Every hockey fan knows that the real NHL season begins with the first round of the playoffs. Despite the many great clubs which have battled their way to the final, history only remembers the victors. Read about some of the most exciting and sometimes heartbreaking Stanley Cup moments ever to take place since the cup was first awarded in 1893, including a look at such dynasty clubs as Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and the Islanders

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Arpon Basu had said since the age of eight that he would one day make the National Hockey League. Any chance of that happening, came to a crashing halt when, at 15 when he realized he was completely devoid of any talent. He earned a graduate journalism degree from Concordia University and went straight to a sports-writing job with the Canadian Press. The first time he walked into the Montréal Canadiens dressing room as a giddy cub reporter, Basu nearly fell over as it dawned on him that, despite his ineptitude on the ice, he had in fact been telling the truth as a dreamy-eyed eight-year-old.Basu covers sports for the Canadian Press in Montréal and writes a weekly sports column for the Montréal Gazette. He is also editor of Montréal’s South Shore, The St-Lambert Journal.

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