Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
Established 1967–68 NHL season
Current holder(s) Vancouver Canucks
Awarded to the Western Conference playoff champions of the National Hockey League

The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, or simply the Campbell Bowl, is a National Hockey League trophy awarded to the Western Conference playoff champions.[1] It is named after Clarence S. Campbell, who served as President of the NHL from 1946–47 to 1976–77. The trophy itself is constructed of sterling silver, crafted in 1878.[1] The Vancouver Canucks are the current holders of the trophy after winning the 2011 Western Conference Championship.

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History

The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl was donated by the NHL's clubs in recognition of the contributions and services of its namesake, the League President at the start of the Modern Era expansion. Throughout its history it has been a parallel to the Prince of Wales Trophy, using the same criteria in the opposite competitive grouping. From its inception in the 1967–68 season through to 1973–74 it was awarded to the first-place finisher in the West Division during the regular season.[1] With NHL realignment in 1974–75, it was given to the team with the best regular-season record in the Campbell Conference (the successor to the West Division) through the 1980–81 season.[1] Beginning with the 1981–82 season, it switched to the Campbell Conference playoff champions, and since the 1993–94 season, when the Campbell Conference became the Western Conference, has gone to the Western Conference playoff champions.[1]

A traditional superstition that is prevalent among many of today's NHL players is that no player should either touch or hoist the Campbell (Western Conference champion) or Prince of Wales (Eastern Conference champion) Trophies after they have won the conference playoffs; these players feel that the Stanley Cup is the true championship trophy and thus it should be the only trophy that they should be hoisting. Instead of touching the conference trophy, the captain of the winning team merely poses (usually looking solemn) with the trophy, and sometimes, the entire team poses as well. However, there have been other teams who have ignored the superstition and hoisted the conference trophies, and then went on to win the Cup anyway.[2][3]

In December 2011, the NHL's Board of Governors approved a radical plan that would realign the league from the Eastern and Western Conferences into four as-yet unnamed conferences before the start of the 2012–13 NHL season.[4] However, they have yet to announce what will become of both of the Wales and Campbell trophies, whether an additional two conference awards will be created, and if so which trophy will belong to which conference.[5]

Winners

Total awards won
Wins Team
7 Edmonton Oilers
6 Philadelphia Flyers
Detroit Red Wings
5 Chicago Blackhawks
3 Calgary Flames
Minnesota/Dallas Stars
New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
2 Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks
Colorado Avalanche
St. Louis Blues
1 Los Angeles Kings
Key

West Division regular season champions (1967–74)

Season Winner Win #
1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers 1
1968–69 St. Louis Blues 1
1969–70 St. Louis Blues 2
1970–71 Chicago Black Hawks 1
1971–72 Chicago Black Hawks 2
1972–73 Chicago Black Hawks 3
1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers † 2

Campbell Conference regular season champions (1974–81)

Season Winner Win #
1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers † 3
1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers 4
1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers ¤ 5
1977–78 New York Islanders 1
1978–79 New York Islanders 2
1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers 6
1980–81 New York Islanders † 3

Campbell Conference playoffs champions (1981–93)

Season Winner Win #
1981–82 Vancouver Canucks 1
1982–83 Edmonton Oilers 1
1983–84 Edmonton Oilers † 2
1984–85 Edmonton Oilers † 3
1985–86 Calgary Flames 1
1986–87 Edmonton Oilers † 4
1987–88 Edmonton Oilers † 5
1988–89 Calgary Flames † 2
1989–90 Edmonton Oilers † 6
1990–91 Minnesota North Stars 1
1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks 4
1992–93 Los Angeles Kings 1

Western Conference playoffs champions (1993–present)

Season Winner Win #
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks 2
1994–95 Detroit Red Wings 1
1995–96 Colorado Avalanche † 1
1996–97 Detroit Red Wings † 2
1997–98 Detroit Red Wings † 3
1998–99 Dallas Stars † 1
1999–2000 Dallas Stars 2
2000–01 Colorado Avalanche † 2
2001–02 Detroit Red Wings † 4
2002–03 Anaheim, Mighty Ducks ofMighty Ducks of Anaheim 1
2003–04 Calgary Flames 3
2004–05 No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout -
2005–06 Edmonton Oilers ^ 7
2006–07 Anaheim Ducks † 2
2007–08 Detroit Red Wings † 5
2008–09 Detroit Red Wings 6
2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks † 5
2010–11 Vancouver Canucks 3

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Clarence S. Campbell Bowl". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/campbell.html. Retrieved 2007-08-31. 
  2. ^ Kaplan, Emily (2011-05-28). "Conference trophies: to touch, or not to touch?". NHL.com. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=563750. Retrieved 2011-11-12. 
  3. ^ Coffey, Phil (2006-06-02). "NHL.com - Ice Age: Having another trophy in mind". http://www.nhl.com/features/iceage/main060206.html. Retrieved 2006-07-25. 
  4. ^ Shoalts, David (2011-12-05). "NHL governors approve four-conference format". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/nhl-governors-approve-four-conference-format/article2261147/. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  5. ^ Wyshynski, Greg (2011-12-05). "Puck Daddy: The biggest lingering mystery about NHL’s realignment". Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/The-biggest-lingering-mystery-about-NHL-s-realig?urn=nhl-wp19080. Retrieved 2011-12-08. 

External links

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Individual
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