N'zokayikitsa kuti pali osewera amene sindikufuna kuyesera konse dzanja lanu mu NHL. Nayenso mwa osewera, okamba mu North America Championship, sadzapeza amene safunika ndimalota kupambana pa mpikisano monga Cup Stanley, ndi kupanga sips ochepa a shampeni mwa izo. Zodabwitsa mu ichi sichina, chifukwa mu dziko hockey ali oposa mazana zaka imatengedwa zapamwamba kwambiri mphoto. Pa nthawi yomweyo, n'zomveka chifukwa zotsangalatsa dziko la umodzi - NHL yamba masewera ndi komaliza.
Mpikisano mu mawonekedwe a mbale cholemera iye dzina lake polemekeza Bwanamkubwa Ambuye Stenli Prestona, amene 1888 - 1893 zaka ankhaimilira Mfumukazi ku Canada. Kapitawo chibwenzi ndi watsopano, sankadziwika masewera chinkawoneka ngati chinthu ndinazolowera malo m'dera mpira. Komanso, pokhala kubetcha munthu, iye anapanga maganizo a awarding wapachaka wa bwino gulu umodzi Canada. Malinga ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana, chikho Mwaichi utapezeka m'ma 50 madola Canada osati mu London, osati mu Sheffield. Stanley Cup poyamba anali siliva chikho ndi mizere golide pa m'mbali, m'mimba mwake pafupifupi 20 masentimita, wokwera pa nsanja zopangidwa ebone. Patapita nthawi, osewera anabweretsa mwambo umene opambana ayamba chosema pa mpikisano mayina awo. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, kwambiri mwamsanga ufulu danga pa sikuchokeranso, choncho anaganiza kuwonjezera mphete zina ndi yasiliva. Choncho, Cup Stanley anali kutalika 90 cm, ndi kulemera - 14.5 kg.
Pambuyo pafupifupi khumi miyezi m'munsi chikho, Ambuye anali kudzipatula mfumukazi kunyumba, kotero kuona masewera osachepera ochepa mpikisano, iye anali alephera. Mfundo zosangalatsa za mpikisano wa chaka chake choyamba iye sanapeze mwini. Izo zinachitika kuti pa malangizo a anayambitsa kudziwa wopambana wa mphoto anaikidwa machesi chapadera pakati pa magulu a "Ottawa", amene anali ngwazi kulamulira kwa nyengo, ndi "Toronto", umene uli wamkulu mu Canada. masewerawa anali kuonedwa pa yosanja Komabe, oimira "Ottawa" njira ya zochitika sanamvere ndipo iwo anakana, kotero kuti Cup Stanley anali "mwana wamasiye". Only chofukizira loyamba mpikisano anadziŵikitsidwa March 22, 1894. Mu zikusonyeza machesi kuti anabweretsa isanachitikepo pa nthawi m'makutu a zikwi zisanu oonera, "Montreal" ndi mphambu wa 3-2 kugunda "Ottawa."
Kuyambira pamenepo, mpikisano anayamba malo pachaka. zaka zoposa makumi asanu ndi awiri kuyambira mphoto maziko chikho linasintha. chakuti panali n'zotheka kuti mchikakamizo cha nthawi, mbale akhoza kungoyankha usathe, choncho chigamulo popanga chibwereza ake. Ntchito imeneyi kwakukuru anachita Carl Petersen, amene ankagwira ntchito jeweler. kabukuka anapangidwa zimenezi mosamala ndi molondola, kuti ena ayezi mu mzere ngakhale akatswiri sankadziwa kuti si choyambirira Stanley Cup. Kufikira tsopano, udindo wa otchuka kwambiri ayezi umodzi mpikisano amachita chimodzimodzi petersenovsky mwina, pamene chikho woyamba Tingaone mu mzinda Canada ya Toronto, mu umodzi Hall Omveka.