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Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
Established	1967–68 NHL season
Current holder(s)	Detroit Red Wings
Awarded to the	Western Conference playoff champions of the National Hockey League

The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, also called the Campbell Trophy, is a National Hockey League trophy awarded to the Western Conference playoff champions.^[1] It is named after Clarence S. Campbell, who served as President of the NHL from 1946–47 to 1976–77. The trophy itself is constructed of sterling silver, crafted in 1878.^[1] The Detroit Red Wings are the current holders of the trophy after winning the 2009 Western Conference playoffs.

[edit] History

The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl was donated by the NHL's clubs in recognition of the contributions and services of its namesake, the League President at the start of the Modern Era expansion. Throughout its history it has been a parallel to the Prince of Wales Trophy, using the same criteria in the opposite competitive grouping. From its inception in the 1967–68 season through to 1973–74 it was awarded to the first-place finisher in the West Division during the regular season.^[1] With NHL realignment in 1974–75, it was given to the team with the best regular-season record in the Campbell Conference (the successor to the West Division) through the 1980–81 season.^[1] Beginning with the 1981–82 season, it switched to the Campbell Conference playoff champions, and since the 1993–94 season, when the Campbell Conference became the Western Conference, has gone to the Western Conference playoff champions.^[1]

A traditional superstition that is prevalent among many of today's NHL players is that no player should either touch or hoist the Campbell (Western Conference champion) or Prince of Wales (Eastern Conference champion) Trophies after they have won the conference playoffs; the players feel that the Stanley Cup is the true championship trophy and thus it should be the only trophy that they should be hoisting. In recent years, the captain of the winning team poses (usually looking solemn) with the trophy, and sometimes, the entire team poses as well.^[2]

[edit] Winners

**Total awards won**
Wins	Team
7	Edmonton Oilers
6	Philadelphia Flyers
6	Detroit Red Wings
4	Chicago Blackhawks
3	Calgary Flames
	Minnesota/Dallas Stars
	New York Islanders
2	Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks
	Colorado Avalanche
	St. Louis Blues
	Vancouver Canucks
1	Los Angeles Kings

Key

^ = Year clinched to lead years won
¤ = Year clinched to consecutively lead years won
† = Eventual Stanley Cup champions

[edit] West Division regular season champions (1967–74)

Season	Winner	Win #
1967–68	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1968–69	St. Louis Blues	1
1969–70	St. Louis Blues	2
1970–71	Chicago Black Hawks	1
1971–72	Chicago Black Hawks	2
1972–73	Chicago Black Hawks	3
1973–74	Philadelphia Flyers †	2

[edit] Campbell Conference regular season champions (1974–81)

Season	Winner	Win #
1974–75	Philadelphia Flyers †	3
1975–76	Philadelphia Flyers	4
1976–77	Philadelphia Flyers ¤	5
1977–78	New York Islanders	1
1978–79	New York Islanders	2
1979–80	Philadelphia Flyers	6
1980–81	New York Islanders †	3

[edit] Campbell Conference playoffs champions (1981–93)

Season	Winner	Win #
1981–82	Vancouver Canucks	1
1982–83	Edmonton Oilers	1
1983–84	Edmonton Oilers †	2
1984–85	Edmonton Oilers †	3
1985–86	Calgary Flames	1
1986–87	Edmonton Oilers †	4
1987–88	Edmonton Oilers †	5
1988–89	Calgary Flames †	2
1989–90	Edmonton Oilers †	6
1990–91	Minnesota North Stars	1
1991–92	Chicago Blackhawks	4
1992–93	Los Angeles Kings	1

[edit] Western Conference playoffs champions (1993–present)

Season	Winner	Win #
1993–94	Vancouver Canucks	2
1994–95	Detroit Red Wings	1
1995–96	Colorado Avalanche †	1
1996–97	Detroit Red Wings †	2
1997–98	Detroit Red Wings †	3
1998–99	Dallas Stars †	1
1999–2000	Dallas Stars	2
2000–01	Colorado Avalanche †	2
2001–02	Detroit Red Wings †	4
2002–03	Anaheim, Mighty Ducks ofMighty Ducks of Anaheim	1
2003–04	Calgary Flames	3
2004–05	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout	-
2005–06	Edmonton Oilers ^	7
2006–07	Anaheim Ducks †	2
2007–08	Detroit Red Wings †	5
2008–09	Detroit Red Wings	6

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Clarence S. Campbell Bowl". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/campbell.html. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ Coffey, Phil (2006-06-02). "NHL.com - Ice Age: Having another trophy in mind". http://www.nhl.com/features/iceage/main060206.html. Retrieved 2006-07-25.

[edit] External links

[NHL-0] "Clarence S. Campbell Bowl". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/campbell.html. Retrieved 2007-08-31.

[1] Coffey, Phil (2006-06-02). "NHL.com - Ice Age: Having another trophy in mind". http://www.nhl.com/features/iceage/main060206.html. Retrieved 2006-07-25.

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