The Stanley Cup

Complete schedule for Round Three of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, with TV coverage noted and results updated daily.

Complete schedule for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, with TV coverage noted and results updated daily.

Complete schedule for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, with TV coverage noted and results updated daily.

Day by day schedule for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, with TV coverage noted and updated results.

Stanley Cup winners through the ages, including pre-NHL champions. A list of all the Stanley Cup champions from 1892 to the present.

How the teams are ranked and matchups decided for each round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Stanley Cup is the most revered trophy in professional sport, and the NHL playoffs are a hockey fan's favorite time of year.

Henri Richard leads the way as the biggest winner in NHL history. Here are the players with the most Stanley Cup wins in their careers.

The Montreal Canadiens lead the way with 24 Stanley Cups. Here's the complete list of most Stanley Cup wins, ranked by team.

Here are the five shortest overtime games in the history of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Here's a list of the longest NHL games ever played, all of them going into multiple overtime to settle a tie in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Here are the all-time greatest comebacks in a series or single game during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The NHL players on this list would be remembered by almost nobody, if not for one very special Stanley Cup season. They are the most unlikely of Stanley Cup heroes: the guys who came out of nowhere to dominate the Stanley Cup Playoffs for one brief moment.

Complete list of winners of the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

From center ice to Red Square, from Wayne Gretzky to Arnold Schwarzenegger, we follow the trail of the Stanley Cup in this collection of photos.

Everything a fan needs, including the Stanley Cup fantasy tips, and explanation of the playoff format, and more.

Stanley Cup droughts drag on and on for the teams on this list. Here are the NHL teams that have never won the Stanley Cup.

In 1893 the Canadian governor-general, Lord Stanley, purchased a silver bowl for $50 and naming it the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. Hockey folks prefered a less formal designation: the Stanley Cup.

An NHL team might use plenty of players over the course of a season, due to trades, injuries, minor-league recalls, etc. So when they win the Stanley Cup, which players are eligible to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup itself?

The Stanley Cup playoffs are a fantasy hockey player's greatest challenge. Here's one strategy worth trying.

The Stanley Cup playoffs require grit, determination and endurance. It's you against the world! (With a little help from your remote control and a fridge full of beer.) These tips will help get you through the Stanley Cup marathon.

Six crucial factors that determine whether your team has what it takes to win in the hockey marathon that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Stanley Cup tournament has long been a rite of spring. But for its own good, the NHL should get the playoffs started by April 1 and hand out the Stanley Cup before the end of May.

A Stanley Cup winner comes home with hockey's greatest prize.