Talk:Prince of Wales Trophy

O'Brien Trophy states that PoW Trophy was used for 3 seasons as the nhl playoff champions trophy Smith03 18:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

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 * That's correct, before the NHL gained exclusive control of the Stanley Cup. Ravenswing 07:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Ottawa Senators and Ottawa Senators
Corrected the list; the 'current' Senators have won the PoW trophy once, while the 'original' Senators won the PoW once. Previous list had Senators winning trophy twice. GoodDay 23:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * An IP did that. I think it was because it was the Ottawa franchise that won it twice but I still agre with you. --Hasek is the best 21:31, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You mean the Ottawa franchises, won it once 'each'. GoodDay 21:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually since the Senators' franchise folded then returned the anon thought the franchises were the same. --Hasek is the best 23:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * But the franchise did not fold, then return (we don't want to confuse the anon further). A franchise folded in 1935 (as the St. Louis Eagles) and a franchise was created in 1991. They're completley seperate franchises (1884-1935 & 1991- present). GoodDay 19:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

No Defense
The Chicago Black Hawks won the Eastern Division and hence the Prince of Wales trophy in 1969-70, after which the team was transferred to the Western Division. There was some (probably whimsical) talk of the Hawks refusing to surrender the trophy to next year's Eastern champion, the argument being that they could not very well have lost the trophy, having been given no chance to defend it. Eventually, they did comply. WHPratt (talk) 19:36, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Sydney crosby refrence needed
I really think its important to note that crosby took the tropy and scated around with it. I think its really important because even in my situation I didnt watch the end of the game and when I watched a recap I ws really surprised to see him pick it up and scate with it (but not hoist it) even after reading on wikipedia that players don't do it. So I don't think that new jersey should be the only exception mentioned in this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.31.254 (talk) 03:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Sic Transit Gloria
It might be nice for the article to somehow note that for the 1938–67 period, the Prince of Wales Trophy enjoyed a stature quite close to (albeit generally below) that of the Stanley Cup. It represented excellence over the 70-game schedule (or 60 or 50 in earlier years), and as a balanced schedule with many contests between the teams was employed, this was especially meaningful. Some hockey insiders regarded the P-of-W winner as the "true" champion. (I will try to find some quotes.)

After the 1967 expansion, the trophy would never be more than a "conference" award. Sometimes it was won via a playoff series, which is reasonable. At other times it was won by accumulating the best record when compared to one or more other divisional champion whose listings happened to be on your side of the page. There were years when the NHL was essentially one big league with separate standings in arbitrary divisions being kept and crossover playoffs involving teams from both conferences. WHPratt (talk) 14:02, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Furthermore, during the so-called Original Six Era, only the NHL had a single, regular-season champion: The other North American sports had champions in leagues or divisions. Thus, the Prince of Wales Trophy had a very special status for that period of time. WHPratt (talk) 12:44, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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2021
In mid-May 2021, the league had announced that with the suspension of conferences because of COVID-19, both conference trophies would not be awarded this season. Now in June that the 2021 Semifinals are now known, that the Canadiens will face the Knights and the Islanders will go against the Lightning, the NHL PR dept is now saying that they will be presented after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:26, 11 June 2021 (UTC)