rangers (EC) (11, 4–7)
Alain Vigneault
4–1
Alec Martinez (14:43, second OT)
Justin Williams

2015
Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (13, 6–7)
Joel Quenneville
Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (2, 1–1)
Jon Cooper
4–2
Duncan Keith (17:13, second)
Duncan Keith

2016
Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (5, 4–1)
Mike Sullivan
San Jose Sharks (WC) (1, 0–1)
Peter DeBoer
4–2
Kris Letang (7:46, second)
Sidney Crosby

2017
Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (6, 5–1)
Mike Sullivan
Nashville Predators (WC) (1, 0–1)
Peter Laviolette
4–2
Patric Hornqvist (18:25, third)
Sidney Crosby

text: Appearances[edit]

text: Challenge Cup era (1893–1914)[edit]

text: Legend: SC = successful Stanley Cup challenge or defense of championship (win); UC = unsuccessful Stanley Cup challenge or defense of championship (loss); Years in bold denote a Stanley Cup win.

text:
Team
SC
UC
Total
Win %
Appearances

Ottawa HC
17
2
19
.895
1894, 1903 (2), 1904 (4), 1905 (3), 1906 (2), 1906, 1909, 1910 (2), 1911 (3)

Montreal Wanderers
10
2
12
.833
1904, 1906 (2), 1907, 1907, 1908 (5), 1910 (2)

Winnipeg Victorias
6
5
11
.545
1896 (2), 1896, 1899, 1900, 1901 (2), 1902 (2), 1902, 1903

Montreal Victorias
6
2
8
.750
1895, 1896, 1896, 1897 (2), 1898, 1899, 1903

Montreal Shamrocks
5
1
6
.833
1899 (2), 1900 (3), 1901

Montreal HC
5
0
5
1.000
1893, 1894, 1895, 1902, 1903

Quebec Bulldogs
4
0
4
1.000
1912 (2), 1913 (2)

Rat Portage/Kenora Thistles
2
3
5
.400
1903, 1905, 1907 (2), 1907

Toronto Blueshirts
2
0
2
1.000
1914 (2)

Queen's University
0
3
3
.000
1895, 1899, 1906

Brandon Wheat Cities
0
2
2
.000
1904, 1907

Edmonton HC
0
2
2
.000
1908, 1910

Galt HC
0
2
2
.000
1910, 1911

Winnipeg Maple Leafs
0
2
2
.000
1901, 1908

text: The following 16 teams unsuccessfully challenged for a Stanley Cup only once: Berlin Dutchmen (1910), Dawson City Nuggets (1905), Halifax Crescents (1900), Moncton Victorias (1912), Montreal Canadiens (1914), New Glasgow Cubs (1906), Ottawa Capitals (1897), Ottawa Victorias (1908), Port Arthur Bearcats (1911), Smiths Falls (1906), Sydney Millionaires (1913), Toronto Marlboros (1904), Toronto Professionals (1908), Toronto Wellingtons (1902), Victoria Aristocrats (1914), Winnipeg Rowing Club (1904).

text: Stanley Cup Finals era (since 1915)[edit]

text: Active teams[edit]

text: Unless marked otherwise, teams played in the NHL exclusively at the time they competed for the Stanley Cup. A bolded year denotes a Stanley Cup win.

text:
Apps
Team
Wins
Losses
Win %
Years of appearance (in Stanley Cup Finals)

7001340000000000000♠34[a]
Montreal Canadiens
7001240000000000000♠24
7000900000000000000♠9[a]
.727
1916, 1917, 1919 [a], 1924, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1993

7001240000000000000♠24
Detroit Red Wings
7001110000000000000♠11
7001130000000000000♠13
.458
1934, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2009

7001210000000000000♠21
Toronto Maple Leafs[b]
7001130000000000000♠13
7000800000000000000♠8
.619
1918, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967

7001190000000000000♠19
Boston Bruins
7000600000000000000♠6
7001130000000000000♠13
.316
1927, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1990, 2011, 2013

7001130000000000000♠13
Chicago Blackhawks[c]
7000600000000000000♠6
7000700000000000000♠7
.462
1931, 1934, 1938, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1992, 2010, 2013, 2015

7001110000000000000♠11
New York Rangers
7000400000000000000♠4
7000700000000000000♠7
.364
1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1940, 1950, 1972, 1979, 1994, 2014

7000800000000000000♠8
Philadelphia Flyers
7000200000000000000♠2
7000600000000000000♠6
.250
1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2010

7000700000000000000♠7
Edmonton Oilers
7000500000000000000♠5
7000200000000000000♠2
.714
1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2006

7000600000000000000♠6
Pittsburgh Penguins
7000500000000000000♠5
7000100000000000000♠1
.833
1991, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017

7000500000000000000♠5
New York Islanders
7000400000000000000♠4
7000100000000000000♠1
.800
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984

7000500000000000000♠5
New Jersey Devils
7000300000000000000♠3
7000200000000000000♠2
.600
1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012

