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The National Hockey League presents numerous annual awards and trophies to recognize its teams and players. The oldest, and most recognizable, is the Stanley Cup. First awarded in 1893, the Stanley Cup is awarded to the NHL's playoff champion. The Stanley Cup is the third trophy to be used as the league's championship, as for the first nine ...
Get the list of all the NHL & WHA Awards and Honors on Hockey-Reference.com.
The 2003–04 NHL season was the 87th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup champions were the Tampa Bay Lightning , who won the best of seven series four games to three against the Calgary Flames .
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The Trophy was introduced at the start of the 1985–86 seasonby the League's Board of Governors to recognize the best team in the regular season, informally known as the regular season championship. Prior to this, the team that finished in first place when the regular season concluded was allowed to hang a banner reading "NHL League Champions." A to...
The Presidents' Trophy winner is normally guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs.[nb 1] This does not necessarily correlate to success in the playoffs, however. The Trophy has been awarded 36 times, but only eight of the winners have gone on to win the Stanley Cup in their respective years, leading to a popular superstiti...
For reference, the following are teams that finished with the best records in the NHL for each season between 1917–18 and 1984–85.
Combined pre-trophy/trophy era best records
1. Defunct teams in italics.
Continental Cup, a Kontinental Hockey League(KHL) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.CPL Shield, a Canadian Premier League(CPL) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.Maurice Podoloff Trophy, a National Basketball Association(NBA) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.Supporters' Shield, a Major League Soccer(MLS) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.Check out the Eastern, Western Conference and Playoff series Standings, Statistics, Leaders and more for the 2003-04 NHL season on Hockey-Reference.com.
Ten NHL had 100 points or more, but only one of them made it to the Stanley Cup finals. The regular season featured close races for first place in three of the six divisions and for the top spot and f...
This page contains a list of trophy and award winners for the National Hockey League sorted by category. We have cataloged 19 different awards for the NHL. Awarded to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-around ability in the position.
