The NHL will not award conference championship trophies during the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs due to COVID-related realignment, Chief Content Officer Steve Mayer told ESPN.
NHL won t award conference trophies this season
Field Level Media
15 May 2021, 02:40 GMT+10
There will be no winner of the NHL s Prince of Wales Trophy or Clarence S. Campbell Bowl this year.
Steve Mayer, the league s chief content officer, told ESPN on Friday that the trophies won t be handed out. The league s 56-game season was played in a four-division format that didn t involve designated conferences because of travel and safety issues forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are going to be things we always will remember about this season, and one of them is that we never handed the (conference) trophies out, Mayer said.
By Syndicated Content
May 14, 2021 | 12:20 PM
There will be no winner of the NHLâs Prince of Wales Trophy or Clarence S. Campbell Bowl this year.
Steve Mayer, the leagueâs chief content officer, told ESPN on Friday that the trophies wonât be handed out. The leagueâs 56-game season was played in a four-division format that didnât involve designated conferences because of travel and safety issues forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
âThere are going to be things we always will remember about this season, and one of them is that we never handed the (conference) trophies out,â Mayer said.
The President’s Trophy Curse: Did the Hurricanes incidentally dodge a bullet?
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Hockey is a sport that is entrenched in superstitions.
The most well known is the usual refusal to touch the Prince of Wales Trophy or the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl after winning either conference, but the myriad of pre-game rituals from what the athletes eat, to how they prepare, how equipment is put on, etc. shows just how serious these athletes take these actions.
But beyond the players, even fans get wrapped up in their own superstitions and one that has certainly done the rounds is an apparent curse involving the President’s Trophy.