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∙ 2012-05-23 13:10:58As of August, 2014 there are 12 current NHL teams have never won the Stanley Cup. Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks and Phoenix Coyotes have never made it to the Stanley Cup Final. St. Louis Blues, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks have made it to the Final, but never won.
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12 teams qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1978.
There are six teams that have never made an appearance in the Stanley Cup Final. These teams are the Phoenix Coyotes (including 17 seasons as the Winnipeg Jets), San Jose Sharks, Nashville Predators, Atlanta Thrashers, Minnesota Wild, and the Columbus Blue Jackets. The latter four teams are significantly newer than most other NHL teams, as none existed prior to the 1998-99 NHL season.
2008 is the first year, since teams began being seeded in 1979, that four #1 seeds made the Final Four. Those teams are North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis and UCLA.
The Bruins last made it to the Cup Final in 1990, losing to the Edmonton Oilers.
6 teams have and they are UCLA, UMASS, North Carolina, Duke(2), and Illinois
The teams that made the final four were Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, and University of Connecticut. Kentucky won against all of them and celebrated by drinking whiskey.
For the first time in NCAA history, all number one seeds advanced to the Final Four: * Kansas * Memphis * UCLA * North Carolina
Each of the two teams has made the finals multiple times before, but they never faced each other until 2011.
When the NHL consisted of only six teams, the top four finishers in regular season play made the playoffs. The first place team (winner of the Prince of Wales Trophy) played the fourth place team. The second and third place teams squared off. The winners of their respective series then met in the final for the Stanley Cup. Surreyfan
Of thirty teams currently playing (2010) six franchises have never made it into the Stanley Cup final playoff series. They are the... Minnesota Wild, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers, and Florida Panthers. The Panthers joined the league in 1993, and both the Wild and Blue Jackets entered the league in 2000. Brand new teams which had no prior affiliation with defunct clubs.