Champion captains: Every Stanley Cup winning captain since 1917
Stanley Cup champions from 1917 to 2019
2019 Alex Pietrangelo (Blues)
2018 Alexander Ovechkin (Capitals)
2017 Sidney Crosby (Penguins)
2016 Sidney Crosby (Penguins)
2015 Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks)
2014 Dustin Brown (Kings)
2013 Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks)
2012 Dustin Brown (Kings)
2011 Zdeno Chara (Bruins)
2010 Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks)
2009 Sidney Crosby (Penguins)
2008 Nicklas Lidstrom (Red Wings)
2007 Scott Niedermayer (Ducks)
2006 Rod Brind'Amour (Hurricanes)
2005 NHL Lockout
2004 Dave Andreychuk (Lightning)
2003 Scott Stevens (Devils)
2002 Steve Yzerman (Red Wings)
2001 Joe Sakic (Avalanche)
2000 Scott Stevens (Devils)
1999 Derian Hatcher (Stars)
1998 Steve Yzerman (Red Wings)
1997 Steve Yzerman (Red Wings)
1996 Joe Sakic (Avalanche)
1995 Scott Stevens (Devils)
1994 Mark Messier (Rangers)
1993 Guy Carboneau (Canadiens)
1992 Mario Lemieux (Penguins)
1991 Mario Lemieux (Penguins)
1990 Mark Messier (Oilers)
1989 Lanny McDonald, Jim Peplinski (Flames)
1988 Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
1987 Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
1986 Bob Gainey (Canadiens)
1985 Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
1984 Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
1983 Denis Potvin (Islanders)
1982 Denis Potvin (Islanders)
1981 Denis Potvin (Islanders)
1980 Denis Potvin (Islanders)
1979 Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
1978 Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
1977 Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
1976 Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
1975 Bobby Clarke (Flyers)
1974 Bobby Clarke (Flyers)
1973 Henri Richard (Canadiens)
1972 Vacant (Bruins) **
1971 Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1970 Vacant (Bruins) *
* Alternates Johnny Bucyk, Phil Esposito, Ed Westfall
** Alternates Johnny Bucyk, Phil Esposito, Ed Westfall, Ted Green
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1969 Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1968 Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1967 George Armstrong (Maple Leafs)
1966 Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1965 Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1964 George Armstrong (Maple Leafs)
1963 George Armstrong (Maple Leafs)
1962 George Armstrong (Maple Leafs)
1961 Ed Litzenberger (Black Hawks)
1960 Maurice Richard (Canadiens)
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1959 Maurice Richard (Canadiens)
1958 Maurice Richard (Canadiens)
1957 Maurice Richard (Canadiens)
1956 Butch Bouchard (Canadiens)
1955 Ted Lindsay (Red Wings)
1954 Ted Lindsay (Red Wings)
1953 Butch Bouchard (Canadiens)
1952 Sid Abel (Red Wings)
1951 Ted Kennedy (Maple Leafs)
1950 Sid Abel (Red Wings)
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1949 Ted Kennedy (Maple Leafs)
1948 Syl Apps (Maple Leafs)
1947 Syl Apps (Maple Leafs)
1946 Toe Blake (Canadiens)
1945 Bob Davidson (Maple Leafs)
1944 Toe Blake (Canadiens)
1943 Sid Abel (Red Wings)
1942 Hap Day (Maple Leafs)
1941 Dit Clapper (Bruins)
1940 Art Coulter (Rangers)
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1939 Cooney Weiland (Bruins)
1938 Johnny Gottselig (Black Hawks)
1937 Doug Young (Red Wings)
1936 Doug Young (Red Wings)
1935 Hooley Smith (Maroons)
1934 Chuck Gardiner (Black Hawks)
1933 Bill Cook (N.Y. Rangers)
1932 Hap Day (Maple Leafs)
1931 Sylvio Mantha (Canadiens)
1930 Sylvio Mantha (Canadiens)
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1929 Lionel Hitchman (Bruins)
1928 Bill Cook (Rangers)
1927 Buck Boucher (Senators)
1926 Dunc Munro (Montreal Maroons)
1925 Clem Loughlin (Victoria Cougars)
1924 Sprague Cleghorn (Canadiens)
1923 Eddie Gerard (Senators)
1922 Reg Noble (Toronto St. Patricks)
1921 Eddie Gerard (Senators)
1920 Eddie Gerard (Senators)
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1919 Newsy Lalonde (Canadiens)
1918 Ken Randall (Toronto Arenas)
1917 Bobby Rowe (Seattle Metropolitans)
Source: Detroit News research