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Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

National Hockey League trophy

National Hockey League trophy

FieldValue
nameClarence S. Campbell Bowl
imageHhof campbell.jpg
sportIce hockey
givenforWestern Conference playoff champions of the National Hockey League
first1968
firstwinnerPhiladelphia Flyers
mostwinsEdmonton Oilers (9)
mostrecentEdmonton Oilers (9)

The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, or simply the Campbell Bowl, is a team award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL). Named after Clarence Campbell, who served as president of the NHL from to , it has been awarded for different accomplishments throughout its history, serving as a counterpart to the Prince of Wales Trophy since the 1967 NHL expansion by using the same criteria in the opposite competitive grouping. The Campbell Bowl has been awarded to the West Division regular season champions (1967–1974), the Campbell Conference regular season champions (1974–1981), the Campbell Conference playoff champions (1981–1993), and the Western Conference playoff champions (1993–2020, 2022–present).

Due to a modified playoff format held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Campbell Bowl was awarded to the Montreal Canadiens after they defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup semifinals.

History

The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl was donated by the NHL's clubs in recognition of the contributions and services of its namesake, the League President at the start of the Modern Era expansion. Throughout its history it has been a parallel to the Prince of Wales Trophy, using the same criteria in the opposite competitive grouping. From its inception in the season through to it was awarded to the first-place finisher in the West Division during the regular season. With NHL realignment in 1974–75, it was given to the team with the best regular season record in the Campbell Conference (the successor to the West Division) through the season. Beginning with the season, it switched to the Campbell Conference playoff champions, and since the season, when the Campbell Conference became the Western Conference, the trophy has gone to the Western Conference playoff champions.

A traditional superstition that is prevalent among many of today's NHL players is that no player should either touch or hoist the Campbell (Western Conference champion) or Prince of Wales (Eastern Conference champion) trophies after they have won the conference playoffs; these players feel that the Stanley Cup is the true championship trophy and thus it should be the only trophy that they should be hoisting. Instead of touching the conference trophy, the captain of the winning team merely poses (usually looking solemn) with the trophy, and sometimes, the entire team poses as well. There have been other teams, however, that have ignored the superstition and hoisted the conference trophy and then went on to win the Cup anyway.

The NHL temporarily suspended the conferences and re-aligned the league into four temporary divisions for the 2020–21 NHL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the semifinal round of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs was contested between the winners of the divisional playoffs and they were seeded according to their regular season record. Initially the trophy was not going to be awarded, but it was later decided that the Campbell Bowl would be awarded to the winner of the Stanley Cup semifinals between the North and West divisions. Eventually, Montreal Canadiens (the only Eastern Conference team in that half of the "bracket") defeated the Vegas Golden Knights to win their first and (barring a further change in the playoff format) only Campbell Bowl in their history.

Winners

WinsTeam
9Edmonton Oilers
7Chicago Blackhawks
6Detroit Red Wings
Philadelphia Flyers
4Minnesota/Dallas (North) Stars
3Calgary Flames
Colorado Avalanche
Los Angeles Kings
New York Islanders
St. Louis Blues
Vancouver Canucks
2Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks
Vegas Golden Knights
1Montreal Canadiens
Nashville Predators
San Jose Sharks

;Key

  • – Eventual Stanley Cup champions

West Division regular season champions (1967–1974)

SeasonWinnerWin #
Philadelphia Flyers1
St. Louis Blues1
St. Louis Blues2
Chicago Black Hawks1
Chicago Black Hawks2
Chicago Black Hawks3
Philadelphia Flyers2

Campbell Conference regular season champions (1974–1981)

SeasonWinnerWin #
Philadelphia Flyers3
Philadelphia Flyers4
Philadelphia Flyers5
New York Islanders1
New York Islanders2
Philadelphia Flyers6
New York Islanders3

Campbell Conference playoffs champions (1981–1993)

SeasonWinnerWin #
Vancouver Canucks1
Edmonton Oilers1
Edmonton Oilers2
Edmonton Oilers3
Calgary Flames1
Edmonton Oilers4
Edmonton Oilers5
Calgary Flames2
Edmonton Oilers6
Minnesota North Stars1
Chicago Blackhawks4
Los Angeles Kings1

Western Conference playoffs champions (1993–2020)

SeasonWinnerWin #
Vancouver Canucks2
Detroit Red Wings1
Colorado Avalanche1
Detroit Red Wings2
Detroit Red Wings3
Dallas Stars2
Dallas Stars3
Colorado Avalanche2
Detroit Red Wings4
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim1
Calgary Flames3
Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout
Edmonton Oilers7
Anaheim Ducks2
Detroit Red Wings5
Detroit Red Wings6
Chicago Blackhawks5
Vancouver Canucks3
Los Angeles Kings2
Chicago Blackhawks6
Los Angeles Kings3
Chicago Blackhawks7
San Jose Sharks1
Nashville Predators1
Vegas Golden Knights1
St. Louis Blues3
Dallas Stars4

Stanley Cup semifinals (2020–2021)

SeasonWinnerWin #
Montreal Canadiens1

Western Conference playoffs champions (2021–present)

SeasonWinnerWin #
Colorado Avalanche3
Vegas Golden Knights2
Edmonton Oilers8
Edmonton Oilers9

References

References

  1. "Clarence S. Campbell Bowl".
  2. Kaplan, Emily. (2011-05-28). "Conference trophies: to touch, or not to touch?". NHL.com.
  3. Coffey, Phil. (September 2010). "NHL.com - Ice Age: Having another trophy in mind".
  4. O'Donnell, Kelly. (May 31, 2015). "How Real is the Wales Trophy and Campbell Bowl Jinx?".
  5. Cotsonika, Nicholas. (May 14, 2021). "Stanley Cup Playoffs: Key questions, answers". NHL.
  6. (June 10, 2021). "#NHLStats: Live Updates – June 10, 2021".
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