Stanley Cup ring
{{Short description|Annual award in the National Hockey League}}
The Stanley Cup ring is a championship ring, an annual award in the National Hockey League given to the team that wins the Stanley Cup Finals,[https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2014/08/12/maple_leafs_legends_praise_stanley_cup_rings_plan.html Maple Leafs: Legends praise Stanley Cup rings plan | Toronto Star] a best-of-seven series to determine the league's champion that season.[http://www.hhof.com/htmlSilverware/silver_splashstanleycup.shtml Legends of Hockey - NHL Trophies - Stanley Cup] In addition to the winning players, teams give rings to coaches, trainers, scouts, executives, and other staff members. Teams often give rings to players who played for the team, but do not qualify to have their name engraved on the Stanley Cup. The most ever won by a single player was Henri Richard with 11 total championship rings.
History
File:First Stanley Cup.jpg in 1893. The team ordered championship rings after winning the 1893 Stanley Cup]]
The Stanley Cup was established in 1893, when the Montreal Hockey Club won the 1893 Stanley Cup championship.[http://stanleycuprings.net/chronological-listings/pre-nhl/ pre-NHL era >> Stanley Cup Rings] Since that championship, the rings weren't given again until the Ottawa Senators won the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals.[http://stanleycuprings.net/chronological-listings/1927-1939/ >> Stanley Cup Rings] There have been cases in which championship teams have not awarded rings to its players, such as the Montreal Hockey Club's second championship (which gave out watches) and the 1915 champions, the Vancouver Millionaires (which issued medallions).{{Cite web|url=http://stanleycuprings.net/about-the-rings/|title = About the Rings}}
For many years teams did not give any rings at all and players had to buy them for themselves. In the 1950s The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup four times, but players were given silverware{{cite book|last=Block|first=Frank|title=The Metro Prystai Story: A Legend from the Golden Age of Hockey|date=2015|publisher=Friesen Press|isbn=978-1460256367}} or bought a dinner{{cite book|last=Kulfan|first=Ted|title=The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Detroit Red Wings: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Detroit Red Wings History|date=2009|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=978-1600782404|page=172}} instead of rings. Players were eventually given rings by the team more than fifty years later. In the 1960s the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup four times, but players were originally only given one ring with diamonds that were removed and enlarged for each subsequent win. In 1971 the Montreal Canadiens gave players television sets instead of rings. Since 1972, every winning team has awarded more Stanley Cup Rings than the number of names engraved on the Stanley Cup. In 2011 Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs gave out a record 504 Stanley Cup rings to anyone connected with the team.[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2013/05/31/years-stanley-cup-rings/YgKQX8oNw1LMrIHmIPaibJ/story.html 50 years of Stanley Cup rings] 2018 Washington Capitals gave out 152 rings. 100 more rings than 52 members allowed to get their names on the Stanley Cup.
Design
File:Stanley Cup Rings (20724849762).jpg]]
Each ring usually costs between $20,000 to $25,000.[http://stanleycuprings.net/about-the-rings/ About the rings >> Stanley Cup Rings]
Players with most Stanley Cup rings
This is a list of NHL players with Stanley Cup championship rings won as a player.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5em;"
|width="50px"| Pos |width="25px" align="center"| D | Defenceman
|width="25px" align="center"| L | Left winger
|width="25px" align="center"| R | Right winger
|width="25px" align="center"| C | Center |
| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color:#FFFF99; width:50px"|* |colspan="6"| Denotes players who have been inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Rank ! rowspan="2" |Player ! rowspan="2" |Position ! colspan="2" |Seasons ! rowspan="2" |Championship teams ! rowspan="2" |Ref. |
| scope="col" width="30px" | played
! scope="col" width="30px" | won |
|---|
| 1
|align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Henri|Richard}}* | C | 20 | 11 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/richahe01.html|title=Henri Richard Stats}} |
| rowspan=2|2
|align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Jean|Béliveau}}* | C | 20 | 10 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/belivje01.html|title=Jean Beliveau Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Yvan|Cournoyer}}*
| R | 16 | 10 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) |
| 4
|align="left"| {{sortname|Claude|Provost}} | R | 15 | 9 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) |
| rowspan=4|5
|align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Maurice|Richard}}* | R | 18 | 8 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1944, 1946, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Red|Kelly}}*
| D/C | 20 | 8 |align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kellyre01.html|title=Red Kelly Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Jacques|Lemaire}}*
| C | 12 | 8 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Serge|Savard}}*
| D | 17 | 8 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/savarse01.html|title=Serge Savard Stats}} |
| 9
|align="left"| {{sortname|Jean-Guy|Talbot}} | D | 17 | 7 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966) |
| rowspan=15|10
|align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bernie|Geoffrion}}* | R | 16 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Doug|Harvey|dab=ice hockey}}*
| D | 20 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harvedo01.html|title=Doug Harvey Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Tom|Johnson|dab=ice hockey}}*
| D | 17 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/j/johnsto01.html|title=Tom Johnson Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Dickie|Moore|dab=ice hockey}}*
| L | 14 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mooredi01.html|title=Dickie Moore Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Larry|Hillman}}
