Presidents' Trophy

Presidents' Trophy
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Established 1985–86 NHL season
Current holder(s) Washington Capitals
Awarded to the National Hockey League team with the most points in the regular season

The Presidents' Trophy is an award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL) to the team that finishes with the most points in the league during the regular season. If two teams tie for the most points, then the trophy goes to the team with the most wins. The winning team is also awarded $350,000 in cash bonuses. The Presidents' Trophy has been awarded 24 times to 14 different teams since the first was awarded in 1985.[1]

The most recent recipients of the trophy are the Washington Capitals for the 2009–10 NHL season.

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History

The trophy was introduced at the start of the 1985–86 NHL season by the league's Board of Governors. Prior to this, the best team in the league during the regular season was allowed to hang a banner stating "NHL League Champions".[2]

From 1937 to 1968, the same criterion now observed for winning the Presidents' Trophy was used to award the Prince of Wales Trophy.[3] With the Modern Era expansion in the 1967–68 season and the creation of the West Division, the Wales Trophy was awarded to the team that finished in first place in the East Division during the regular season.[3] However, no trophy was awarded to the team that finished with the best overall record in the entire league during this period, and no trophy at all was awarded based on the results of the regular season from the 1981–82 season through the 1984–85 season. A cash bonus was given to each player on the team with the league's best regular-season record during these years, to which the Presidents' Trophy was added in 1985–86.[1] If there are two or more teams tied for first in points in the league, then the Presidents' Trophy is awarded to the team which has the most wins. An example of this is from the 2006-2007 season, where both the Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings finished first with 113 points. However, Buffalo had 53 wins while Detroit had 50, so the trophy was awarded to the Sabres.

The only team to have won the Presidents' Trophy more than twice is the Detroit Red Wings, with six.

The Montreal Canadiens have finished first overall 21 times, the most times in league history, although this was most recently accomplished in 1977-78, and have never won the trophy. Detroit is second with 18 first-overall finishes.[4]

The Presidents' Trophy winner is guaranteed home-ice advantage in all four rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, provided the team advances that far. However, only seven of all the Presidents' Trophy winners have gone on to win the Stanley Cup in their respective years.[5]

Winners

Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings has been part of the team's six Presidents' Trophy wins.
Chris Drury played for the 2000–01 Colorado Avalanche and the 2006–07 Buffalo Sabres.
Alex Ovechkin, the captain of 2009-10 trophy winners the Washington Capitals

     * Team won the Stanley Cup.      ^ Team lost in the Stanley Cup finals.      # Team lost in a preliminary round of the playoffs.[6]

Year Winner Points Playoff Result Win #
1985–86 Edmonton Oilers 119 Lost Division final (CGY)[7] 1
1986–87 Edmonton Oilers 105 Won Stanley Cup* 2
1987–88 Calgary Flames 105 Lost Division final (EDM)[8] 1
1988–89 Calgary Flames 117 Won Stanley Cup* 2
1989–90 Boston Bruins 101 Lost Stanley Cup final (EDM)^ 1
1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks 106 Lost Division semi-final (MIN)#[9] 1
1991–92 New York Rangers 105 Lost Division final (PIT)[10] 1
1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins 119 Lost Division final (NYI)[11] 1
1993–94 New York Rangers 112 Won Stanley Cup* 2
1994–95 Detroit Red Wings 070 Lost Stanley Cup final (NJ)^ 1
1995–96 Detroit Red Wings 131 Lost Conference final (COL)[12] 2
1996–97 Colorado Avalanche 107 Lost Conference final (DET)[13] 1
1997–98 Dallas Stars 109 Lost Conference final (DET)[14] 1
1998–99 Dallas Stars 114 Won Stanley Cup* 2
1999–2000 St. Louis Blues 114 Lost Conference quarter-final (SJ)#[15] 1
2000–01 Colorado Avalanche 118 Won Stanley Cup* 2
2001–02 Detroit Red Wings 116 Won Stanley Cup* 3
2002–03 Ottawa Senators 113 Lost Conference final (NJ)[16] 1
2003–04 Detroit Red Wings 109 Lost Conference semi-final (CGY)[17] 4
2004–05 No winner because of the
2004–05 NHL lockout		 - - -
2005–06 Detroit Red Wings 124 Lost Conference quarter-final (EDM)#[18] 5
2006–07 Buffalo Sabres 113 Lost Conference final (OTT)[19] 1
2007–08 Detroit Red Wings[20] 115 Won Stanley Cup* 6
2008–09 San Jose Sharks 117 Lost Conference quarter-final (ANA)#[21] 1
2009–10 Washington Capitals 121 Lost Conference quarter-final (MON)# 1

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Presidents' Trophy history". NHL.com. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/presidents.html. Retrieved 2007-09-05. 
  2. ↑ "Presidents Trophy Buffalo Bound". NHL.com. http://sabres.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=307669&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History of the Prince of Wales Trophy". Legends of Hockey.net. http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashprinceofwales.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-05. 
  4. ↑ "Final Standings". NHL.com. http://www.nhl.com/history/fstand10s.html. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  5. ↑ Rosen, Dan (2009-04-12). "http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=417563". NHL.com. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=417563. Retrieved 2010-04-29. 
  6. ↑ The playoff format has changed over the years. See Stanley Cup playoffs for more information.
  7. ↑ "1985-86 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1986&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  8. ↑ "1987-88 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1988&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  9. ↑ "1990-91 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1991&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  10. ↑ "1991-92 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1992&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  11. ↑ "1992-93 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1993&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  12. ↑ "1995-96 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1996&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  13. ↑ "1996-97 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1997&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  14. ↑ "1997-98 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=1998&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  15. ↑ "2000-01 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=2000&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  16. ↑ "2002-03 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=2003&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  17. ↑ "2003-04 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=2004&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  18. ↑ "2005-06 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=2006&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  19. ↑ "2006-07 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=NHL1927&season=2007&leaguenm=NHL. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  20. ↑ "Red Wings clinch Presidents' Trophy". The Sports Network. 2008-04-03. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=233471&hubname=. Retrieved 2008-04-03. 
  21. ↑ The Canadian Press (2009-04-28). "Ducks oust top-seeded Sharks with win in game 6". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=276754. Retrieved 2009-04-28. 
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