For the first time ever, the Panthers are Stanley Cup champions.
Every young hockey player has that dream of one day lifting the Stanley Cup above their head, carrying it around the ice as the crazed fans go wild. And each season, one well-deserved team gets to live out that dream.
In 2024, that dream became reality for Florida, who knocked off Edmonton in seven games in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.
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Here's a look at every winner of the Stanley Cup.
Stanley Cup winners year by year
The Panthers join quite the list and will be the defending Stanley Cup champions for a year, until the 2025 final.
Here is a look at every winner of the Stanley Cup since 1927.
| Season | Winner | Series | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Panthers | 4-3 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 2023 | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-1 | Florida Panthers |
| 2022 | Colorado Avalanche | 4-2 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-1 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-2 | Dallas Stars |
| 2019 | St. Louis Blues | 4-3 | Boston Bruins |
| 2018 | Washington Capitals | 4-1 | Vegas Golden Knights |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4-2 | Nashville Predators |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4-2 | San Jose Sharks |
| 2015 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4-2 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Kings | 4-2 | New York Rangers |
| 2013 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4-2 | Boston Bruins |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Kings | 4-2 | New Jersey Devils |
| 2011 | Boston Bruins | 4-3 | Vancouver Canucks |
| 2010 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4-2 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4-3 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 2008 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-2 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2007 | Anaheim Ducks | 4-1 | Ottawa Senators |
| 2006 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4-3 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 2005 | — (Lockout) | — | — |
| 2004 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-3 | Calgary Flames |
| 2003 | New Jersey Devils | 4-3 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| 2002 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-1 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2001 | Colorado Avalanche | 4-3 | New Jersey Devils |
| 2000 | New Jersey Devils | 4-2 | Dallas Stars |
| 1999 | Dallas Stars | 4-2 | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1998 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-0 | Washington Capitals |
| 1997 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-0 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1996 | Colorado Avalanche | 4-0 | Florida Panthers |
| 1995 | New Jersey Devils | 4-0 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1994 | New York Rangers | 4-3 | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1993 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Los Angeles Kings |
| 1992 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4-0 | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1991 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4-2 | Minnesota North Stars |
| 1990 | Edmonton Oilers | 4-1 | Boston Bruins |
| 1989 | Calgary Flames | 4-2 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1988 | Edmonton Oilers | 4-0 | Boston Bruins |
| 1987 | Edmonton Oilers | 4-3 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1986 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Calgary Flames |
| 1985 | Edmonton Oilers | 4-1 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1984 | Edmonton Oilers | 4-1 | New York Islanders |
| 1983 | New York Islanders | 4-0 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1982 | New York Islanders | 4-0 | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1981 | New York Islanders | 4-1 | Minnesota North Stars |
| 1980 | New York Islanders | 4-1 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | New York Rangers |
| 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-2 | Boston Bruins |
| 1977 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-0 | Boston Bruins |
| 1976 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-0 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4-2 | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1974 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4-2 | Boston Bruins |
| 1973 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-2 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1972 | Boston Bruins | 4-2 | New York Rangers |
| 1971 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-3 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1970 | Boston Bruins | 4-0 | St. Louis Blues |
| 1969 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-0 | St. Louis Blues |
| 1968 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-0 | St. Louis Blues |
| 1967 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-2 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1966 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-2 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1965 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-3 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1964 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-3 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1963 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-1 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1962 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-2 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1961 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4-2 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1960 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-0 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1958 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-2 | Boston Bruins |
| 1957 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Boston Bruins |
| 1956 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1955 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-3 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1954 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-3 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1953 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Boston Bruins |
| 1952 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-0 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1951 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-1 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1950 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-3 | New York Rangers |
| 1949 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-0 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1948 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-0 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1947 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-2 | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1946 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-1 | Boston Bruins |
| 1945 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-3 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1944 | Montreal Canadiens | 4-0 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1943 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-0 | Boston Bruins |
| 1942 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-3 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1941 | Boston Bruins | 4-0 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1940 | New York Rangers | 4-2 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1939 | Boston Bruins | 4-1 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1938 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3-1 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1937 | Detroit Red Wings | 3-2 | New York Rangers |
| 1936 | Detroit Red Wings | 3-1 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1935 | Montreal Maroons | 3-0 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1934 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3-1 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1933 | New York Rangers | 3-1 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1932 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3-0 | New York Rangers |
| 1931 | Montreal Canadiens | 3-2 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1930 | Montreal Canadiens | 2-0 | Boston Bruins |
| 1929 | Boston Bruins | 2-0 | New York Rangers |
| 1928 | New York Rangers | 3-2 | Montreal Maroons |
| 1927 | Ottawa Senators | 2-0 | Boston Bruins |
What team has won the most Stanley Cups?
The Canadiens have won the most Cups with 24. However, it's been 30 years since the last time Montreal hoisted the trophy, which came in 1993.
After the Habs, the Maple Leafs have the second-most with 13, but their last Cup win came in 1967 and the team has not been to the finals since then.
In third is the Red Wings with 11, most recently winning in 2008.
| Team | Stanley Cups |
|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 24 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 13 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 11 |
| Boston Bruins | 6 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 6 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 5 |
| New York Islanders | 4 |
| New York Rangers | 4 |
| New Jersey Devils | 3 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 3 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 2 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 2 |
| Dallas Stars | 1 |
| St. Louis Blues | 1 |
| Calgary Flames | 1 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 1 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 |
| Florida Panthers | 1 |
Which teams have never won the Stanley Cup?
There are 10 franchises that have never lifted the Stanley Cup: the Arizona Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks, Seattle Kraken, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets.
Out of those 10, five have Finals appearances. Those clubs are the Sabres, Canucks, Sharks, Senators, and Predators.
The Jets, Blue Jackets, Wild, Kraken and Coyotes have never played in the Finals.
