Hockey+-+Stanley+Cup

=The Stanley Cup= By Mark Stewart Multiple Cities in Canada: Frank Watts, a Division of Scholastic Inc., 2003



Call Number: 796.962 STE

**__Summary/Description__:** //The Stanley Cup// is about hockey's championships, from the early years of the Canadian hockey leagues, to the modern Stanley Cup Champions. It gives a summary of every game of every series of the Stanley Cup Championships. This book contains who the Conn Smythe Winner (MVP) was of the playoffs, and also has the best player of the final series. It also has information on some the NHL's best players, like Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, and Bobby Orr. This information includes point totals, number of Stanley Cups won, and teams played for.

The best teams in the league are featured in this book, especially the Montreal Canadiens, the Detroit Red Wings, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Every championship is in this book, but those three teams are the ones that are mentioned the most. Being researched and edited by a former NHL player, this book is a great resource for researching the Stanley Cup.

__**Beyond the Book**__: Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources:
 * [|Stanley Cup Qualifications] Not everyone on the team gets their name on the Stanley Cup, so this website explains the qualifications to do this. It also tells about a lucky hockey player who got his name on the Stanley Cup, even though he probably didn't deserve it.
 * [|Professional Hockey Champions] This website includes every professional hockey champion from 1912 to present time. It also includes who coached the team during the playoffs. The runner-up teams and their coaches are also listed. The MVP of every year's playoffs are listed, along with the qualifications of becoming the MVP. This website is a good resource to find the best teams, coaches, and players at given times in history.
 * [|Stanley Cup History] This website tells why and when the Stanley Cup was created, and why it was brought to the NHL.
 * [|Stanley Cup Series] This website has a very detailed description of every Stanley Cup series from 1893 to 2011. It the description, it tells the last time each team won, how each team did in the regular season, and any history that was made in the series. Each description is unique, but they all contain some of the same components. This website is good if you want to learn about a certain champion in detail.
 * [|Stanley Cup Origin] This website not only includes how the Stanley Cup tradition began, but it also shows the leagues that competed for it throughout history. It also tells how the Stanley Cup was won in each of the different leagues. It briefly discusses the Stanley Cup victors of the late 1800's in the amateur leagues. After this, it goes on to explain the early years of the professional league that later became the NHL. If you want to learn about the competition for the Stanley Cup at any point in history, this is a very good resource.
 * [] This link contains facts about the Stanley Cup that not many people know about, including historical events that it has been involved with, characteristics that make it unique, names on it that are misspelled, and additional phrases engraved on the Cup.