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Edmonton Oilers vs. New York Islanders 1983-84

The Stanley Cup is one of the most-recognized symbols in North American sports. It is the championship trophy of the NHL, National Hockey League which is won by one of the teams that have qualified for the championship finals after playing a series of playoff matches. It is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved upon it. The Cup winners keep it until the new champion is crowned.

The 1983 to 1984 season Stanley Cup final match was played between the most rival teams of the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders who had met in the previous season for the same title. Both the teams had sustained the best winning forms in that season and kept the desire to win the title at the Stanley Cup. However, this time the Edmonton team proved to be more dominating and compiled the most famous and memorable victory over the New York Islanders team.

Edmonton's thirst for a first Stanley Cup was quenched with a smashing victory over the New York Islanders on May 19. The Oilers won the Cup in their fifth National Hockey League season, the second youngest team to accomplish the feat. Unlike the Edmonton’s team, the 1940 Rangers took over only three seasons, but they could not win it.

Wayne Gretzky won five cars as player of the year and player of the week in the NHL in his five years to go with his four Art Ross and likely five Hart Most Valuable Player trophies. So was Mark Messier, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup playoffs' best player. The team had compiled the trophy for the first time ever since they had entered into the NHL.

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