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It's often referred to simply as "The Cup" and "Lord Stanley's Mug." It is the only trophy in pro sports featuring the engraved names of the winning players, coaches, management and club staff. It was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892 to honour Canada's top amateur hockey team. An agreement in 1915 saw it awarded to the winner between the National Hockey Association and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Yet Lord Stanley himself was never at a Cup game, nor did he ever present it. Only twice since its initial presentation has the Cup not been awarded Ð 1919 due to a flu epidemic and 2005 due to a labour dispute. The Cup is 89.54 cm tall and weighs 34.5 pounds. Under contemporary rules, in order to have your name engraved on the trophy, you must have played at least 41 games for the championship team during the regular season and still be on the team when it wins; or played in at least one game of the Cup final. The NHL will consider special cases individually. Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard of the Montreal Canadiens has won the most Cups with 11. The smallest community to have a Cup-winning team is Kenora, Ontario, which had about 4,000 when their Thistles won it in 1907. Nine women have had their names on trophy. They are Marguerite Norris (1955), who was president of the Detroit Red Wings; Sonia Scurfield (1989), a co-owner of the Calgary Flames; Marie-Denise DeBartolo York (1991), president of the Pittsburgh Penguins; Marian Ilitch, co-owner of the Red Wings (1997, 1998, 2002) along with her three daughters Denise Ilitch, Lisa Ilitch Murray, and Carole Ilitch Trepeck; Charlotte Grahame (2001), Senior Director of Hockey Administration for the Colorado Avalanche; and Kelly Kirwin (2006), a front office manager with the Carolina Hurricanes. There have been a number of incidents of engraving errors. In 1929, Boston's player-coach Cy Denneny was listed twice (once as a player and once as a coach). In one of the engravings, his last name was spelled " Dennenny." More recently, in 1996, Colorado's Adam Deadmarsh's name appeare as "Deadmarch" but was later corrected. Detroit's Manny Legace initially appeared as "Manny Lagace" in 2002. 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