The Montreal Canadiens with 24 Championship Victories.
Canadiens
The Montreal Canadians
Montreal Canadians with 24.
The Canucks
As of 2012, Montreal Canadiens have won it 25 times (one time was pre-NHL).
Boston Bruins (6)
the Detroit Red Wings
When an NHL team wins the championship, the award that is presented to them is known as the Stanley Cup.
If you mean by the best team the Stanley Cup winner, it was the Toronto team, often referred to as the Arenas although at that time they had no official nickname.
The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup eleven times. That is the most for a United States based NHL team.
the detriot red wings are the American team with the most stanely cups with 11
The Stanley Cup.