{"product_id":"coupe-stanley","title":"Coupe Stanley","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eO-PEE-CHEE 1968-69 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanley Cup\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003eFrench\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Coupe Stanley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the \u003c\/span\u003eNational Hockey League\u003cspan\u003e (NHL) \u003c\/span\u003eplayoff\u003cspan\u003e champio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Hockey_League\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the \u003c\/span\u003eInternational Ice Hockey Federation\u003cspan\u003e (IIHF) considers it to be one of the \"most important championships available to the sport\". The trophy was commissioned in 1892 as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDominion Hockey Challenge Cup\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and is named after \u003c\/span\u003eLord Stanley of Preston\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003egovernor general of Canada\u003cspan\u003e, who donated it as an award to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The entire Stanley family supported the sport, the sons and daughters all playing and promoting the game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Cup#cite_note-3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e2\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Cup#cite_note-3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e first Cup was awarded in 1893 to the \u003c\/span\u003eMontreal Hockey Club\u003cspan\u003e, and winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, the \u003c\/span\u003eNational Hockey Association\u003cspan\u003e (NHA) and the \u003c\/span\u003ePacific Coast Hockey Association\u003cspan\u003e (PCHA), the two main professional ice hockey organizations, reached an agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup. It was established as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ede facto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_facto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003echampion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ede jure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e NHL championship prize in 1947.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Test Boutique Manacore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46862531887262,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/manacore.ca\/products\/coupe-stanley","provider":"Boutique Manacore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}