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Stanley Cup champions over time. Adam Augustyn. Stanley Cup champions, winners of the annual best-of-seven series of ice hockey games that determines that season’s titlist in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Stanley Cup is named for its donor, Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston, a former governor-general of Canada. Stanley Cup Champions. Every team that's won the Cup. By NHL.com. @NHLdotcom. June 13, 2023. The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), There are 12 franchises that have never lifted the Stanley Cup: the Arizona Coyotes, Buffalo IsAyhXB.