Honestly, the ugliest and most
exaggerated trophy in all of sports. Unlike all other trophies, you would not know this is
the championship cup for hockey if you looked at it. It looks more like an artifact that belongs in a church to represent
the Holy Grail.
It got its name from its creator, a guy named the Lord Stanley of Preston, who was governor of Canada at the time. He bought a decorative punch bowl (Yes, a punch bowl) and made it the trophy. He had the words "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup" engraved on one side of the outside rim, and "From Stanley of Preston" on the other side.