MONTREAL CANADIENS: The REAL Stanley Cup Champions of 2010 – and Why! Since Lord Stanley gave his Cup for the best Canadian Team – the Real Champions
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MONTREAL CANADIENS: The REAL Stanley Cup Champions of 2010 – and Why! Since Lord Stanley gave his Cup for the best Canadian Team – the Real Champions
In 1892, the then Governor General of Canada, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, dedicated a Silver Bowl to the people of the Dominion of Canada for,
The Stanley Cup became the ultimate prize for Canadian hockey teams, awarded first in 1893 to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). The cup has been won every year since (except 2005 – the Black Year of the Lockout – when the NHL refused to release the Cup to another League).
In 1919, the Stanley Cup Champions, Montreal Canadiens, traveled to Seattle to play a post-Championship exhibition series with the Seattle Metropolitans. The series was cancelled because of the Great Influenza Epidemic. The Americans still like to refer to 1919 as “no decision.”
In 1926, the National Hockey League “adopted” Lord Stanley’s Cup as their own and have possessed it up to this writing.
Not every Canadian agrees with this “adoption” or the teams that have been proclaimed champions.
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In an article in The Lawyers Weekly entitled “Does the Stanley Cup belong to the NHL or the Canadian people?” Tim Gilbert wrote, “If the Stanley Cup is not a charitable purpose trust, then the trust fails and the property reverts to the grantor, and outside the control of the NHL. As Lord Stanley was Governor General when he gave the cup, the cup may revert back to the Office of the Governor General. In this way the cup may truly belong to the people of Canada.” Go to lawersweekly.ca to read the full article…
What it comes down to is this: Lord Stanley, the16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, at his own expense, gave to us his “challenge cup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion.”
Which means that Lord Stanley’s Silver Bowl belongs to
There is no way around that.
Therefore,
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And it follows that the “official” record books
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