What Is the Stanley Cup? book cover

What Is the Stanley Cup?

Which of these facts are true?
The first championship game was played in 1893
The last game of the 1919 series was canceled because of the most deadly flu epidemic ever
The Stanley Cup is the oldest sports trophy in the world!
All of the above!


Ice hockey fans will pull on their skates and gear up for this Who HQ title about the Stanley Cup Finals–the National Hockey League’s championship games.

Out of the thirty-two pro hockey teams that compete, only one can call itself the champion and proudly hoist up the Stanley Cup–the oldest sports trophy in the world! From the formation of the leagues and the crowning of the first championship-winning team, to the Rangers’ Stanley Cup curse and the uncertain fate of the teams during the Spanish flu epidemic, this book recounts the highs and lows of this exciting ice hockey series.

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