document_title: Twilight (2008 film)

question_text: how long did it take to make the movie twilight

text: Twilight (2008 film)

text: Plot

text: Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old outcast, moves to Forks, a small town located by Washington's Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father, Charlie, who is the police chief of town. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to a minor league baseball player, and they travel often to attend games. At her new high school, Bella makes several new friends, including Jacob Black, but she is also intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school, but he seems to be repulsed by her. After a week of absence from school, Edward returns to school, and begins socializing with Bella normally. A few days later, Bella is nearly struck by a van in the school parking lot. Edward saves her by instantaneously covering a distance of over thirty feet, and putting himself between Bella and the van, stopping it with only his hand, and making a conspicuous dent on the van. He subsequently refuses to explain his actions to Bella, and warns her against befriending him.

text: After much research, Bella concludes that Edward is seemingly human, but has mysterious powers resembling to a vampire. He eventually confirms this, but says he and the other Cullens only consume animal blood. The pair fall in love, and Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family. Carlisle Cullen, the family patriarch, is a doctor working at the hospital in Forks. His wife is Esme. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie, are their informally adopted children. Edward and Bella's relationship is soon put in jeopardy, when three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria, and Laurent—arrive at Forks. James, a tracker vampire with incredible hunting instincts, is instantly intrigued by Edward's protectiveness over a human, which incites him to hunt Bella for sport. Edward and the other Cullens put their lives on the line in an effort to protect Bella, but James tracks her to Phoenix, where she is hiding with Jasper and Alice. James lures Bella into a trap by falsely claiming that he is holding her mother hostage. James attacks Bella by biting her wrist, infecting her with vampire venom. After a ferocious battle, Edward subdues James just as the other members of the Cullen family arrive. Alice, Emmett, and Jasper kill James, decapitating and burning him, as Edward removes the venom from Bella's wrist, preventing her from turning into a vampire. In the aftermath of the battle, Bella has suffered a broken leg, and ends up in the hospital, but her mother comes in to visit. Upon returning to Forks, Edward accompanies Bella to the high school prom, where he refuses to grant her request that he would transform her into a vampire. As the couple dance, they are unaware that James' mate, Victoria, is secretly watching, plotting revenge for her lover's death.

text: Cast

text:
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old girl who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. Her life is endangered after James, a sadistic vampire, decides to hunt her.[9]
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a 108-year-old vampire who was changed in 1918 and still appears to be seventeen. He is Bella's love interest and eventually falls in love with her. He has the ability to read minds, with the exception of Bella's, along with superhuman speed.[9][10]

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Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen, a compassionate 300-plus-year-old vampire who looks to be in his early 30s. He serves as the town's physician and is the Cullen family patriarch.[11]
Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Carlisle's vampire wife and the matriarch of the Cullen family.[12]
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, Jasper Cullen's mate, a vampire who can see the future based on decisions that people make.[12]
Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, physically the strongest vampire of the family.[12]
Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen's mate, a vampire described as the most beautiful person in the world. She is hostile toward Bella throughout the film, worried that Edward's relationship with a human puts their clan at risk.[6]
Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a Cullen family member who can manipulate emotions. He is the newest member of the Cullen family, and thus has the most difficulty maintaining their "vegetarian" diet of feeding only on animal rather than human blood.[12]
Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father and Forks' Chief of Police.[13]
Cam Gigandet as James Witherdale, the leader of a group of nomadic vampires that intends to kill Bella. He is Victoria's mate and a gifted tracker, due to his unparalleled senses.[6]
Rachelle Lefèvre as Victoria Sutherland, James' mate who assists him in hunting Bella.[6]
Edi Gathegi as Laurent Da Revin, the most civilized member of James' coven.[14]
Sarah Clarke as Renée Dwyer, Bella's mother who lives in Arizona with her new husband, Phil.[14]
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of the Quileute tribe.[15]
Christian Serratos as Angela Weber, one of Bella's new friends in Forks.[14]
Michael Welch as Mike Newton, one of Bella's new friends who vies for her attention.[6]
Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley, Bella's first friend in Forks.[9]
Gregory Tyree Boyce as Tyler Crowley, another one of Bella's classmates, also vying for Bella's attention. He nearly hits Bella with his van.
Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie, another one of Bella's classmates who vies for her attention.[9]
Solomon Trimble as Sam Uley. Solomon Trimble was credited as "Jacob's friend" in the film, but was widely recognized as playing the part of Sam.[16][17][18][19]
Krys Hyatt as Embry Call. She was recognized as playing the part of Embry in the Twilight film, though his role was uncredited.[20]
Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
Matt Bushell as Phil Dwyer
José Zúñiga as Mr. Molina
Ned Bellamy as Waylon Forge
Ayanna Berkshire as Cora
Katie Powers as Waitress
Trish Egan as Ms. Cope

text: Production

text: Development

text: Stephenie Meyer's paranormal romance novel Twilight was originally optioned by Paramount Pictures' MTV Films in April 2004, but the screenplay that was subsequently developed was substantially different from its source material.[2][21] When Summit Entertainment reinvented itself as a full-service studio in April 2007, it began development of a film adaptation anew,[22] having picked up the rights from Paramount (who coincidentally had made an unrelated film with the same title in 1998) in a turnaround.[23] The company perceived the film as an opportunity to launch a franchise based on the success of Meyer's book and its sequels.[12][24] Catherine Hardwicke was hired to direct the film and Melissa Rosenberg was hired to write the script in mid-2007.[25]

text: Rosenberg developed an outline by the end of August, and collaborated with Hardwicke on writing the screenplay during the following month. Rosenberg said Hardwicke "was a great sounding board and had all sorts of brilliant ideas.... I'd finish off scenes and send them to her, and get back her notes."[26] Due to the impending Writers Guild of America strike, Rosenberg worked full-time to finish the screenplay before October 31.[26] In adapting the novel, she "had to condense a great deal." Some characters from the novel were not featured in the screenplay, whereas some characters were combined into others.[27] "[O]ur intent all along was to stay true to the book", Rosenberg explained, "and it has to do less with adapting it word for word and more with making sure the characters' arcs and emotional journeys are the same."[28] Hardwicke suggested the use of voice over to convey Bella's internal dialogue[26] — since the novel is told from her point of view — and she sketched some of the storyboards during pre-production.[29]

text: Adaptation from source material

text: The filmmakers behind Twilight worked to create a film that was as faithful to the novel as they thought possible when converting the story to another medium, with producer Greg Mooradian saying, "It's very important to distinguish that we're making a separate piece of art that obviously is going to remain very, very faithful to the book.... But at the same time, we have a separate responsibility to make the best movie you can make."[30] To ensure a faithful adaptation, Meyer was kept very involved in the production process, having been invited to visit the set during filming and even asked to give notes on the script and on a rough cut of the film.[31] Of this process, she said, "It was a really pleasant exchange [between me and the filmmakers] from the beginning, which I think is not very typical. They were really interested in my ideas",[32] and, "...they kept me in the loop and with the script, they let me see it and said, 'What are your thoughts?'... They let me have input on it and I think they took 90 percent of what I said and just incorporated it right in to the script."[31] Meyer fought for one line in particular, one of the most well-known from the book about "the lion and the lamb", to be kept verbatim in the film: "I actually think the way Melissa [Rosenberg] wrote it sounded better for the movie [...] but the problem is that line is actually tattooed on peoples' bodies [...] But I said, 'You know, if you take that one and change it, that's a potential backlash situation.'"[31] Meyer was even invited to create a written list of things that could not be changed for the film, such as giving the vampires fangs or killing characters who do not die in the book, that the studio agreed to follow.[31][32] The consensus among critics is that the filmmakers succeeded in making a film that is very faithful to its source material,[33][34] with one reviewer stating that, with a few exceptions, "Twilight the movie is unerringly faithful to the source without being hamstrung by it."[35]

text:
They could have filmed [the script developed when the project was at Paramount] and not called it Twilight because it had nothing to do with the book... When Summit [Entertainment] came into the picture, they were so open to letting us make rules for them, like "Okay, Bella cannot be a track star. Bella cannot have a gun or night vision goggles. And, no jet skis...."

Twilight author Stephenie Meyer[21]

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text: However, as is most often the case with film adaptations, differences do exist between the film and source material. Certain scenes from the book were cut from the film, such as a biology room scene where Bella's class does blood typing. Hardwicke explains, "Well [the book is] almost 500 pages—you do have to do the sweetened condensed milk version of that.... We already have two scenes in biology: the first time they're in there and then the second time when they connect. For a film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back to the same setting over and over. So that's not in there."[36] The settings of certain conversations in the book were also changed to make the scenes more "visually dynamic" on-screen, such as Bella's revelation that she knows Edward is a vampire—this happens in a meadow in the film instead of in Edward's car as in the novel.[36] A biology field trip scene is added to the film to condense the moments of Bella's frustration at trying to explain how Edward saved her from being crushed by a van.[30] The villainous vampires are introduced earlier in the film than in the novel. Rosenberg said that "you don't really see James and the other villains until to the last quarter of the book, which really won't work for a movie. You need that ominous tension right off the bat. We needed to see them and that impending danger from the start. And so I had to create back story for them, what they were up to, to flesh them out a bit as characters."[26] Rosenberg also combined some of the human high school students, with Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley in the novel becoming the character of Jessica in the film, and a "compilation of a couple of different human characters" becoming Eric Yorkie.[27] About these variances from the book, Mooradian stated, "I think we did a really judicious job of distilling [the book]. Our greatest critic, Stephenie Meyer, loves the screenplay, and that tells me that we made all the right choices in terms of what to keep and what to lose. Invariably, you're going to lose bits and pieces that certain members of the audience are going to desperately want to see, but there's just a reality that we're not making 'Twilight: The Book' the movie."[30]

text: Casting

text:
When they told me Rob was probably the one, I looked him up and thought, "Yeah, he can do a version of Edward. He’s definitely got that vampire thing going on." And then, when I was on set and I got to watch him go from being Rob to shifting into being Edward, and he actually looked like the Edward in my head, it was a really bizarre experience. [...] He really had it nailed.

Twilight author Stephenie Meyer[21]

text: Kristen Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test that "captivated" the director.[2] Hardwicke had trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play vampire Edward Cullen. Then she got a call about a guy in London. "I looked at a couple pictures and was like, ‘I’m not sure,’?" Hardwicke says. "He had been fired from his last job, he was unemployed, he was in debt." Pattinson flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to read with Stewart.[37] Shiloh Fernandez, Jackson Rathbone, Ben Barnes, and Robert Pattinson were the final four up for the role of Edward.[38] Hardwicke did not initially choose Robert Pattinson for the role of Edward Cullen, but after an audition at her home with Stewart, he was selected.[2] Hardwicke said, "Kristen was like, ‘It’s got to be Rob!’ She felt connected to him from the first moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is." Hardwicke gave him the part, but he had to make a promise. "You’ve got to realize that Kristen is 17 years old," Hardwicke told him, "She’s underage. You’ve got to focus, dude, or you’re going to be arrested. I made him swear on a stack of Bibles."[37] Pattinson was unfamiliar with the novel series prior to his screen test but read the books later on.[39] Meyer allowed him to view a manuscript of the unfinished Midnight Sun, which chronicles the events in Twilight from Edward's point of view.[40] Fan reaction to Pattinson's casting as Edward was initially negative; Rachelle Lefèvre remarked that "[e]very woman had their own Edward [that] they had to let go of before they could open up to [him], which they did."[39] Meyer was "excited" and "ecstatic" in response to the casting of the two main characters.[41] She had expressed interest in having Emily Browning and Henry Cavill cast as Bella and Edward, respectively, prior to pre-production.[42]

text: Peter Facinelli was not originally cast as Carlisle Cullen. "[Hardwicke] liked me, but there was another actor that the studio was pushing for", Facinelli said.[11] For unknown reasons, that actor was not able to play the part and Facinelli was selected in his place.[11] The choice of Ashley Greene to portray Alice Cullen was the subject of fan criticism due to Greene being 7 inches (18 cm) taller than her character as described in the novel. Meyer had also stated that Rachael Leigh Cook resembled her vision of Alice.[43] Nikki Reed had previously worked with Hardwicke on Thirteen, which they wrote together, and Lords of Dogtown. Reed commented, "I don't want to say it's a coincidence, because we do work well together, and we have a great history. I think we make good work, but it's more that the people that hire [Hardwicke] to direct a film of theirs [have] most likely seen her other work."[44]

text: Kellan Lutz was in Africa shooting the HBO miniseries Generation Kill when the auditions for the character of Emmett Cullen were conducted. The role had already been cast by the time that production ended in December 2007, but the actor who had been selected "fell through"; Lutz subsequently auditioned and was flown to Oregon, where Hardwicke personally chose him.[45] Rachelle Lefèvre was interested in pursuing a role in the film because Hardwicke was attached to the project as director; there was also "the potential to explore a character, hopefully, over three films"; and she wanted to portray a vampire.[46] She "thought that vampires were basically the best metaphor for human anxiety and questions about being alive."[46] Christian Serratos initially auditioned for Jessica Stanley, but she "fell totally in love with Angela" after reading the novels and successfully took advantage of a later opportunity to audition for Angela Weber.[47] The role of Jessica Stanley went to Anna Kendrick, who got the part after two mix-and-match auditions with various actors.[48]

text: Filming and post-production

text: On a bed in Catherine Hardwicke's house is where Pattinson kissed Stewart for the first time for the Twilight screen test. "That bed made Pattinson who he is right now," says Reed. That’s also where Hardwicke auditioned Evan Rachel Wood, when she had her get into her bed with Nikki Reed for the film Thirteen. When asked about her lair, Hardwicke says, "MTV came and did an episode in my house filming the bed. It’s legendary."[37] Principal photography took 44 days,[4] after more than a week of rehearsals,[49] and completed on May 2, 2008.[5] Similar to her directorial debut Thirteen, Hardwicke opted for an extensive use of hand-held cinematography to make the film "feel real".[11][50] Meyer visited the production set three times and was consulted on different aspects of the story;[51] she also has a brief cameo in the film.[52] Cast members who portrayed vampires avoided sunlight to make their skin pale, though makeup was also applied for that effect, and wore contact lenses: "We did the golden color because the Cullens have those golden eyes. And then, when we're hungry, we have to pop the black ones in," Facinelli explained.[11] They also participated in rehearsals with a dance choreographer and observed the physicality of different panthera to make their bodily movements more elegant.[11][43][53]

text: Scenes were filmed primarily in Portland, Oregon.[6] Stunt work was done mainly by the cast.[54] The fight sequence between Gigandet and Pattinson's characters in a ballet studio, which was filmed during the first week of production, involved a substantial amount of wire work because the vampires in the story have superhuman strength and speed.[53] Gigandet incorporated mixed martial arts fighting moves in this sequence, which involved chicken and honey as substitutes for flesh.[55] Bella, the protagonist, is unconscious during these events, and since the novel is told from her point of view, such action sequences are illustrative and unique to the film.[39] Pattinson noted that maintaining one's center of gravity is difficult when doing wire work "because you have to really fight against it as well as letting it do what it needs to do."[39] Lefèvre found the experience disorienting since forward motion was out of her control.[39]

text: Instead of shooting at Forks High School itself, scenes taking place at the school were filmed at Kalama High School[56] and Madison High School.[57] Other scenes were filmed in St. Helens,[58] and Hardwicke conducted some reshooting in Pasadena, California, in August.[4][59] Twilight was originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on December 12, 2008, but its release date was changed to November 21 after Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was rescheduled for an opening in July 2009.[60] Two teaser trailers, as well as some additional scenes, were released for the film, as well as a final trailer, which was released on October 9.[61][62] A 15-minute excerpt of Twilight was presented during the International Rome Film Festival in Italy.[63] The film received a rating of PG-13 from the Motion Picture Association of America for "some violence and a scene of sensuality".[64]

text: Music

text: The score for Twilight was composed by Carter Burwell,[65][66] with the rest of the soundtrack chosen by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas.[67] Meyer was consulted on the soundtrack, which includes music by Muse and Linkin Park, bands she listened to while writing the novels.[68][69] The original soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008, by Chop Shop Records in conjunction with Atlantic Records.[8] It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.[70]

text: Release

text: Box office

text: Twilight grossed over $7 million in ticket sales from midnight showings alone on November 21, 2008.[71] The film is fifth overall on Fandango's list of top advance ticket sales, outranked only by its sequel the following year, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).[71] It grossed $35.7 million on its opening day.[72] For its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, Twilight accumulated $69.6 million from 3,419 theaters at an average of $20,368 per theater.[73] The film grossed $192,769,854 in the United States and Canada, and $199,846,771 in international territories for a total of $392,616,625.[3] Its opening weekend gross was the highest ever of a female-directed film, surpassing that of Deep Impact (1998).[74]

text: Critical reception

text: Twilight received mixed reviews from critics. Based on 209 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 48%, with a weighted average score of 5.4/10.[75] The site's critical consensus reads: "Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen, Twilight will please its devoted fans, but do little for the uninitiated."[75] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, it has an average score of 56 from the 37 reviews.[76] New York Press critic Armond White called the film "a genuine pop classic",[77] and praised Hardwicke for turning "Meyer's book series into a Brontë-esque vision."[78] Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "I saw it at a sneak preview. Last time I saw a movie in that same theater, the audience welcomed it as an opportunity to catch up on gossip, texting, and laughing at private jokes. This time the audience was rapt with attention".[79] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, "Twilight is unabashedly a romance. All the story's inherent silliness aside, it is intent on conveying the magic of meeting that one special person you've been waiting for. Maybe it is possible to be 13 and female for a few hours after all".[80] USA Today gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote, "Meyer is said to have been involved in the production of Twilight, but her novel was substantially more absorbing than the unintentionally funny and quickly forgettable film".[81] Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Owen Gleiberman praised Hardwicke's direction: "She has reconjured Meyer's novel as a cloudburst mood piece filled with stormy skies, rippling hormones, and understated visual effects".[82]

text: Home media

text: Wikinews has related news: "Twilight" DVD sells 3 million copies in first day

text: The film was released on DVD in North America on March 21, 2009, through midnight release parties, and sold over 3 million units in its first day.[83] It was released on April 6, 2009 in the UK.[84][85] Bonus features include about 10 to 12 extended or deleted scenes, montages and music videos, behind-the-scenes interviews, a "making-of" segment, and commentary featuring Hardwicke, Stewart, and Pattinson.[86][87] The Blu-ray disc edition of the film was released on March 21, 2009, in select locations, but was made more widely available at further retailers on May 5, 2009.[88] As of July 2012, the film has sold 11,242,519 units, earning $201,190,019.[89]

text: The film and the next two installments of the Twilight Saga will be rereleased as a triple feature with extended cuts on January 13, 2015.

text: Video game

text: A movie trivia video game developed by Screenlife and published by Konami for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PC and iPhone was released alongside the second film.

text: Accolades

text: Since its release, Twilight has received numerous nominations and awards. In January 2009, Carter Burwell was nominated for Film Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association.[90] Robert Pattinson won Bravo TV's A-List Award for A-List Breakout.[91] At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who was nominated alongside Taylor Lautner, also won an award for Male Breakthrough Performance, "Decode" was nominated for Best Song from a Movie, Twilight won an award for Best Movie, Kristen Stewart won for Best Female performance, Stewart and Pattinson were awarded Best Kiss, and Pattinson and Cam Gigandet won an award for Best Fight.[92] Christian Serratos won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress.[93] For the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, held on August 9, the film and its actors received a combined total of 12 nominations, nine of which the film won.[94] At the 2009 Scream Awards, the film was nominated for nine awards, four of which it won.[95] The film won two ALMA Awards for makeup and hairstyling.[96] It also won the Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, where Carter Burwell was also nominated for Composer of the Year.[97] Catherine Hardwicke received a Young Hollywood Award for her directing.[98] In addition, the film was nominated for Best Fantasy Film at the 35th Saturn Awards[99] and two Grammy Awards.[100]

text: Sequel

text: MTV reported in February 2008 that Summit Entertainment intended to create a series of at least three films based on Meyer's books.[9] The studio had optioned New Moon, the second book in the series, by October 2008,[101] and confirmed their plans to make a film based on it November 22, 2008.[102][103] Because Catherine Hardwicke had wanted more preparation time than Summit's schedule for the production and release of the sequel would provide,[104][105] Chris Weitz was selected to direct it in December 2008.[106][107]


document_title: List of Stanley Cup champions

question_text: when was the last year boston won the stanley cup

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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.

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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.

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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]

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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

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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 (17 seasons, 4 playoffs)
Minnesota Wild (17 seasons, 9 playoffs, 1 division title)
Vegas Golden Knights (2017 expansion team, 1 playoffs, 1 division title)

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 title) / Winnipeg Jets (7 seasons, 2 playoffs)
Winnipeg Jets (original team) (17 seasons, 11 playoffs) / Phoenix-Arizona Coyotes (21 seasons, 8 playoffs, 1 division title)

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 titles) – 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 title) – 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).