| D | 19 | 6 |align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hillmla01.html|title=Larry Hillman Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Ralph|Backstrom}}
| C | 16 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Dick|Duff}}*
| L | 18 | 6 |align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962, 1963) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/duffdi01.html|title = Dick Duff Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Frank|Mahovlich}}*
| L | 18 | 6 |align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Jacques|Laperrière}}*
| D | 12 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Guy|Lapointe}}*
| D | 16 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/lapoigu01.html|title=Guy Lapointe Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Larry|Robinson}}*
| D | 20 | 6 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bryan|Trottier}}*
| C | 18 | 6 |align="left"| New York Islanders (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Glenn|Anderson}}*
| R | 16 | 6 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Kevin|Lowe}}*
| D | 19 | 6 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/loweke01.html|title = Kevin Lowe Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Mark|Messier}}*
| C | 25 | 6 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/messima01.html|title=Mark Messier Stats}} |
| rowspan=26|25
|align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Cy|Denneny}}* | L | 12 | 5 |align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1920, 1921, 1923, 1927) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/dennecy01.html|title=Cy Denneny Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Bob|Goldham}}
| D | 12 | 5 |align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1942, 1947) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/goldhbo01.html|title=Bob Goldham Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Don|Metz|dab=ice hockey}}
| R | 7 | 5 |align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/metzdo01.html|title=Don Metz Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Harry|Watson|dab=ice hockey, born 1923}}*
| L | 14 | 5 |align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1943) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/w/watsoha02.html|title=Harry Watson Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Ted|Kennedy|dab=ice hockey}}*
| C | 14 | 5 |align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kennete01.html|title=Ted Kennedy Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Marcel|Pronovost}}*
| D | 20 | 5 |align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955) |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bert|Olmstead}}*
| L | 14 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/o/olmstbe01.html|title=Bert Olmstead Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Dollard|St. Laurent}}
| D | 12 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958) |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Donnie|Marshall}}
| L | 19 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/messima01.html|title=Don Marshall Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Bob|Turner|dab=ice hockey}}
| D | 8 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/turnebo01.html|title=Bob Turner Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|John|Ferguson Sr.}}
| L | 8 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971) |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Terry|Harper}}
| D | 19 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harpete01.html|title=Terry Harper Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Ted|Harris|dab=ice hockey}}
| D | 12 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harrite01.html|title=Terry Harper Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Claude|Larose|dab=ice hockey, born 1942}}
| R | 16 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/laroscl01.html|title=Claude Larose Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Jim|Roberts|dab=ice hockey, born 1940}}
| D/R | 15 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/roberji01.html|title=Jim Roberts Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|J. C.|Tremblay}}
| D | 13 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971) |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Pierre|Bouchard}}
| D | 12 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978) |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Réjean|Houle}}
| L | 11 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/houlere01.html|title=Rejean Houle Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Guy|Lafleur}}*
| R | 17 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/laflegu01.html|title=Guy Lafleur Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Steve|Shutt}}*
| L | 13 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/shuttst01.html|title=Steve Shutt Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bob|Gainey}}*
| L | 16 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/gainebo01.html|title=Bob Gainey Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Mario|Tremblay}}
| R | 12 | 5 |align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986) |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Randy|Gregg|dab=ice hockey}}
| D | 9 | 5 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/greggra01.html|title=Randy Gregg Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Charlie|Huddy}}
| D | 17 | 5 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/huddych01.html|title=Charlie Huddy Stats}} |
| align="left" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Jari|Kurri}}*
| R | 17 | 5 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kurrija01.html|title=Jari Kurri Stats}} |
| align="left"| {{sortname|Esa|Tikkanen}}
| L | 14 | 5 |align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990) | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tikkaes01.html|title=Esa Tikkanen Stats}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.bostonglobe.com/2013/05/31/years-stanley-cup-rings/YgKQX8oNw1LMrIHmIPaibJ/story.html 50 years of Stanley Cup rings]
{{Stanley Cup Finals}}
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