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This article is about the NHL award. For the polo tournament, seePrince of Wales Trophy (polo).

Prince of Wales Trophy
SportIce hockey
Awarded forEastern Conference playoff champions of theNational Hockey League
History
First award1926
First winnerMontreal Canadiens
Most winsMontreal Canadiens (25)
Most recentFlorida Panthers (4)

ThePrince of Wales Trophy,[1] also known as theWales Trophy, is a team award presented by theNational Hockey League (NHL). Named forEdward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and thenDuke of Windsor), it has been awarded for different accomplishments throughout its history.

The trophy was first presented on December 15, 1925, to the winner of the first game inMadison Square Garden. That1925–26 season was also the last season for which theStanley Cup wasnot yet exclusive to the NHL, so the trophy was presented to that season's NHL playoffs champion – and retroactively presented to the playoff champion of the previous two NHL seasons. The Wales Trophy was then awarded to the champion of theAmerican Division (1927–1938) and later the NHL regular season champions (1938–1967). Since the1967 NHL expansion, it has served as a counterpart to theClarence S. Campbell Bowl by using the same criteria in the opposite competitive grouping. The Wales Trophy has been awarded to theEast Division regular season champions (1967–1974), the Wales Conferenceregular season champions (1974–1981), the Wales Conferenceplayoff champions (1981–1993), and theEastern Conference playoff champions (1993–2020, 2021–present).[1]

Due to a modified playoff format held in 2021 because of theCOVID-19 pandemic, the Wales Trophy was awarded to theTampa Bay Lightning after defeating theNew York Islanders in theStanley Cup semifinals.

History

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Announcement inThe New York Times

The Prince of Wales Trophy was first announced in December 1925. It was sponsored by the thenPrince of Wales,Prince Edward, and thus bore thePrince of Wales' feathers and the shield of theRoyal Coat of Arms of Canada. Costing $2,500, the trophy was said to be in the possession of the league champion,[2] duplicating the already existingO'Brien Cup for that purpose. To introduce the new trophy into the NHL, it was awarded as a place keeper to the winner of the first game played inMadison Square Garden, held on December 15, 1925 (Montreal Canadiens3 atNew York Americans1). The trophy was held onto by the Canadiens until the end of the season, when it was presented, for the first time, for its founding purpose – to honour the NHL playoff champion.[3][4] While the new trophy was in their possession, the Canadiens – who had been the O'Brien Cup-winning NHL playoff championships in1923–24 and1924–25 – retroactively engraved their name on the trophy for those seasons.

The Prince of Wales Trophy was then awarded to the NHL playoff champion in1925–26 and1926–27, along with the pre-existing O'Brien Cup, before that team would go on to face theWestern Hockey League (WHL) champion for theStanley Cup at the end of those seasons.[5] From the in1927–28 season on, the trophy was awarded to the champion of theAmerican Division of the NHL, while the O'Brien Cup was presented to theCanadian Division champion, until 1938, when, after the NHL reverted to a single division, the Wales Trophy was made the award for the overall regular season champion.[5]

With the expansion of the NHL in 1967, and the creation of theWest Division, the Wales Trophy was given to the team that finished in first place in theEast Division, during the regular season. When the league formed two conferences in 1974, the trophy transferred to the team that finished with the best regular season record in theWales Conference, until 1981. The NHL changed its playoff format so that the two conference playoff champions would meet for the Stanley Cup. The Prince of Wales Trophy was presented to the Wales Conference playoff champions. In the summer of 1993 Wales Conference was renamed the Eastern Conference. Prince of Wales trophy has been awarded to the Eastern Conference playoff champions since the 1993–94 season.[5]

A superstition that is prevalent among many of today's NHL players is that no player should either touch or hoist the Wales (Eastern Conference champion) orClarence S. Campbell (Western Conference champion) Trophies after they have won the conference playoffs; these players feel that theStanley 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, sometimes going on to win the Cup anyway. Most notably, the Pittsburgh Penguins who were considered the most successful team to touch the trophy, winning the Stanley Cup five times after touching it.[6][7][8][9]

The NHL abolished the conferences and re-aligned the league into four new divisions for the2020–21 NHL season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the semifinal round of the2021 Stanley Cup playoffs was contested between the winners of the divisional playoffs and they were seeded according to their regular season record. Initially the trophy was not going to be awarded,[10] but it was later decided that the trophy would be awarded to the winner of the Stanley Cup semifinals series between the East and Central divisions, eventually being theNew York Islanders and theTampa Bay Lightning.[11]

Winners

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Total awards won
WinsTeam
25Montreal Canadiens
18Boston Bruins
13Detroit Red Wings
6Pittsburgh Penguins
5New Jersey Devils
Tampa Bay Lightning
4Florida Panthers
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
3Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
2Carolina Hurricanes
Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals
1Montreal Maroons
Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators (original)[nb 1]
Key
  • * – Defunct team
  • † – Eventual Stanley Cup champions
  • a – Engraved in 1925–26.[3]

Original winner

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1923–1925 (pre-donation) engravings

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The Canadiens were league champions for these seasons.

