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CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2012 STANLEY CUP
LOS ANGELES KINGS
The 2012 Stanley Cup Final, commonly known as the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals, was the
championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) 2011–12 season, and the
culmination of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs. This was the 119th year of the Stanley
Cup's presentation.
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2012 STANLEY CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP RING
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The Western Conference playoff champion Los Angeles Kings defeated the Eastern
Conference playoff champion New Jersey Devils four games to two, capturing the first
Stanley Cup title in the team's 45-year history, dealing the Devils just their second
Stanley Cup Finals defeat in five tries and first since 2001. Kings goaltender Jonathan
Quick was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the
playoffs.
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2012 STANLEY CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP RING
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KINGS
The 2012 Final ended a long Stanley Cup Final appearance drought for the Los
Angeles Kings, who had appeared in the Finals only once in franchise history, in
1993, when the Wayne Gretzky–led Kings lost to the Montreal Canadiens in five
games. The New Jersey Devils last appeared in 2003 when winning the
championship. It was the first championship series since 2007 whose Stanley Cup-
clinching game was played on the winning team's home ice.
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2012 STANLEY CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF
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KINGS
The Eastern Conference winner had home ice advantage for the first time since 2006,
since the Devils had a better regular season record than the Kings. The Devils were
the lowest-seeded team to have home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals, a
record previously held by the Devils when they won the Cup as a fourth seed in 2000.
With the Devils entering the playoffs as the ninth seed of the 16 playoff teams by
regular season record (no division titles) .
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2012 STANLEY CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF
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KINGS
and the Kings as the 13th, their combined seed of 22 was the second highest of any
playoff matchup (only trailing the 1991 Cup Finals with 23), and it was the first
playoff matchup with no team seeded better than 9th. The Kings became the first,
as well as the last eighth-seeded team to win the Stanley Cup since the conference-
based seedings were introduced in 1994.
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2012 STANLEY CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF
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