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The International ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame ( IHHOF ) and Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of ___MASK62___ in Canada , located in Kingston , Ontario . The IHHOF was originally planned to be the one ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame but events led to the establishment of the ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame in Toronto instead . Arthur Howey " Art " Ross ( January 13 , 1885  August 5 , 1964 ) was a Canadian professional ___MASK62___ player and executive from 1905 until 1954 . Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers , he was one of the first to skate with the puck up the ice rather than pass it to a forward . He was on Stanley Cup championship teams twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons ; in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and 1908 with the Montreal Wanderers . Like other players of the time , Ross played for several different teams and leagues , and is most notable for his time with the Wanderers while they were members of the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) and its successor , the National Hockey League ( NHL ). In 1911 he led one of the first organized player strikes over increased pay . When the Wanderers ' home arena burned down in January 1918 , the team ceased operations and Ross retired as a player . The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in the United States and Canada . The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League ___MASK78___ ( MLB ), the National Basketball Association ( NBA ), the National ___MASK93___ League ( NFL ), and the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and the Canadian ___MASK93___ League ( CFL ). The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National ___MASK63___ League ( NHL ) playoff winner . Originally commissioned in 1892 as the " Dominion ___MASK63___ Challenge Cup ", the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston , then  Governor General of Canada , who awarded it to Canada ' s top - ranking amateur ___MASK62___ club , which the entire Stanley family supported , with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game . The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC , and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play . Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906 . In 1915 , the two professional ___MASK62___ organizations , the National ___MASK63___ Association ( NHA ) and the Pacific Coast ___MASK63___ Association ( PCHA ), reached a gentlemen ' s agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup . After a series of league mergers and folds , it was established as the " de facto " championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the " de jure " NHL championship prize in 1947 . The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National ___MASK63___ League ( NHL ) player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season . It was presented to the league by former player , General Manager , and head coach Art Ross . The trophy has been awarded 65 times to 27 players since its introduction in the 1947  48 NHL season . Ross is also known for his design of the official NHL puck , with slightly bevelled edges for better control . Exhibition Place is a publicly owned mixed - use district in Toronto , Ontario , Canada , located by the shoreline of Lake Ontario , just west of downtown . The site includes exhibit , trade , and banquet centres , theatre and ___MASK20___ buildings , monuments , parkland , sports facilities , and a number of civic , provincial , and national historic sites . The district ' s facilities are used year - round for exhibitions , trade shows , public and private functions , and sporting events . The 1947  48 NHL season was the 31st season of the National ___MASK63___ League . Six teams each played 60 games . The Toronto Maple Leafs were the Stanley Cup winners . They defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to none . This season saw the introduction of a new trophy  Art Ross Trophy  that would be handed out to the player who scored the most points during the regular season . The ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame is located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Dedicated to the history of ___MASK62___ , it is a museum and a hall of fame . It holds exhibits about players , teams , National ___MASK63___ League ( NHL ) records , memorabilia and NHL trophies , including the Stanley Cup . Founded in Kingston , Ontario , the ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame was established in 1943 under the leadership of James T . Sutherland . The first class of honoured members was inducted in 1945 , before the Hall of Fame had a permanent location . It moved to Toronto in 1958 after the NHL withdrew its support for the International ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame in Kingston , Ontario . Its first permanent building opened at Exhibition Place in 1961 . In 1993 , the hall was relocated to a former Bank of Montreal building in Downtown Toronto , where it is now located . ___MASK62___ is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . ___MASK62___ teams usually consist of six players each : one goaltender , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . Richard Winston `` Dickie '' Moore ( January 6 , 1931 -- December 19 , 2015 ) was a Canadian professional ___MASK63___ player , successful businessman and community philanthropist . He twice won the Art Ross Trophy as the National ___MASK63___ League ' s leading scorer and was inducted into the ___MASK63___ Hall of Fame . The National ___MASK63___ League ( NHL ) is a professional ___MASK62___ league currently composed of 31 member clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada . Headquartered in New York City , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ___MASK62___ league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season . James Thomas Sutherland ( October 10 , 1870  September 30 , 1955 ) was a Canadian ___MASK62___ player , coach , administrator , and developer . He was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame .