Presidents' Trophy The Presidents' Trophy winner is guaranteed home-ice advantage in all four rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, provided the team advances that far. However, it does not guarantee that success, as only eight of all the Presidents' Trophy winners have gone on to win the Stanley Cup in their respective years, leading to a popular superstition that the Trophy may be cursed. In addition, six Presidents' Trophy winners have been eliminated in the preliminary round of the playoffs, with first-round upsets being common in the NHL compared to other major professional sports. NHL broadcaster Darren Eliot attributes the apparent lack
2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy on the Trophy level and lost the relegation play-off for the second year in a row. !Pos !Name !Team !Pts !Pos !Name !Team !Tries 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy The 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the third Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off. This year's competition sees Lithuania joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 Promotion play-off against Malta. After the Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off of the 2017-18