Stanley Cup Playoffs 2021 Conference championship trophies will not be awarded NHL says
There will be le s trophies handed out than usual during the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs. NHL Chief Content Officer Steve Mayer told ESPN on Friday that that the league Traditionally, the Prince of Wales Trophy is given to the winner of the Eastern Conference https://www.athleticmore.com/michael-jankovich-jersey , while the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl is handed out to the Western Conference winner. However, there's a rather logical explanation for the NHL's decision to not hand other piece of hardware out. The postseason format is different in 2021 -- and so was the regular season format. Because of https://www.athleticmore.com/robert-regan-jersey the COVID-19 pandemic, there were travel restrictions at the Canadian border and the NHL https://www.athleticmore.com/justin-bench-jersey decided to place the seven Canadian teams in one division. As a result, there ended up being four total divisions. It's worth noting that there's always been superstitions regarding both conference championship trophies. Players often don't touch them when they are awarded because they believe it's bad luck and can impact their pursuit of the Stanley Cup. No players will have to worry about that this postseason. Mayer also told ESPN that the NHL did have https://www.athleticmore.com/jack-lambert-jersey discu sions about what to do with the Campbell and Wales trophies during the realignment proce s. The league thought about handing them out as "divisional championship" trophies, or to the Stanley Cup finalists. "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 https://www.athleticmore.com/lewis-cine-jersey said about the conclusion the league came to.