Isobel Cup

The Boston Pride championship team with the Isobel Cup (2016)

The Isobel Cup is an ice hockey trophy that has been awarded annually to the champions of the National Women's Hockey League since 2016 . The trophy is named after Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy , daughter of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby . Like her father, who founded the Stanley Cup , she was very committed to ice hockey and was one of the first women ice hockey players in Canada.

Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy (1897)

design

The cup of sterling silver is about 38 cm high and sits on a base that is about 14 cm high. The diameter of the bowl is 30 cm, the entire trophy weighs about 7 kg. A portrait of Isobel Stanley is engraved on the base.

List of winners

The final tournament will be played at a predetermined, neutral location.

year	place	winner	loser	Result
2016	Barnabas Health Hockey House , Newark	Boston Pride	Buffalo Beauts	2: 0 (best-of-three series)
2017	Tsongas Arena , Lowell	Buffalo Beauts	Boston Pride	3: 2 (single game)
2018	Barnabas Health Hockey House, Newark	Metropolitan Riveters	Buffalo Beauts	1: 0 (single game)
2019	TRIA Rink , Saint Paul	Minnesota Whitecaps	Buffalo Beauts	2: 1 a.d. (single game)

Web links

• Isobel Cup at nwhl.co

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boston Pride at Buffalo Beauts - March 12th, 2016. In: nwhl.zone. March 12, 2016, accessed May 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Buffalo Beauts at Boston Pride. In: nwhl.zone. March 19, 2017, accessed May 17, 2017 .