the Stanley Cup
/ðə ˌstænli ˈkʌp/
/ðə ˈstænli kʌp/
- a competition to decide the best ice hockey team in the National Hockey League in the US and Canada, first held in 1893. It consists of a series of games between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the winners of the Western Conference.
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