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
Hertfordshire Presidents' Cup region (tiers 3-5). The format is a knockout cup with a first round, semi-finals and a final to be held at Allianz Park (Saracen's home ground) in April-May on the same date and same venue as the Tankard and Trophy finals. Hertfordshire Presidents' Cup The Hertfordshire Presidents' Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1970-71 season, with the inaugural winners being Fullerians. It is the most important rugby union cup competition in Hertfordshire, ahead of the Hertfordshire Presidents' Tankard and Hertfordshire Presidents' Trophy. The Presidents'