7000400000000000000♠4
Dallas Stars[d]
7000100000000000000♠1
7000300000000000000♠3
.250
1981, 1991, 1999, 2000

7000300000000000000♠3
Los Angeles Kings
7000200000000000000♠2
7000100000000000000♠1
.667
1993, 2012, 2014

7000300000000000000♠3
Calgary Flames
7000100000000000000♠1
7000200000000000000♠2
.333
1986, 1989, 2004

7000300000000000000♠3
St. Louis Blues
5000000000000000000♠0
7000300000000000000♠3
.000
1968, 1969, 1970

7000300000000000000♠3
Vancouver Canucks
5000000000000000000♠0
7000300000000000000♠3
.000
1982, 1994, 2011

7000200000000000000♠2
Colorado Avalanche
7000200000000000000♠2
5000000000000000000♠0
1.000
1996, 2001

7000200000000000000♠2
Anaheim Ducks[e]
7000100000000000000♠1
7000100000000000000♠1
.500
2003, 2007

7000200000000000000♠2
Carolina Hurricanes
7000100000000000000♠1
7000100000000000000♠1
.500
2002, 2006

7000200000000000000♠2
Tampa Bay Lightning
7000100000000000000♠1
7000100000000000000♠1
.500
2004, 2015

7000200000000000000♠2
Buffalo Sabres
5000000000000000000♠0
7000200000000000000♠2
.000
1975, 1999

7000100000000000000♠1
Florida Panthers
5000000000000000000♠0
7000100000000000000♠1
.000
1996

7000100000000000000♠1
Nashville Predators
5000000000000000000♠0
7000100000000000000♠1
.000
2017

7000100000000000000♠1
Ottawa Senators[f]
5000000000000000000♠0
7000100000000000000♠1
.000
2007

7000100000000000000♠1
San Jose Sharks
5000000000000000000♠0
7000100000000000000♠1
.000
2016

7000100000000000000♠1
Washington Capitals
5000000000000000000♠0
7000100000000000000♠1
.000
1998

text: Five active teams have yet to make a Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Three of these teams have remained in the same location since their inceptions:

text:
Columbus Blue Jackets (16 seasons, 3 playoffs)
Minnesota Wild (16 seasons, 8 playoffs, 1 Division Championship)
Vegas Golden Knights (2017 expansion team)

text: The other two teams have relocated and have not made the Finals in either location:

text:
Atlanta Thrashers (11 seasons, 1 playoff, 1 Division Championship) / Winnipeg Jets (5 seasons, 1 playoff)
Winnipeg Jets (original team) (17 seasons, 11 playoffs) / Phoenix-Arizona Coyotes (19 seasons, 8 playoffs, 1 Division Championship)

text: Five relocated teams that have won the Stanley Cup in their current locations and never appeared in the Finals in their former locations:

text:
Quebec Nordiques (16 seasons, 9 playoffs, 2 Division Championships) – won 2 Stanley Cups as Colorado Avalanche
Kansas City Scouts (2 seasons, never made playoff contention)/Colorado Rockies (6 seasons, 1 playoff) – won 3 Stanley Cups as New Jersey Devils
Oakland Seals-California Golden Seals (9 seasons, 2 playoffs)/Cleveland Barons (2 seasons, never made playoff contention) – merged with Minnesota North Stars who lost twice in the Finals then won the Stanley Cup once as Dallas Stars
Atlanta Flames (8 seasons, 6 playoffs) – won Stanley Cup once as Calgary Flames
Hartford Whalers (18 seasons, 8 playoffs, 1 Division Championship) – won Stanley Cup once as Carolina Hurricanes

text: Defunct teams[edit]

text: Listed after the team name is the name of the affiliated league(s) when the team competed for the Stanley Cup. A bold year denotes a Stanley Cup win.

text:
Appearances
Team
Wins
Losses
Win %
Years of Appearance

5
Ottawa Senators (NHA/NHL)
4
1
.800
1915, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927

4
Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA/WCHL)
1
3
.250
1915, 1918, 1921, 1922

3
Montreal Maroons (NHL)
2
1
.667
1926, 1928, 1935

3 [a]
Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)
1
1[a]
.500
1917, 1919[a], 1920

2
Victoria Cougars (WCHL/WHL)
1
1
.500
1925, 1926

1
Portland Rosebuds (PCHA)
0
1
.000
1916

1
Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL)
0
1
.000
1923

1
Calgary Tigers (WCHL)
0
1
.000
1924

text:
a The Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans appearance totals include the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals that ended with a no-decision because of the Spanish flu epidemic. It is not considered an official series win or loss by either team.
b The franchise known today as the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Cup in 1918 as the Toronto Hockey Club[33] (later engraved on the Stanley Cup as the Toronto Arenas in 1947), and in 1922 as the Toronto St. Patricks.
c The Chicago Blackhawks were known as the Chicago Black Hawks prior to the 1986–87 season.
d The Dallas Stars totals include two series losses as the Minnesota North Stars.
e The Anaheim Ducks totals include one series loss as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
f The modern Ottawa Senators (1992–present) are the namesake of the original Senators (1883–1934).


document_title: List of NBA players with most championships

question_text: what current nba player has the most championship rings

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text: List[edit]

text:
Pos
G
Guard
F
Forward
C
Center

*
Denotes players who have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame

^
Denotes players who are currently active in the NBA

tag: table

text:
Rank
Player
Pos
Seasons played
Total won
Championship teams
Ref.