SeasonWinnerWin #
1923–24Montreal Canadiens †a1
1924–25Montreal Canadiens2

NHL playoff champions (1925–1927)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
1925–26Montreal Maroons * †1
1926–27Ottawa Senators[nb 1] * †1

American Division regular season champions (1927–1938)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
1927–28Boston Bruins1
1928–29Boston Bruins †2
1929–30Boston Bruins3
1930–31Boston Bruins4
1931–32New York Rangers1
1932–33Boston Bruins5
1933–34Detroit Red Wings1
1934–35Boston Bruins6
1935–36Detroit Red Wings †2
1936–37Detroit Red Wings †3
1937–38Boston Bruins7

Regular season champions (1938–1967)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
1938–39Boston Bruins †8
1939–40Boston Bruins9
1940–41Boston Bruins †10
1941–42New York Rangers2
1942–43Detroit Red Wings †4
1943–44Montreal Canadiens †3
1944–45Montreal Canadiens4
1945–46Montreal Canadiens †5
1946–47Montreal Canadiens6
1947–48Toronto Maple Leafs †1
1948–49Detroit Red Wings5
1949–50Detroit Red Wings †6
1950–51Detroit Red Wings7
1951–52Detroit Red Wings †8
1952–53Detroit Red Wings9
1953–54Detroit Red Wings †10
1954–55Detroit Red Wings †11
1955–56Montreal Canadiens †7
1956–57Detroit Red Wings12
1957–58Montreal Canadiens †8
1958–59Montreal Canadiens †9
1959–60Montreal Canadiens †10
1960–61Montreal Canadiens11
1961–62Montreal Canadiens12
1962–63Toronto Maple Leafs †2
1963–64Montreal Canadiens13
1964–65Detroit Red Wings13
1965–66Montreal Canadiens †14
1966–67Chicago Black Hawks1

East Division regular season champions (1967–1974)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
1967–68Montreal Canadiens †15
1968–69Montreal Canadiens †16
1969–70Chicago Black Hawks2
1970–71Boston Bruins11
1971–72Boston Bruins †12
1972–73Montreal Canadiens †17
1973–74Boston Bruins13

Wales Conference regular season champions (1974–1981)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
1974–75Buffalo Sabres1
1975–76Montreal Canadiens †18
1976–77Montreal Canadiens †19
1977–78Montreal Canadiens †20
1978–79Montreal Canadiens †21
1979–80Buffalo Sabres2
1980–81Montreal Canadiens22

Wales Conference playoffs champions (1981–1993)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
1981–82New York Islanders †1
1982–83New York Islanders †2
1983–84New York Islanders3
1984–85Philadelphia Flyers1
1985–86Montreal Canadiens †23
1986–87Philadelphia Flyers2
1987–88Boston Bruins14
1988–89Montreal Canadiens24
1989–90Boston Bruins15
1990–91Pittsburgh Penguins †1
1991–92Pittsburgh Penguins †2
1992–93Montreal Canadiens †25

Eastern Conference playoffs champions (1993–2020)

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Sidney Crosby of the 2017 Eastern Conference championPittsburgh Penguins poses with the Prince of Wales Trophy.
SeasonWinnerWin #
1993–94New York Rangers †3
1994–95New Jersey Devils †1
1995–96Florida Panthers1
1996–97Philadelphia Flyers3
1997–98Washington Capitals1
1998–99Buffalo Sabres3
1999–2000New Jersey Devils †2
2000–01New Jersey Devils3
2001–02Carolina Hurricanes1
2002–03New Jersey Devils †4
2003–04Tampa Bay Lightning †1
2004–05Season cancelled due to the2004–05 NHL lockout
2005–06Carolina Hurricanes †2
2006–07Ottawa Senators1
2007–08Pittsburgh Penguins3
2008–09Pittsburgh Penguins †4
2009–10Philadelphia Flyers4
2010–11Boston Bruins †16
2011–12New Jersey Devils5
2012–13Boston Bruins17
2013–14New York Rangers4
2014–15Tampa Bay Lightning2
2015–16Pittsburgh Penguins †5
2016–17Pittsburgh Penguins †6
2017–18Washington Capitals †2
2018–19Boston Bruins18
2019–20Tampa Bay Lightning †3

Stanley Cup semifinals (2020–2021)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
2020–21Tampa Bay Lightning †4

Eastern Conference playoffs champions (2021–present)

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SeasonWinnerWin #
2021–22Tampa Bay Lightning5
2022–23Florida Panthers2
2023–24Florida Panthers †3
2024–25Florida Panthers †4

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^abRefers to theoriginal Ottawa Senators NHL franchise (1917–1934)

Citations

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  1. ^ab"Prince of Wales Trophy".NHL.com. RetrievedJune 26, 2021.
  2. ^"Prince of Wales Sponsors New Cup: Trophy Costing $2,500 Will Be Emblematic of National Hockey League Title".New York Times. December 7, 1925. p. 26.
  3. ^abMcCarthy, Dave, ed. (2008).The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2009. Dan Diamond & Associates, Inc. p. 241.
  4. ^"New York Beaten by Canadiens 3–1".The Globe. December 16, 1925. p. 10.
  5. ^abcLegends of Hockey.net."History of the Prince of Wales Trophy". Archived fromthe original on September 29, 2007.
  6. ^"Lightning Win Conference Final and Touch The Trophy; No Supersitition Here".tampabay.com. September 18, 2020.
  7. ^Kaplan, Emily (May 28, 2011)."Conference trophies: to touch, or not to touch?". NHL.com. RetrievedNovember 12, 2011.
  8. ^Coffey, Phil (June 2, 2006)."NHL.com - Ice Age: Having another trophy in mind". RetrievedJuly 25, 2006.[dead link]
  9. ^O'Donnell, Kelly (May 31, 2015)."How Real is the Wales Trophy and Campbell Bowl Jinx?".The Hockey Writers. RetrievedNovember 21, 2022.
  10. ^Cotsonika, Nicholas (May 14, 2021)."Stanley Cup Playoffs: Key questions, answers".nhl.com. NHL.
  11. ^"#NHLStats: Live Updates – June 10, 2021".media.nhl.com. June 10, 2021. RetrievedJune 11, 2021.In addition to a spot in the Stanley Cup Final, the winner of the Golden Knights–Canadiens series will claim the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, while the Islanders–Lightning will battle for the Prince of Wales Trophy.

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