Stanley Cup ring

The Stanley Cup ring is a championship ring, an annual award in the National Hockey League given by the team that wins the Stanley Cup Finals,[1] a best-of-seven series to determine the league's champion that season.[2] In addition to the winning players, teams give rings to coaches, trainers, scouts, executives, and other staff members. Teams often gives rings to players who played for the team, but do not qualify to have their name engraved on the Stanley Cup.

History
Maurice Richard's 1956 Stanley Cup Ring
Ken Daneyko showing one of his three Stanley Cup rings

The Stanley Cup ring was established in 1893, when the Montreal Hockey Club won the 1893 Stanley Cup championship.[3] Since that championship, the rings weren't given again until the Ottawa Senators won the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals.[4] 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).[5]

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[6] or bought a dinner[7] instead of rings. Players were eventually given rings by the team more than fifty years later.[1] 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.[1] 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.[8]

Design

Each ring usually cost between $20,000 to $25,000.[9]

Players with most Stanley Cup rings

This is a list of NHL players with Stanley Cup championship rings won as a player.

* Denotes players who have been inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame
Rank Player Seasons Championship teams Ref.
played won
1 Henri Richard* 20 11 Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973) [10]
2 Jean Béliveau* 20 10 Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971) [11]
Yvan Cournoyer* 16 10 Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) [12]
4 Claude Provost 15 9 Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) [13]
5 Maurice Richard* 18 8 Montreal Canadiens (1944, 1946, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) [14]
Red Kelly* 20 8 Detroit Red Wings (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955)
Toronto Maple Leafs (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967)		 [15]
Jacques Lemaire* 12 8 Montreal Canadiens (1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) [16]
Serge Savard* 17 8 Montreal Canadiens (1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) [17]
9 Jean-Guy Talbot 17 7 Montreal Canadiens (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966) [18]
10 Bernie Geoffrion* 16 6 Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) [19]
Doug Harvey* 20 6 Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) [20]
Tom Johnson* 17 6 Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) [21]
Dickie Moore* 14 6 Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) [22]
Larry Hillman 19 6 Detroit Red Wings (1955)
Toronto Maple Leafs (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967)
Montreal Canadiens (1969)		 [23]
Ralph Backstrom 16 6 Montreal Canadiens (1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) [24]
Dick Duff* 18 6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962, 1963)
Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)		 [25]
Frank Mahovlich* 18 6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967)
Montreal Canadiens (1971, 1973)		 [26]
Jacques Laperrière* 12 6 Montreal Canadiens (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973) [27]
Guy Lapointe* 16 6 Montreal Canadiens (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) [28]
Larry Robinson* 20 6 Montreal Canadiens (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986) [29]
Bryan Trottier* 18 6 New York Islanders (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Pittsburgh Penguins (1991, 1992)		 [30]
Glenn Anderson* 16 6 Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
New York Rangers (1994)		 [31]
Kevin Lowe* 19 6 Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
New York Rangers (1994)		 [32]
Mark Messier* 25 6 Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
New York Rangers (1994)		 [33]

See also
  • List of Stanley Cup Champions

References
  1. Maple Leafs: Legends praise Stanley Cup rings plan | Toronto Star
  2. Legends of Hockey - NHL Trophies - Stanley Cup
  3. pre-NHL era >> Stanley Cup Rings
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  7. Kulfan, Ted (2009). The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Detroit Red Wings: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Detroit Red Wings History. Triumph Books. p. 172. ISBN 160078240X.
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  9. About the rings >> Stanley Cup Rings
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