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 Arena – BB&T Center (Sunrise)
-Stanley Cups – 1 (2024)
+Stanley Cups – 2 (2023 – 24, 2024 – 25)
-The Panthers were founded in 1993. The team has made two appearances in the Stanley Cup Finals, in 1996; they lost to the Colorado Avalanche and in 2024 they beat the Edmonton Oilers. The rat trick is a celebration popularized by fans of the Florida Panthers during their 1995–96 season. The term, a play on hat trick, was coined by Panthers goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck after teammate Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room prior to the team's home opener with his stick, then scored two goals with the same stick. Fans immediately picked up on the idea and began throwing plastic rats on the ice to celebrate goals. They play home games at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, in the Miami metropolitan area
+The Panthers were founded in 1993. The team has made two appearances in the Stanley Cup Finals, in 1996; they lost to the Colorado Avalanche and in 2024 and 2025 they beat the Edmonton Oilers. The rat trick is a celebration popularized by fans of the Florida Panthers during their 1995–96 season. The term, a play on hat trick, was coined by Panthers goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck after teammate Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room prior to the team's home opener with his stick, then scored two goals with the same stick. Fans immediately picked up on the idea and began throwing plastic rats on the ice to celebrate goals. They play home games at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, in the Miami metropolitan area
 ==== Montreal Canadiens ====

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 Arena – BB&T Center (Sunrise)
-Stanley Cups – 0
+Stanley Cups – 1 (2024)
-The Panthers were founded in 1993. The team has made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, in 1996; they lost to the Colorado Avalanche. The rat trick is a celebration popularized by fans of the Florida Panthers during their 1995–96 season. The term, a play on hat trick, was coined by Panthers goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck after teammate Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room prior to the team's home opener with his stick, then scored two goals with the same stick. Fans immediately picked up on the idea and began throwing plastic rats on the ice to celebrate goals. They play home games at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, in the Miami metropolitan area
+The Panthers were founded in 1993. The team has made two appearances in the Stanley Cup Finals, in 1996; they lost to the Colorado Avalanche and in 2024 they beat the Edmonton Oilers. The rat trick is a celebration popularized by fans of the Florida Panthers during their 1995–96 season. The term, a play on hat trick, was coined by Panthers goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck after teammate Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room prior to the team's home opener with his stick, then scored two goals with the same stick. Fans immediately picked up on the idea and began throwing plastic rats on the ice to celebrate goals. They play home games at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, in the Miami metropolitan area
 ==== Montreal Canadiens ====

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 Arena – T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
-Stanley Cups – 0
+Stanley Cups – 1 (2022-23)
 The Golden Knights joined the Western Conference Pacific in 2017-18. Reached the Stanley Cup in 2018, losing to Washington Capitals
 == Stanley Cup ==
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 '''Alexander Ovechkin'''
-Alexander Ovechkin is a winger and captain of Washington Capitals. He was the first overall selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, drafted from HC Dynamo Moscow. He has won three Hart Memorial Trophies, three Ted Lindsay Awards and one Art Ross Trophy. Known for being a physical player, Ovechkin is the first Russian member of the NHL to reach the 500-plus goal mark
+Alexander Ovechkin is a winger and captain of Washington Capitals. He was the first overall selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, drafted from HC Dynamo Moscow. He has won three Hart Memorial Trophies, three Ted Lindsay Awards and one Art Ross Trophy. Known for being a physical player, Ovechkin is the first Russian member of the NHL to reach the 500-plus goal mark. Ovechkin has won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy nine times
 '''Maurice Richard'''

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 Arena – Pepsi Center
-Stanley Cups – 2 (1995–96, 2000–01)
+Stanley Cups – 3 (1995–96, 2000–01, 2021–22)
-The Avalanche were founded in 1972 as the Quebec Nordiques and were one of the charter franchises of the World Hockey Association. The franchise joined the NHL in 1979 as a result of the NHL–WHA merger. Following the 1994–95 season, they were sold to the COMSAT Entertainment Group and relocated to Denver. In the club's first season in Denver, the Avalanche defeated the Florida Panthers in the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals, becoming the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in the season following a relocation. They won their second Stanley Cup in the 2000–01 season
+The Avalanche were founded in 1972 as the Quebec Nordiques and were one of the charter franchises of the World Hockey Association. The franchise joined the NHL in 1979 as a result of the NHL–WHA merger. Following the 1994–95 season, they were sold to the COMSAT Entertainment Group and relocated to Denver. In the club's first season in Denver, the Avalanche defeated the Florida Panthers in the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals, becoming the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in the season following a relocation. They won their second Stanley Cup in the 2000–01 season. In 2021–22 they won their third Stanley Cup, defeating defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning
 ==== Dallas Stars ====

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 === Western Conference Central ===
 ==== Chicago Blackhawks ====
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 The club was founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a name based on the 1992 film ''The Mighty Ducks''. Disney sold the franchise in 2005, and the new owners changed the name of the team to the Anaheim Ducks before the 2006–07 season. The Ducks have won one Stanley Cup (2006–07)
 ==== Calgary Flames ====
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 They play their home games at the SAP Center, known locally as the Shark Tank
 ==== Vancouver Canucks ====
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 The Golden Knights joined the Western Conference Pacific in 2017-18. Reached the Stanley Cup in 2018, losing to Washington Capitals
 == Stanley Cup ==

