Canucks Who Left Vancouver & Won Stanley Cup

The Vancouver Canucks have skated in three Stanley Cup Finals (1982, 1994, 2011) since their NHL debut in 1970. