Stanley Cup trivia
Stanley Cup Mini Quiz
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Donated by Lord Stanley in 1892, what silver bowl is the championship trophy of the NHL?
The Stanley Cup was originally a silver punch bowl purchased for 10 guineas to honor Canada's top amateur hockey team.
Unique in major sports, the names of winning players are hand-engraved onto the rings of what trophy?
The Stanley Cup is engraved annually with the names of every player, coach, and staff member on the winning NHL team, a tradition starting in 1924 that has immortalized over 2,900 individuals.
From baptismal fonts to cereal bowls, players find creative uses for the bowl of what hockey trophy?
The Stanley Cup, the NHL's oldest professional sports trophy since 1893, is engraved with winners' names and famously misused by players, such as Mario Lemieux eating cereal from it in 1991.
Players often refuse to touch conference awards to save their celebration for what ultimate prize?
In NHL hockey, players superstitiously avoid touching conference trophies like the Prince of Wales or Clarence Campbell to reserve their celebration for the Stanley Cup, the league's championship prize.
Which trophy features famous typos, including the team name 'Bqstqn Bruins' engraved on a ring?
The Stanley Cup's engravings include over 20 known errors, such as "Bqstqn Bruins" for Boston Bruins in 1972, resulting from the manual process of inscribing winners' names on its removable bands.