Akuthandeki ukuba kukho abadlali abafuni ukuba azame isandla sakho kwi NHL. Ngenxa yoko, phakathi abadlali, izithethi kwi kwitumente North American, abayi kufumana lowo ungenaye nokuphupha ukuba aphumelele indebe onjenge Stanley Cup, uze wenze ndandirhabula ezimbalwa champagne ivela kuyo. Okumangalisayo kule nto; kuba ehlabathini hockey anayo iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu kuthathwa eli bhaso kakhulu yodumo. Kwangaxeshanye, siyaqondakala isizathu sokuba ichulumancisayo kwilizwe hockey - NHL dlala kunye lokugqibela.
Indebe ngokwemo sisitya enzima ke yena ogama lakhe behlonipha kweRhuluneli Nkosi Stenli Prestona, owathi ngo-1888 - iminyaka 1893 yaba ummeli kwiKumkanikazi eKhanada. Igosa wamthanda kunye, umdlalo omtsha ezazingaziwa ngabona into malilungiselelwe bume yebhola yendawo. Ngaphezu koko, ukuba umntu ukubheja, wenza isindululo kukunikezelwa yonyaka weqela best hockey waseKhanada. Ngokutsho imithombo eyahlukeneyo, indebe ukulungiselela le njongo ezifunyenwe malunga 50 iidola Canadian hayi eLondon, kungekhona Sheffield. Stanley Cup Ekuqaleni, indebe yesilivere imigca igolide phezu emiphethweni, ububanzi of iisentimitha malunga-20, ekhwele kwiqonga eyenziwe nemisimbithi, yaba sisithabathaba. Emva kwexesha elithile, abadlali bazisa usiko abo titshala bawine ngokumela saqala nokukrola kwi indebe amagama abo. Ngenxa yoko, isithuba kakhulu ngokukhawuleza simahla kuwo akasekho, yaye ke ngoko kwagqitywa ekubeni kongezwe amakhonkco eyongezelelweyo eyenziwe ngesiliva. Ngoko ke, i Stanley Cup, nokuphakama 90 cm, kunye ubunzima - 14.5 kg.
Emva kweenyanga malunga ezilishumi emva kokuba isiseko indebe, iNkosi Waziqhiwula yena ukumkanikazi ekhaya, ngoko ukubona imidlalo ubuncinane ezimbalwa tumente, akazange aphumelele. Ulwazi olunomdla indebe leyo kunyaka wakhe wokuqala akazange afumane umnini. Kwenzeka ukuba le miyalelo ze umsunguli ukufumanisa iphumelele ibhaso wamiselwa umdlalo ekhethekileyo phakathi kwamaqela "Ottawa", nto leyo efuna undikho olawulayo na ixesha, yaye "Toronto", leyo yeyona indala e-eKhanada. Umdlalo kubanjelwa kumgangatho wesibini, Noko ke, abameli "Ottawa" enjalo ikhosi iziganeko abazange ukwamkela kwaye bamkhanyelayo, kangangokuba Stanley Cup waba "inkedama". Kuphela umnini wokuqala indebe yachongwa Matshi 22, 1894. Inxaxheba kumdlalo swo hlamarisa lerova wazisa nanto ngexesha abaphulaphuli amawaka amahlanu ababukeli, "Montreal" abanamanqaku ka 3-2 ngesingqi "Ottawa."
Ukususela ngoko, olu khuphiswano waqala ukuthatha indawo ngonyaka. Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwama asixhenxe ukususela kumabhaso isiseko indebe indawo. Into yokuba kukho amathuba okuba ukuba phantsi kweempembelelo kwexesha, isitya lingehla nje ngaphandle, ngoko ke isigqibo ukuvelisa impinda yayo. Lo msebenzi ngobuciko eyenziwa Carl Petersen, owayesebenza othengisa. Ikopi wenziwa ngendlela ngobuchule nangokuchanekileyo, ukuba umkhenkce ngomgca nokuba iingcali wayengazi ukuba akunakuba Stanley Cup yokuqala. Kude kube ngoku, indima kakhulu ethandwa ice hockey indebe wenza ukhetho kanye petersenovsky, lo gama indebe yokuqala kunokubonwa kwisixeko eKhanada Toronto, kwi Hockey Hall of Lodumo.