Carson Anderson
The Edmonton Oilers need to win their next four games against the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final if they want to end one of the longest droughts in professional sports. Edmonton became the last Canadian team to reach the championship and hopes to end the country’s 31-year drought. The last time a Canadian team lifted the Lord Stanley Cup was in 1993. Now the Oilers will need to overcome a 3-0 series deficit if they want to make history of their own.
On June 9, 1993, the Montreal Canadiens surpassed the Stanley Cup after beating the Los Angeles Kings in five games. Jurassic Park was beating its competition at the box office. “Roseanne” and “Home Improvement” were on almost every TV in America. Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes” was at the top of the Billboard charts.
Since then, the Stanley Cup has taken up residence in the United States for 31 consecutive years.
It’s a long time for a hockey-mad country to go without a Cup winner, but Canadian teams have done their share of dominance over the years. The Canadiens lead the NHL with 23 Stanley Cup victories, including five straight from 1956-60.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have become the butt of many post-season jokes in the modern day, but they had a few dynasties of their own in the ’40s and ’60s. In total, Toronto has won the Cup 13 times, even though it’s been almost 60 years since the last championship.
The Oilers themselves are quite familiar with Lord Stanley. From 1984-88, Edmonton won the Stanley Cup in four of the five years, with the great Wayne Gretzky leading a team filled with future Hall of Famers such as Mark Messier, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr. The Oilers won their fifth and most recent Stanley Cup in 1990 after sending Gretzky to the Kings two years earlier.
If they can beat the Panthers, who weren’t even a franchise in 1993 when Montreal won the last Cup by a Canadian team, the Oilers will finally bring the Stanley Cup north of the border, ending the long drought. With that in mind, let’s take a look at how long each Canadian team has been without a championship.
Toronto maple leaves | 57 years old
- Stanley Cup wins: 13
- Years earned: 1967, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1951, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1945, 1942, 1932, 1922, 1918
Vancouver Canucks | 54 years
- Stanley Cup wins: 0
- Years earned: N/A
Calgary Flames | 35 years
- Stanley Cup wins: 1
- Years earned: 1989
Edmonton Oilers | 34 years
- Stanley Cup wins: 5
- Years earned: 1990, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1984
Ottawa Senators | 32 years old
- Stanley Cup wins: 0
- Years earned: N/A
Montreal Canadiens | 31 years
- Stanley Cup wins: 23
- Years won: 1993, 1986, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1973, 1971, 1969, 1968, 1966, 1965, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1953, 1946, 1944, , 1930, 1924, 1926
Winnipeg Jets | 13 years
- Stanley Cup wins: 0
- Years won: N/A
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