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The top professional league in [[North America]] is the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), and the league championship trophy is called the [[Stanley Cup]]. The Stanley Cup is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. The [[Montreal_Canadiens|Montréal Canadiens]] have won the Stanley Cup 23 times, the most of any team in the league.
The top professional league in [[North America]] is the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), and the league championship trophy is called the [[Stanley Cup]]. The Stanley Cup is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. The [[Montreal_Canadiens|Montréal Canadiens]] have won the Stanley Cup 23 times, the most of any team in the league.
See also [[Canadian sports]]
==Further reading==
* Boyd, Bill. ''All Roads Lead to Hockey: Reports from Northern Canada to the Mexican Border.'' (2006). 240 pp
* Dryden, Ken. "Soul on Ice: A Century of Canadian Hockey." ''Beaver''(Dec 2000/Jan 2001), Vol. 80, Issue 6 in [[EBSCO]]
* Dryden, Ken, and Roy MacGregor. ''Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada'' (1989)
* Gruneau, Richard. ''Hockey night in Canada: Sport, identities and cultural politics'', (1993)
* Hollan, Andrew C., 'Playing in the Neutral Zone: Meanings and uses of ice hockey in the Canada-U.S. Borderlands, 1895-1915', ''American Review Of Canadian Studies'', 2004, 34(1).
* Hughes-Fuller, Helen Patricia. "The Good Old Game: Hockey, Nostalgia, Identity." PhD dissertation U. of Alberta 2002. 258 pp. DAI 2004 64(7): 2496-A. DANQ81202 Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]
* Moore, Mark. ''Saving the Game: Pro Hockey's Quest to Raise its Game from Crisis to New Heights.'' (2nd ed. 2006). 420 pp.
* Morrow, Don, and Kevin Wamsley. ''Sport in Canada: A History.'' (2005). 318 pp. ISBN 978-0-19- 541996-2. [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=219611151340448 online review]
* Stubbs, Dave, and Neal Portnoy. ''Our Game: The History of Hockey in Canada'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.ca/Our-Game-History-Hockey-Canada/dp/1897073275/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209069938&sr=8-16 excerpt and text search]
* Wong, John Chi-Kit. "The Development of Professional Hockey and the Making of the National Hockey League." PhD dissertation U. of Maryland, College Park 2001. 432 pp. DAI 2002 62(9): 3152-A. DA3024988 Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]
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