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 === Eastern Conference Atlantic ===
 Arena – TD Garden
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 The team has been in existence since 1924. It is the league's third-oldest team and is the oldest in the United States. The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth most of all-time with the Blackhawks. Their last win was in the 2010–11 season
-'''Buffalo Sabres'''
+==== Buffalo Sabres ====
 Arena – First Niagara Center
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 The team was established in 1970 and has twice advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975 and to the Dallas Stars in 1999
-'''Detroit Red Wings'''
+==== Detroit Red Wings ====
 Arena – Joe Louis Arena
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 Founded in 1926, the team was known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930. For the following two seasons the team was called the Detroit Falcons, and in 1932 changed their name to the Red Wings. The Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States. Between 1967 and 1983, Detroit only made the playoffs twice, and the team was derisively known as the "Dead Wings". "The Legend of the Octopus" is a tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck
-'''Florida Panthers'''
+==== Florida Panthers ====
 Arena – BB&T Center (Sunrise)
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 The Panthers were founded in 1993. The team has made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, in 1996; they lost to the Colorado Avalanche. The rat trick is a celebration popularized by fans of the Florida Panthers during their 1995–96 season. The term, a play on hat trick, was coined by Panthers goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck after teammate Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room prior to the team's home opener with his stick, then scored two goals with the same stick. Fans immediately picked up on the idea and began throwing plastic rats on the ice to celebrate goals. They play home games at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, in the Miami metropolitan area
-'''Montreal Canadiens'''
+==== Montreal Canadiens ====
 Arena – Bell Centre
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 Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL. The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any other franchise, 24 times. The team's championship season in 1992–93 was the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. Montreal Canadiens are known as ‘the Habs’, coming from ‘Les Habitants’. Habitants is the name used to refer to both the French settlers and the inhabitants of French origin in Quebec. The team is owned by the Molson family, who are the founders of the Molson Brewery
-'''Ottawa Senators'''
+==== Ottawa Senators ====
 Arena – Canadian Tire Center
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 Ottawa had been home to the original Senators, a founding NHL franchise and 11-time Stanley Cup champions that played in the NHL from 1917 to 1934. The current team was founded in 1990. They reached the Stanley Cup final in 2007, losing to the Anaheim Ducks
-'''Tampa Bay Lightning'''
+==== Tampa Bay Lightning ====
 Arena – Amalie Arena
-Stanley Cups – 2 (2003–04, 2019-20)
+Stanley Cups – 3 (2003–04, 2019-20, 2020-21)
-Established in 1992, Tampa Bay has one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the Bolts. Steve Yzerman serves as general manager
+Established in 1992, Tampa Bay won their first Stanley Cup championship in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the Bolts. Steve Yzerman serves as general manager
 The Amelie Arena is named after the Amalie Oil Company
-'''Toronto Maple Leafs'''
+==== Toronto Maple Leafs ====
 Arena – Air Canada Centre

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-== '''Teams''' ==
+== Teams ==
 The NHL is composed of 31 member clubs: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada
 Original Six is a term for the group of six teams that made up the NHL for the 25 seasons between the 1942–43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. These six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs
-=== '''Eastern Conference Atlantic''' ===
+=== Eastern Conference Atlantic ===
 '''Boston Bruins'''
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 Curtis Joseph is a goaltender who last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Joseph is immediately recognizable on the ice for his masks featuring a snarling dog, drawing inspiration from the Stephen King novel ''Cujo'', which also happens to be his nickname
-=== '''Eastern Conference Metropolitan''' ===
+=== Eastern Conference Metropolitan ===
 '''Carolina Hurricanes'''
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 Since their founding in 1974, the "Caps" reached the 1998 and 2018 Stanley Cup Finals. In 1997, the team moved their home hockey rink from the suburban Capital Centre before its own 1999 closure, to the new Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. They won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 2018, defeating Vegas Golden Knights
-=== '''Western Conference Central''' ===
+=== Western Conference Central ===
 '''Chicago Blackhawks'''
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 The Jets began play as the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999–2000 NHL season. True North Sports & Entertainment then bought the team in 2011 and relocated the franchise to Winnipeg prior to the 2011–12 season (the first NHL franchise to relocate since the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997). The team was renamed the Jets after Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team, which relocated after the 1995–96 season to become the Arizona Coyotes
-=== '''Western Conference Pacific''' ===
+=== Western Conference Pacific ===
 '''Anaheim Ducks'''
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 The '''Seattle Kraken''' will begin play in the 2021–22 season, increasing the Western Conference to 16 teams and the Arizona Coyotes will then move to the Central Division from the Pacific Division to balance out the conference
-== '''Stanley Cup''' ==
+== Stanley Cup ==
 The '''Stanley Cup''' is the championship trophy awarded annually to the NHL playoff winner. Originally commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston, then–Governor General of Canada, who awarded it to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC. Professional teams then became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. It was established as the ''de facto'' championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the ''de jure'' NHL championship prize in 1947
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 Most Stanley Cup wins – Montreal Canadiens (24), Toronto Maple Leafs (13), Detroit Red Wings (11)
-== '''Awards''' ==
+== Awards ==
 '''Hart Memorial Trophy'''
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 The Presidents' Trophy is an award presented by the NHL to the team that finishes with the most points (i.e. best record) in the League during the regular season. It was first awarded during the 1985–86 season
-== '''Ten leading players''' ==
+== Ten leading players ==
 '''Sidney Crosby'''