PRINCE OF WALES TROPHY WINNERS

NHL Prince of Wales Trophy Winners-First awarded in 1924, presented to Eastern Conference playoff winner since 1994

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, donated the trophy to the NHL in 1924. From 1927-28 through 1937-38, it was presented to the team finishing first in the American Division. (The team finishing first in the Canadian Division received the O'Brien Trophy during these years.)-From 1938-39, when the NHL reverted to one division, to 1966-67, the Prince of Wales Trophy was presented to the team that won the regular-season championship. After expansion in 1967-68, it again became a divisional trophy and was awarded to the regular-season champion of the East Division through the end of the 1973-74 season. Beginning in 1974-75, it was awarded to the regular-season winner of the conference bearing the name of the trophy.From 1981-82 through 1992-93, the trophy was presented to the playoff champion in the Wales Conference. Since 1993-94, it has been presented to the playoff champion in the Eastern Conference.

Prince of Wales Trophy Winners

    2023: Florida Panthers
    2022: Tampa Bay Lightning
    2021: Tampa Bay Lightning
    2020: Tampa Bay Lightning
    2019: Boston Bruins
    2018: Washington Capitals
    2017: Pittsburgh Penguins
    2016: Pittsburgh Penguins
    2015: Tampa Bay Lightning
    2014: New York Rangers
    2013: Boston Bruins
    2012: New Jersey Devils
    2011: Boston Bruins
    2010: Philadelphia Flyers
    2009: Pittsburgh Penguins
    2008: Pittsburgh Penguins
    2007: Ottawa Senators
    2006: Carolina Hurricanes
    2004: Tampa Bay Lightning
    2003: New Jersey Devils
    2002: Carolina Hurricanes
    2001: New Jersey Devils
    2000: New Jersey Devils
    1999: Buffalo Sabres
    1998: Washington Capitals
    1997: Philadelphia Flyers
    1996: Florida Panthers
    1995: New Jersey Devils
    1994: New York Rangers
    1993: Montreal Canadiens
    1992: Pittsburgh Penguins
    1991: Pittsburgh Penguins
    1990: Boston Bruins
    1989: Montreal Canadiens
    1988: Boston Bruins
    1987: Philadelphia Flyers
    1986: Montreal Canadiens
    1985: Philadelphia Flyers
    1984: New York Islanders
    1983: New York Islanders
    1982: New York Islanders
    1981: Montreal Canadiens
    1980: Buffalo Sabres
    1979: Montreal Canadiens
    1978: Montreal Canadiens
    1977: Montreal Canadiens
    1976: Montreal Canadiens
    1975: Buffalo Sabres
    1974: Boston Bruins
    1973: Montreal Canadiens
    1972: Boston Bruins
    1971: Boston Bruins
    1970: Chicago Blackhawks
    1969: Montreal Canadiens
    1968: Montreal Canadiens
    1967: Chicago Blackhawks
    1966: Montreal Canadiens
    1965: Detroit Red Wings
    1964: Montreal Canadiens
    1963: Toronto Maple Leafs
    1962: Montreal Canadiens
    1961: Montreal Canadiens
    1960: Montreal Canadiens
    1959: Montreal Canadiens
    1958: Montreal Canadiens
    1957: Detroit Red Wings
    1956: Montreal Canadiens
    1955: Detroit Red Wings
    1954: Detroit Red Wings
    1953: Detroit Red Wings
    1952: Detroit Red Wings
    1951: Detroit Red Wings
    1950: Detroit Red Wings
    1949: Detroit Red Wings
    1948: Toronto Maple Leafs
    1947: Montreal Canadiens
    1946: Montreal Canadiens
    1945: Montreal Canadiens
    1944: Montreal Canadiens
    1943: Detroit Red Wings
    1942: New York Rangers
    1941: Boston Bruins
    1940: Boston Bruins
    1939: Boston Bruins
    1938: Boston Bruins
    1937: Detroit Red Wings
    1936: Detroit Red Wings
    1935: Boston Bruins
    1934: Detroit Red Wings
    1933: Boston Bruins
    1932: New York Rangers
    1931: Boston Bruins
    1930: Boston Bruins
    1929: Boston Bruins
    1928: Boston Bruins
    1927: Ottawa Senators
    1926: Montreal Maroons
    1925: Montreal Canadiens
    1924: Montreal Canadiens