Canada is seen by many as the birthplace of hockey, especially the pro game, and it’s no wonder Canadian-based teams dominated when it came to winning the Stanley Cup in the early years. However, it’s been almost three decades since a Canadian franchise has been crowned NHL champions.
Since the NHL was formed the Stanley Cup has been won a total of 42 times by Canadian teams. However, several Canadian squads won the trophy prior to that between 1893 and 1917.
What Canadian Team has the Most Stanley Cup Wins?
As of February, 2023 the Canadian team with the most Stanley Cup titles to their name is the Montreal Canadiens with 24. They also hold the record with five consecutive cup wins from 1955/56 to 1959/60.
Who’s The Last Canadian Team to Win the Stanley Cup?
The last Canadian club to hoist the Stanley Cup is also the Montreal Canadiens. They achieved the feat in 1992/93 by downing the Los Angeles Kings in five games and capturing the cup at home at the Montreal Forum. The victory came on the 100th anniversary year of the first ever Stanley Cup title in 1893 and it was the last NHL championship won by a team composed of North American-born players only.
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How Many Stanley Cups Have the Toronto Maple Leafs Won?
The Toronto Maple Leafs have won the Stanley Cup on 13 occasions however not all of the victories came under the Maple Leafs name. The franchise was founded in 1917 and originally named the Toronto Arenas from 1917 to 1919.
Their name was changed to the Toronto St. Patricks from 1919 to 1927 when the team became known as the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team won the cup in 1917/18 as the Toronto Arenas and in 1921/22 as the Toronto St. Patricks. They also won titles in 1931/32, 1941/42, 1944/45, 1946/47, 1947/48, 1948/49, 1950/51, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64 and 1966/67 as the Maple Leafs.
The franchise’s last cup victory came in the six-team era and the team hasn’t reached a Stanley Cup final series since its last cup win in 1967. The team’s Stanley Cup slump is currently the longest active drought in the league.
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How Many Stanley Cups Have the Calgary Flames Won?
The Calgary Flames have managed to win one Stanley Cup which came in 1988/89 when they won the silverware in the Montreal Forum by defeating the Montreal Canadiens in six games.
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How Many Stanley Cups Have the Edmonton Oilers Won?
The Edmonton Oilers have taken the Stanley Cup home with them five times with victories in 1983/84, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1987/88, and 1989/90. As of 2023, the Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins were tied for the most cups won since the NHL/WHA merger in 1979. Also, their five championships are the most by any club which joined the NHL in or after 1967.
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How Many Stanley Cups Have the Ottawa Senators Won?
The current edition of the Ottawa Senators joined the NHL in 1992/93 and have yet to win a Stanley Cup. However the original Ottawa Senators were formed in 1883 and played until 1954. The club was a founding member of the NHL and played in the league between 1917 and 1934. The official name of the franchise was the Ottawa Hockey Club but it was known by an assortment of nicknames such as the Generals, the Silver Seven and then the Senators from 1908 onward.
The original Ottawa franchise won 11 Stanley Cups which came in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1927. (Between 1893 and 1914 the Stanley Cup winners were determined through league play and challenge games.)
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How Many Stanley Cups Have the Montreal Canadiens Won?
The Montreal Canadiens have won a record 24 Stanley Cups as of February, 2023 with their triumphs coming in 1915/16, 1923/24, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1943/44, 1945/46, 1952/53, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1985/86 and 1992/93.
Twenty three of these championships have come since the NHL was founded in 1917 with 22 of them coming since 1927, which was when the Stanley Cup was competed for by NHL teams only.
How Many Stanley Cups Have the Vancouver Canucks Won?
The Vancouver Canucks have yet to win the Stanley Cup since joining the NHL in 1970/71.
How Many Stanley Cups Have the Winnipeg Jets Won?
The original Winnipeg Jets franchise played in the NHL from 1972 to 1996 and failed to win a Stanley cup. The current edition of the Jets joined the league in 2011 after the Atlanta Thrashers franchise relocated to Winnipeg. The current team has yet to win a Stanley Cup also.
Have any Former Canadian NHL Teams Won the Stanley Cup?
Just three former Canadian NHL teams won the Stanley Cup as the Montreal Maroons captured it in 1935 and 1926, the Quebec Bulldogs won it in 1912 and 1913 and the Montreal Wanderers won it in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910.
The Maroons played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938 before folding while the Wanderers competed in the league for just one season in 1917/18. The Bulldogs played in the NHL in 1919/20 before relocating to Hamilton, Ontario as the Hamilton Tigers and playing in the league until 1925 before folding. The Bulldogs and Wanderers’ Stanley Cup wins came before the NHL was formed in 1917 however.
Several non-NHL Canadian clubs won the trophy between 1893 and 1917. These were: the Victoria Cougars in 1925, the Vancouver Millionaires in 1915, the Toronto Blueshirts in 1914, the Kenora Thistles, in 1907 the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893, 1894, 1902 and 1903., the Winnipeg Victorias in 1896, 1901 and 1902, the Montreal Shamrocks in 1899 and 1900, the Montreal Victorias in 1895, 1897 and 1898.
Check out the full list of Stanley Cup wins here on NHL.com
What Canadian NHL Players Have the Most Stanley Cup Wins?
When it comes to winning the most Stanley Cups in a career, the honour goes to Henri Richard of the Montreal Canadiens as he listed the trophy 11 times between 1955/56 and 1972/73.
Jean Beliveau of the Canadiens won it 10 times between 1955/56 and 1970/71. Yvan Cournoyer of the Canadiens won it 10 times between 1964/65 and 1978/79. Claude Provost of the Canadiens played on nine cup winners between 1955/ 56 and 1968/69 while Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard won the cup eight times with the team from 1943/ 44 and 1959/60.
The player to win the most cups while not playing for the Canadiens was Leonard ‘Red’ Kelly as he lifted it four times with the Detroit Red Wings between 1949/50 and 1954/55 as well as four times with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1961/62 and 1966/67.
The most Stanley Cup wins by non-Canadian born players are Jarri Kurri of Finland with five between 1983/84 and 1989/90 with the Edmonton Oilers and Esa Tikkanen of Finland who won four titles with Edmonton from 1984/85 and one with the New York Rangers in 1993/94.
What Canadian Coach Has the Most Stanley Cup Wins?
William Scott ‘Scotty’ Bowman currently holds the record for the coach with the most Stanley Cups to his name at nine. Bowman won the silverware with the Montreal Canadiens in 1972/73, 1975/76 and 1978/1979 while winning it with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991/92 and the Detroit Red Wings in 1996/97, 1997/98 and 2001/02).
Hector ‘Toe’ Blake won eight cups with the Canadiens in 1955/56 to 1959/60 inclusive and again in 1964/65, 1965/66 and 1967/68.
Final Thoughts
There’s a lot more parity in the NHL these days and that can be attributed to the league’s salary cap which was introduced in 2005/06. The days of Stanley Cup dynasties may now be a thing of the past because of this but it’s still conceivable for a team to win a couple of cups in a row.
As far as Canadian teams winning a Stanley Cup goes, the drought has reached almost 30 years and it’s really anybody’s guess when another Canadian club will skate around the rink holding the trophy aloft.
Jamie is the founder of Hockey Response and he is the chief writer/ lead editor. Jamie has been playing hockey for over 20 years. He was the defenseman of the year in NL and has played Jr A level hockey. Jamie has coached several kids hockey camps and he was the assistant coach of the Western Kings.