Last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup: Oilers still fighting to end a 31-year drought down 3-0

It's been over three decades since a Canadian team lifted the Stanley Cup

By Austin Nivison Jun 14, 2024 at 11:18 am ET• 2 min read

The Edmonton Oilers need to win the next four games against the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final if they want to end one of the longest droughts in professional sports. Edmonton has become the latest Canadian team to reach the championship series and is hoping to end the country's 31-year drought. The last time a Canadian team raised Lord Stanley's Cup was in 1993. Now the Oilers will need to climb out of a 3-0 series deficit if they hope to make some history of their own.

On June 9, 1993, the Montreal Canadiens passed around the Stanley Cup after beating the Los Angeles Kings in five games. Jurassic Parkwas mauling its competition at the box office. "Roseanne" and 'Home Improvement" were on just about every TV in America. Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes" was topping the billboard charts.

Since then, the Stanley Cup has taken up residence in the United States for 31 consecutive years.

That's a long time for a hockey-crazy country to go without a Cup winner, but Canadian teams have done their fair share of dominating throughout the years. The Canadiens lead the NHL with 23 Stanley Cup wins, including five straight from 1956-60.