1
Russell, BillBill Russell*
C
13
11
Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
[26]

2
Jones, SamSam Jones*
G
12
10
Boston Celtics (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
[9]

3
Heinsohn, TomTom Heinsohn*[a]
F/C
9
8
Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
[10]

Jones, K. C.K. C. Jones*[b]
G
9
8
Boston Celtics (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
[11]

Sanders, Tom "Satch"Tom "Satch" Sanders*[c]
F
13
8
Boston Celtics (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
[12]

Havlicek, JohnJohn Havlicek*
F/G
16
8
Boston Celtics (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)
[13]

7
Loscutoff, JimJim Loscutoff
F
9
7
Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960[d], 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
[14]

Ramsey, FrankFrank Ramsey*
F/G
9
7
Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
[15]

Horry, RobertRobert Horry
F
16
7
Houston Rockets (1994, 1995)
Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002)
San Antonio Spurs (2005, 2007)
[16]

10
Cousy, BobBob Cousy*
G
14
6
Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
[17]

Abdul-Jabbar, KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar* (formerly Lew Alcindor)[e]
C
20
6
Milwaukee Bucks (1971)
Los Angeles Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
[18]

Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan*
G
15
6
Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
[19]

Pippen, ScottieScottie Pippen*
F
17
6
Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
[20]

14
Mikan, GeorgeGeorge Mikan*
C
7
5
Minneapolis Lakers (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
[27]

Pollard, JimJim Pollard*
F/C
7
5
Minneapolis Lakers (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
[28]

Martin, SlaterSlater Martin*
G
11
5
Minneapolis Lakers (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
St. Louis Hawks (1958)
[29]

Siegfried, LarryLarry Siegfried
F
9
5
Boston Celtics (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
[30]

Nelson, DonDon Nelson*
G
14
5
Boston Celtics (1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)
[31]

Cooper, MichaelMichael Cooper
G/F
12
5
Los Angeles Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
[32]

Johnson, Earvin "Magic"Earvin "Magic" Johnson*
G
13
5
Los Angeles Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
[33]

Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman*
F
14
5
Detroit Pistons (1989, 1990)
Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998)
[34]

Harper, RonRon Harper
G
15
5
Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998)
Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001)
[35]

Kerr, SteveSteve Kerr[g]
G
15
5
Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998)
San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003)
[25]

Bryant, KobeKobe Bryant
G
20
5
Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
[36]

Fisher, DerekDerek Fisher
G
18
5
Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
[37]

Duncan, TimTim Duncan
F/C
19
5
San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)
[38]

27
Mikkelsen, VernVern Mikkelsen*
F/C
10
4
Minneapolis Lakers (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
[39]

Saul, FrankFrank Saul
G/F
6
4
Rochester Royals (1951)
Minneapolis Lakers (1952, 1953, 1954)
[24]

Sharman, BillBill Sharman*[h]
G
11
4
Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961)
[40]

Wilkes, JamaalJamaal Wilkes*
G/F
12
4
Golden State Warriors (1975)
Los Angeles Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985[f])
[41]

Rambis, KurtKurt Rambis
F
14
4
Los Angeles Lakers (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
[42]

Parish, RobertRobert Parish*
C
21
4
Boston Celtics (1981, 1984, 1986)
Chicago Bulls (1997)
[43]

Perdue, WillWill Perdue
C
13
4
Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993)
San Antonio Spurs (1999)
[44]

Salley, JohnJohn Salley
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document_title: Bend It Like Beckham

question_text: who played the coach in bend it like beckham

text: Bend It Like Beckham

text: Plot[edit]

text: Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs living in Hounslow, London. Juliette "Jules" Paxton (Keira Knightley) is the same age and the daughter of a native English family. Jess is infatuated with football, but because she is a woman, her conservative family won't let her play. However, she sometimes plays in the park with boys, including her best friend, Tony (Ameet Chana), a closeted gay man.

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text: Whilst on a jog through the park, Jules discovers Jess's skills, befriends her, and invites her to try out for the local women's football team, the Hounslow Harriers coached by Joe (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Jess is extremely happy and excited about the tryouts, even though Joe is sceptical about a new player joining the team. After seeing Jess's skills, Joe accepts her on the team and Jess lies to Joe about her parents being cool with the idea.

text: Jess's parents (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) eventually discover that Jess has been playing football behind their backs. They become more strict and forbid Jess to play in any more matches. The elder Bhamras are also distracted by their elaborate wedding plans for Jess's older sister, Pinky (Archie Panjabi). Thanks to the skills of Jess and Jules, the Harriers reach the finals of the league tournament. Unfortunately, the finals and Pinky's wedding fall on the same day.

text: Joe pleads with Mr Bhamra to allow Jess to play, but Mr Bhamra refuses, which reveals that he does not want Jess to suffer the way he did when he was excluded from a cricket club because of being Indian. Jess develops an attraction toward Joe, and when the team plays in Hamburg, Germany and goes out clubbing, they're caught by Jules when about to kiss. Jules also has a crush on Joe, and this sours the two girls' friendship, as Jules is adamant that she had told Jess about her crush. When Jess goes to Jules's house to try to patch up their friendship, Jules's mother (Juliet Stevenson) is misled and thinks they're hiding a lesbian relationship.

text: Joe accepts that Jess is not allowed to play and the final begins without her. But halfway through Pinky's wedding, Tony convinces Mr Bhamra to let Jess go. He agrees, and Tony drives Jess to the game, where the Harriers are losing 1–0 with half an hour left. Jess and Jules tie the score, and when Jess is awarded a free kick, she must bend the ball around the wall of players to score. She succeeds and the Harriers win the tournament. Jess and Jules are offered sports scholarships at Santa Clara University in California, which Jules tells her parents immediately, whereas Jess has trouble telling hers. Jules and her mother arrive at Pinky's wedding so that Jules can celebrate with Jess. When Mrs Paxton accuses Jess of being a hypocrite and a lesbian, Jules grabs her mother and runs off in shame.

text: Jess has still not told her parents about the scholarship – she is afraid they might not allow her to go to the United States on her own. Tony, out of friendship for Jess, decides to lie to the family and tell them he is engaged to Jess as long as she gets to go to any college she wants. Jess reveals the lie and her mother blames Jess's father for allowing her to play. Jess's father convinces her mother to accept Jess's wishes after telling her he doesn't want Jess to suffer as he did. Jess flees to the football field to tell Joe of her parents' decision. The two almost kiss, but Jess pulls away, saying her parents would object, and that although they had come far enough to let her go to America to play, she doesn't think they would be able to handle another cultural rebellion from her.

text: On the day of Jess and Jules's flight to America, Jules's mother gives her daughter a football jersey and wishes her good luck, this being her way of telling her daughter that she has accepted Jules's decision. The two are about to board the plane when Joe arrives and confesses his love for Jess. The two kiss and Jess agrees to sort out their relationship (and her parents) when she returns for Christmas. While at the airport, they see David Beckham with his wife Victoria, which Jules takes as a sign. Jess and Jules send their parents a team photograph, and it is revealed that Pinky is pregnant. Finally, Mr Bhamra is seen practising cricket with Joe's help.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Parminder Nagra as Jesminder Kaur "Jess" Bhamra
Keira Knightley as Juliette "Jules" Paxton
Archie Panjabi as "Pinky" Kaur Bhamra
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Joe
Shaznay Lewis as Marlena "Mel" Goines
Anupam Kher as Mohaan Singh Bhamra
Shaheen Khan as Mrs. "Sukhi" Kaur Bhamra
Frank Harper as Alan Paxton
Juliet Stevenson as Paula Paxton
Ameet Chana as Tony
Kulvinder Ghir as Teetu
Pooja Shah as Meena
Preeya Kalidas as Monica
Trey Farley as Taz
Saraj Chaudhry as Sonny
Paven Virk as Bubbly
Nithin Sathya (uncredited) as Waiter
Emma Daly as team player
Nina Wadia as Wedding Caterer
Ace Bhatti as Nairobi Grandson
David Beckham as himself
Gary Lineker as himself
Alan Hansen as himself
John Barnes as himself

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text: Production[edit]

text: Gurinder Chadha co-wrote the script with Guljit Bindra and screenwriting partner Paul Mayeda Berges. Nayar and Chadha actively pursued financing for the film at Sundance Film Festival. Having previously worked with Road Movies, a German production company on several other projects, Nayar approached them and they came on board, followed by British Screen and The Film Council.

text: Helkon SK, formerly known as Redbus, picked up the script. Fox Searchlight Pictures picked up the rights for distribution in the United States at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.[4]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography began on 18 June 2001. A variety of locations around London and Shepperton Studios were used for the nine-week shoot, with the semi-final taking place over a three-day period in Hamburg, Germany.[4]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Chadha, who played an active role in casting, chose Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, who would play the two lead roles in the film, while Archie Panjabi and Jonathan Rhys Meyers were in early talks to join the cast. Shaznay Lewis and Anupam Kher were also in final talks. Juliet Stevenson and Frank Harper joined as Paula Paxton and Alan Paxton, mother and father of Jules.

text: For the role of Jess's mother, Mrs Bhamra, Chadha turned to Shaheen Khan, whom she had previously cast in Bhaji on the Beach. Anupam Kher, a Bollywood actor, was cast as Mr Bhamra, Jess's father. Chadha worked with The Football Association and ended up casting actual players from a variety of school teams.[4]

text: Release[edit]

text: Theatrical[edit]

text: Bend It Like Beckham was released theatrically on 12 April 2002 by Redbus Film Distribution. The film then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 12 March 2003, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. When originally released in the United Kingdom, it topped the country's box office for the next three weekends, before being overtaken by About a Boy.[5][6]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The film was released on DVD and VHS on 18 November 2002 by Warner Home Video. Among the DVD bonus features, there are several scenes that did not make the final release. Some include dialogue from Pinky's friends and from Jules, as well as her mother meeting Kevin and his friends outside a shop, which would have been helpful, as Kevin is mentioned three times but is never seen.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The film surprised critics and met with mostly positive reviews. Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times noted that the film "was really full of easy humor, an impeccable sense of milieu that is the result of knowing the culture intimately enough to poke fun at it while understanding its underlying integrity."[7]

text: The Times of India noted the film's social context, saying, "[it] is really about the bending of rules, social paradigms and lives – all to finally curl that ball, bending it like Beckham, through the goalpost of ambition.... The creeping divide shows that Britain is changing, but hasn't quite changed yet. The stiff upper lip has travelled miles from the time Chadha's father was denied a pint at some pubs at Southall, but like dollops of coagulated spice in badly stirred curry, discrimination crops up to spoil the taste, every now and then, in multi-racial Britain."[8]

text: Planet Bollywood gave the film a mark of 9 out of 10: the "screenplay not only explores the development of Jesse as a person, but also the changing values and culture of NRI teens: Jesse's urge to break the social norm of the Indian home-maker, her sister's (Archie Punjabi) sexually active relationship, and the gay Indian [Tony, played by Ameet Chana]."[9]

text: The Hindu argued, "If ever there is a film that is positive, realistic and yet delightful, then it has to be Dream Production's latest venture directed by Gurinder Chadha.... Light-hearted, without taking away the considerable substance in terms of values, attitudes and the love for sport, the film just goes to prove that there are ways to be convincing and honest."[10]

text: Jamie Russell at the BBC gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and argued that "Mr Beckham ought to be proud to have his name on such a great film."[11] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives Bend It like Beckham a rating of 85 per cent based upon 147 reviews (125 positive, 22 negative).[12] The British film was distributed by iDream Productions in India,[13] and went on to set the record in India for most number of tickets sold during a single weekend for a foreign movie.

text: Box office[edit]

text: Bend It Like Beckham also became the highest grossing Indian-themed film ever in the United States, with $32 million in box office revenue.[14]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: Wins[edit]

text:
2004 Pyongyang Film Festival: Music Prize
2002 British Comedy Awards: Best comedy film
2003 ESPY Awards: Best Sports Movie ESPY Award[15]
2004 GLAAD Media Awards:  Outstanding Film – Wide Release

text: Nominations[edit]

text:
2006 Billie Award – Entertainment (Best film)
2004 Writers Guild of America Award – Best Screenplay
2003 British Academy of Film and Television Arts – Best film
2003 Golden Globe for Best Film – Musical or Comedy
2002 Locarno International Film Festival: Audience Award – Gurinder Chadha
2002 London Film Critics Circle Awards: British Best Newcomer – Keira Knightley
2002 International Film Festival of Marrakech: Special Jury Award – Gurinder Chadha
2003 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures: Special Recognition
2002 Sydney Film Festival: PRIX UIP – Gurinder Chadha
2003 The Comedy Festival: Film Discovery Jury Award – Gurinder Ch

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Music from the Motion Picture Bend It Like BeckhamSoundtrack album by Various artistsReleased
2002Recorded
2000–2002Genre
BhangraPopLabel
Milan Entertainment (US)Cube Records (UK)Producer
Various artists

text: The release of the soundtrack in the United Kingdom features bhangra music, and songs by the Spice Girls' Victoria Beckham and Melanie C and rock band Texas. It also features "Baddest Ruffest" by Backyard Dog, the aria Nessun Dorma, from Puccini's Turandot and excerpts from dance band Basement Jaxx. The USA release rearranges the tracks and excludes some material. "Dream the Dream" appears in the movie but did not make the final cut on the soundtrack.

text: Release (United Kingdom)[edit]

text:
Craig Pruess & Bally Sagoo Feat. Gunjan – "Titles"
Blondie – "Atomic"
Backyard Dog – "Baddest Ruffest"
B21 – "Darshan"
(Movie Dialogue) – "It's Beckham's Corner"
Victoria Beckham – "I Wish"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Learn To Cook Dahl"
Malkit Singh – "Jind Mahi"
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – "Tere Bin Nahin Lagda"
Bally Sagoo Feat Gunjan – "Noorie"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Juicy Juicy Mangoes"
Basement Jaxx – "Do Your Thing"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Eyes Down"
Texas – "Inner Smile"
Melanie C – "Independence Day"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Can't Make Round Chapattis"
Hans Raj Hans – "Punjabiyan Di Shaan"
Gunjan – "Kinna Sohna"
Tito Beltrán – "Nessun Dorma"
(Movie Dialogue) – "The Offside Rule Is"
Bina Mistry – "Hot Hot Hot"
Craig Pruess & Bally Sagoo Feat. Gunjan – "Hai Raba!"
Curtis Mayfield –  "Move on Up"

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text: Release (United States)[edit]

text:
Craig Pruess & Bally Sagoo Feat. Gunjan – "Titles"
(Movie Dialogue) – "It's Beckham's Corner"
Texas – "Inner Smile"
Malkit Singh – "Jind Mahi"
Bally Sagoo Feat Gunjan – "Noorie"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Learn To Cook Dahl"
Victoria Beckham – "I Wish"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Juicy Juicy Mangoes"
Gunjan – "Kinna Sohna"
Partners in Rhyme (featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) – "Tere Bin Nahin Lagda"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Can't Make Round Chapattis"
Melanie C – "Independence Day"
B21 – "Darshan"
(Movie Dialogue) – "Eyes Down"
Bina Mistry – "Hot Hot Hot"
Blondie – "Atomic"
Craig Pruess & Bally Sagoo Feat. Gunjan – "Hai Raba!"
Tito Beltrán – "Nessun Dorma"

text: North Korean broadcast[edit]

text: To mark the tenth anniversary of North Korea's relations with the United Kingdom, an edited version of Bend It Like Beckham was broadcast on North Korean state television on 26 December 2010, Boxing Day. The British Ambassador to South Korea, Martin Uden, said it was the "first ever Western-made film to air on television" in North Korea.[16]

text: Stage musical[edit]

text: A stage musical version of the film opened at London's Phoenix Theatre in June 2015.[3]


document_title: Derek Shepherd

question_text: which season of grey's anatomy does derek die

question_tokens: which season of grey 's anatomy does derek die

text: Derek Shepherd

text: Storyline[edit]

text: Derek arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital as the new Head of Neurosurgery from New York City. He is a Bowdoin College graduate[2] and attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons alongside his childhood best friend Mark Sloan and ex-wife Addison Montgomery and Private Practice characters Naomi Bennett and Sam Bennett. Derek was a student of Dr. Richard Webber and was enticed to come with an "offer he couldn’t refuse"[3] – the position of Chief of Surgery, which he eventually turned down. He specializes in highly complex tumors and conditions of the brain and spine[4][5][6] and came to Seattle Grace with a reputation for taking on "lost causes" and "impossible" cases[7] that most of his peers would turn down. As an attending he is both well-liked and feared — well-liked by patients and his scrub nurses for his compassion and gentlemanly bedside manner and feared by interns and residents who are intimidated by his reputation and high standards.[4][8] He is passionate about his job and has been known to expel staff or remove interns and residents (or at least threaten them) from his service for being disrespectful about patients or if he deems their attitude to be detrimental to his patient's well-being.[9][10][11][8]

text: Derek first meets Meredith Grey at a bar, and soon finds out that she is an intern at Seattle Grace. They begin to have feelings for one another and it causes some awkwardness at work, particularly after her supervising resident Dr. Miranda Bailey discovers their relationship. Meredith's housemates and fellow interns George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens both antagonized her for some time as they felt she was using her relationship with Derek to further her career. He generally tolerated them despite his dislike of sharing his living space with the interns who worked under him. While most of his family members accepted Meredith, his sister, Nancy, particularly disliked her and repeatedly called her "the slutty intern";[12] as of season nine she still refuses to speak to Meredith or acknowledge her as her sister-in-law.[13] His mother Carolyn approved as she felt Meredith's gray perspective of life complemented Derek's tendency to see everything in black and white.[14]

text: Derek's background was generally a mystery for the first season and source of speculation amongst his colleagues due to his sudden departure from an established and highly respected practice in New York. In the season one finale, his past eventually catches up with him when his estranged wife Addison moves to Seattle and is offered a position by Dr. Webber. Shortly thereafter, his childhood best friend Mark joins Seattle Grace as the new head of plastic surgery. Derek and Addison attempt to repair their marriage but attempts were futile. Since their divorce they have remained on amicable terms, with Addison even admonishing Meredith for breaking up with Derek in season three. In the Private Practice episode "Ex-Life" Derek finally tells Addison that his mother never liked her in the first place. He admits to Meredith that Addison cheating on him with Mark was partly his fault as an absentee husband.[15] Addison eventually leaves Seattle for a private practice in Los Angeles, spawning the spin-off Private Practice. In the season eight episode "If/Then", Meredith dreams of an alternate universe where her mother never had Alzheimer's; Derek and Addison are still married but their strained relationship and Shepherd's disillusionment causes his career to stagnate, earning him the nicknames "Bad Shepherd" and "McDreary".

text: When Derek is offered the Chief of Surgery position for the second time, he persuades the board to keep Dr. Webber on the staff. During the merger of Seattle Grace with Mercy West their relationship sours when Derek disagreed with Richard's handling of the merger and Richard begins to display uncharacteristic behavior, not unnoticed by his fellow surgeons. Derek learns from Meredith that Richard has since resumed drinking and feels forced to have him removed as Chief of Surgery. With mixed feelings, Derek offers him an ultimatum: go into rehab and possibly pick up where he left off after, or quit completely.

text: In seasons three and four, Meredith and Derek's relationship becomes rocky and they each take time to date other people. Derek's plans to propose were ruined by a series of unfortunate events in season five. In the season finale, they decide to give their planned wedding to Alex and Izzie. Due to their tight schedule, they instead informally marry and Derek writes down their "promises" on a post-it note. They legalize their marriage in season seven in order to adopt Zola, a young African orphan treated for spina bifida.[16] They briefly separate after Meredith tampers with their Alzheimer's trial, jeopardizing her career and tarnishing Derek's reputation. Zola is taken away from Meredith after a social worker finds out she and Derek are living separately. In later seasons, Derek often griped about how his subsequent interns and residents – mainly Lexie Grey, Shane Ross and Heather Brooks – did not quite measure up to Meredith.[4][10] The social worker comes back and announces they are the official parents of Zola. As Meredith nears the end of her fifth year of residency, she and Derek are torn between staying at Seattle Grace Mercy West or leaving for Boston where Derek would work at Harvard while Meredith would be at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

text: Following his rescue from the plane crash that killed Mark and Lexie, Derek learns that he may only regain 80 percent of his hand's function. He comes to terms with the fact that his career as a surgeon may be over and is grateful that he is alive. When Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), head of orthopedic surgery, tells him a more risky surgery could give him back full function of his hand or reduce its function if it goes wrong, he agrees, accepting the possibility of never again holding a scalpel. Derek recovers well and Callie clears him to return to work, but it is still weeks later that he feels ready to operate. Derek, Callie and fellow resident Jackson Avery decide to do nerve transplant for his hand. Meredith, newly pregnant with their second child, goes behind his back and calls his sisters so they can donate a nerve to him. Lizzie (Neve Campbell), Derek's younger sister, agrees to donate a nerve and the surgery is a success.

text: Derek and Meredith's marriage is strained after he accepted an invitation from the President to participate in the Brain-Mapping Initiative. He went back on his promise to her that he would not add to his current workload in order to devote time to their two young children and allow her the chance to establish her career as a full-fledged attending. Eventually he was offered a position at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., but Meredith puts her foot down and refuses to leave her hometown and uproot their young family. His youngest sister Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) takes over his position at Grey Sloan. Meanwhile, he and Meredith fight bitterly on and off over whether they should move. After a bad argument, he accepts the job in the heat of the moment and leaves for Washington. While there, he and Meredith talk things out over the phone and come to a mutual conclusion that they both did not want to end their marriage. He tells her that just being with her, raising their children and operating on patients was more satisfying than "saving the world".

text: In season 11, Derek is involved in a fatal car accident while driving to the airport for his final trip to Washington. He is able to hear and process auditory input, but unable to speak. He is recognized by Winnie, one of the victims of a crash he assisted in earlier, who tells the surgeons that their patient's name is Derek and that he is a surgeon as well. The hospital he was taken to was understaffed and his head injury was not detected quickly enough by the interns on duty that night. Although the neurosurgeon on call is paged multiple times, he takes too long to arrive and Derek is declared brain dead. Police arrive at Meredith's door and take her to see Derek, where she consents to removing him from life support. At the time of his death, Meredith was pregnant with their third child. She gives birth to a daughter whom she names Ellis after her mother.

text: Derek was mentioned or referenced to a number of times in season 12 as the other characters struggle to cope with his sudden death. In the episode "My Next Life", Meredith had a flashback of their first ever surgery together when a patient named Katie Bryce was admitted to the hospital with a brain aneurysm. Amelia took his death especially hard as he was the sibling she was closest to. At the end of the season, prior to her wedding to Derek's long-time colleague Owen Hunt, Amelia goes on a nervous rant about how Derek was supposed to be the one to give her away, him having given away their three other sisters at their weddings.

text: Development[edit]

text: Casting and creation[edit]

text: When Patrick Dempsey auditioned for the role of Derek Shepherd, he was afraid that he was not going to get the part. Creator Shonda Rhimes' first reaction was: "The very first time I met him, I was absolutely sure that he was my guy. Reading the lines of Derek Shepherd, Patrick had a vulnerable charm that I just fell for. And he had amazing chemistry with Ellen Pompeo." Rhimes admitted that Dempsey's dyslexia threw her at first, particularly at the first few table readings: "I did not know about Patrick's dyslexia in the beginning. I actually thought that he didn't like the scripts from the way he approached the readings. When I found out, I completely understood his hesitation. Now that we all know, if he is struggling with a word, the other actors are quick to step up and help him out. Everyone is very respectful."[citation needed] Isaiah Washington also auditioned for the part and when he did not get it, he said his reaction was like "I'd been kicked in the stomach by 14 mules." Washington was, however, later cast as Preston Burke.[17] Rob Lowe was also considered to portray Shepherd but turned the role down.[18] Some of the character's medical cases were inspired by real-life patients of Steve Giannotta, Chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, whom Rhimes had consulted in writing for Shepherd's storylines and patients.[19]

text: In January 2014, Dempsey signed a two-year contract to remain on Grey's Anatomy (then in its tenth season) that would ensure his presence for potential 11th and 12th seasons.[20] However, in April 2015, Dempsey's character was killed off[21] while his contract was not over yet. Dempsey explained: "it just sort of evolved. It’s just kind of happened. It really was something that was kind of surprising that unfolded, and it just naturally came to be. Which was pretty good. I like the way it has all played out."[22] In August 2015, Rhimes commented:

text:
“
The decision to have the character die the way that he did was not a difficult one in the sense of what were the options? Either Derek was going to walk out on Meredith, and leave her high and dry, and what was that going to mean? That was going to suggest that the love was not true, the thing we had said for 11 years was a lie and McDreamy wasn't McDreamy. For me, that was untenable. Meredith and Derek's love had to remain Meredith and Derek's love. As painful as it was for me as a storyteller, because I had never really thought that was going to happen, it preserved what felt true to me, was that Derek was going to have to die in order for that love to remain honest. Because I really couldn't have the idea that he just turned out to be a bad guy who walked out on his wife and kids be a true story. To me, it felt like that was the only way to make Meredith and Derek's magic remain true and forever frozen in time.[23]
”

text: The character was later written to be a graduate of Bowdoin College, a liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, after an alumnus led a petition signed by over 450 students to "adopt" the character as an alumnus.[24] Dempsey is from Lewiston, about 18 miles (29 km) away from Brunswick, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bowdoin in 2013.[2]

text: Characterization[edit]

text: Rhimes describes Shepherd as typical "Prince Charming". He was planned to be a doctor who doesn't really care about anything, who lives in his "own" universe and has a big sex appeal. A man who is charming, devilishly handsome and the type of guy every girl dreams of, and a man that often makes the wrong decisions, and is often known as a jerk or the ultimate heartbreaker. Rhimes planned to have this kind of character from the beginning, because he was the kind of guy whom girls fall in love with and a character whose storylines could easily be changed.[citation needed] USA Today writer Robert Bianco said: "Derek could, at times, seem like two people, warm and funny one minute, cold and self-involved the next. Dempsey's gift was in making those two sides seem like part of the same person, while keeping us rooting for that person as a whole."[25]

text: Reception[edit]

text: With the show concluding its second season, Robert Bianco of USA Today said that Emmy voters could consider him because of the "seemingly effortless way he humanizes Derek's 'dreamy' appeal with ego and vanity".[26] In the third season, Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger wrote that "the attempt to give the moral high ground back to McDreamy was bad. Dude, whatever happened in New York ceased to count in any kind of grievance tally once you agreed to take Addison back and give things another try. You're the dick who cheated on her, you're the one who knew that she found the panties, and still you act like her getting back together with Mark justifies what you did? Wow. I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike anyone on this show more than Meredith, but congratulations, big guy."[27]

text: Debbie Chang of BuddyTV noted the character's immaturity in the fourth season, saying: "The only character who did not make me love him was Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). How this character is still Shonda's golden child is beyond me. Yes, we get it. He's tormented by his love for Meredith, but that does not give him the right to lash out at her when his clinical trial patients are dying. If things don't go absolutely the way he wants them to, then he refuses to cooperate. How immature can this man possibly be? No amount of heavily styled hair or blue-blue-blue eyes is going to make me warm up to him unless he admits to being the needy, desperate one in the relationship."[28]

text: Entertainment Weekly placed Shepherd in its list of the "30 Great TV Doctors and Nurses".[29] The character was also listed in Wetpaint's "10 Hottest Male Doctors on TV" and in BuzzFeed's "16 Hottest Doctors On Television".[30][31] His relationship with Meredith was included in TV Guide's list of "The Best TV Couples of All Time".[32]

text: Victor Balta of Today listed Shepherd and Sloan's friendship in its "TV's best bromances". He called them "the most exciting couple on Grey’s," explaining "they’ve demonstrated an easy chemistry that makes for some of the great comic relief around Seattle Grace Hospital with their banter, sage wisdom on each other’s lives, and locker room-style teasing."[33] Their bromance was furthermore included in lists by About.com, BuddyTV, Cosmopolitan, Wetpaint.[34][35][36][37] However, following the announcement of Dane's upcoming departure from the show, Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald felt he and Derek "never clicked like you’d expect friends would. Any scene they had together ranged from uncomfortable to forced."[38]