▁rings ▁to ▁players ▁who ▁played ▁for ▁the ▁team , ▁but ▁do ▁not ▁qual ify ▁to ▁have ▁their ▁name ▁eng ra ved ▁on ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁ring ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Hockey ▁Club ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁championship . ▁Since ▁that ▁championship , ▁the ▁rings ▁wer en ' t ▁given ▁again ▁until ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁Sen ators ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁Final s . ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁championship ▁teams ▁have ▁not ▁awarded ▁rings ▁to ▁its ▁players , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Hockey ▁Club ' s ▁second ▁championship ▁( which ▁gave ▁out ▁watch es ) ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁champions , ▁the ▁V ancouver ▁Mill ion aires ▁( which ▁issued ▁med all ions ). ▁ ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁teams ▁did ▁not ▁give ▁any ▁rings ▁at ▁all ▁and ▁players ▁had ▁to ▁buy ▁them ▁for ▁themselves . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁The ▁Detroit ▁Red ▁W ings ▁won ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁four ▁times , ▁but ▁players ▁were ▁given ▁silver ware ▁or ▁bought ▁a ▁dinner ▁instead ▁of ▁rings . ▁Play ers ▁were ▁eventually ▁given ▁rings ▁by ▁the ▁team ▁more ▁than ▁fifty ▁years ▁later . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁the ▁Toronto ▁Map le ▁Le af s ▁won ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁four ▁times , ▁but ▁players ▁were ▁originally ▁only ▁given ▁one ▁ring ▁with ▁diam onds ▁that ▁were ▁removed ▁and ▁en larg ed