Henry Fordâs first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, âgrown from the soil,â had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.
Unless marked otherwise, teams played in the NHL exclusively at the time they competed for the Stanley Cup. A bolded year denotes a Stanley Cup win. Five active teams have yet to make a Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Three of these teams have remained in the same location since their inceptions: Columbus Blue Jackets (14 seasons, 2 playoffs)
Its winners have been 23 teams, 18 of which are active in the NHL; the remainder are defunct. Prior to that, the challenge cup was held by nine different teams. The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times and made the finals an additional ten times. There were two years when the Stanley Cup was not awarded: 1919, because of the Spanish flu epidemic, and 2005, because of the NHL lockout.