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Lord Stanley's Cup

The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the ECHL.

The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America. The trophy was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892 as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur hockey club, decided by the acceptance of a challenge from another league championship team. After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the championship trophy of the NHL in 1926. The Cup was purchased by the ECHL prior to the 2004-2005 season.

The inaugural ECHL Stanley Cup Champions were the Chicago Blackhawks.

ECHL4 ECHL Stanley Cup Champions

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
How did anyone ever doubt Mark Maranzan's Tampa Bay Lightning would emerge from the tough fourth ECHL season as the holders of the Cup? It was a season for the ages for the Bolts after records for points and wins, a second President's Trophy, a second Prince of Wales Trophy, and inevitably, the first team to hold Lord Stanley's Cup for a second time. Four of the top six playoff scorers were Lightning (Steve Sullivan, Ladislav Nagy, Cory Stillman, and Glen Murray) and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin set the mark for wins and starts, the least losses of any backstop to emerge from the first round, and the third best post-season Goals Against Average. How did they get there? First sweeping the Pittsburgh Penguins before getting dragged to back-to-back six game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders before again sweeping the Vancouver Canucks, who appeared a little sluggish after a defensive six-game series against the Nashville Predators. One wonders if the competitive GMs of the Eastern Conference aren't pooling their resources in hopes of destroying the apparent secret to GM Mark Maranzan's success - his famed "thinkin' chair" - in hopes of offering this juggernaut some competition after the single most dominating season in ECHL history.

Previous ECHL Stanley Cup Champions
ECHL3 Boston Bruins (Rick Jessup)
ECHL2 Tampa Bay Lightning (Mark Maranzan)
ECHL1 Chicago Blackhawks (Conrad Rosario)


NHLPLF.ros NHLPLF.lge NHLPLF.tms Farm Standings Farm Stats Leaders Farm Category Leaders Farm Team Scoring GM Editor NHL.ros NHL.lge NHL.tms	Lord Stanley's Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the ECHL. The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America. The trophy was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892 as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur hockey club, decided by the acceptance of a challenge from another league championship team. After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the championship trophy of the NHL in 1926. The Cup was purchased by the ECHL prior to the 2004-2005 season. The inaugural ECHL Stanley Cup Champions were the Chicago Blackhawks. ECHL4 ECHL Stanley Cup Champions TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING How did anyone ever doubt Mark Maranzan's Tampa Bay Lightning would emerge from the tough fourth ECHL season as the holders of the Cup? It was a season for the ages for the Bolts after records for points and wins, a second President's Trophy, a second Prince of Wales Trophy, and inevitably, the first team to hold Lord Stanley's Cup for a second time. Four of the top six playoff scorers were Lightning (Steve Sullivan, Ladislav Nagy, Cory Stillman, and Glen Murray) and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin set the mark for wins and starts, the least losses of any backstop to emerge from the first round, and the third best post-season Goals Against Average. How did they get there? First sweeping the Pittsburgh Penguins before getting dragged to back-to-back six game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders before again sweeping the Vancouver Canucks, who appeared a little sluggish after a defensive six-game series against the Nashville Predators. One wonders if the competitive GMs of the Eastern Conference aren't pooling their resources in hopes of destroying the apparent secret to GM Mark Maranzan's success - his famed "thinkin' chair" - in hopes of offering this juggernaut some competition after the single most dominating season in ECHL history. Previous ECHL Stanley Cup Champions ECHL3 Boston Bruins (Rick Jessup) ECHL2 Tampa Bay Lightning (Mark Maranzan) ECHL1 Chicago Blackhawks (Conrad Rosario)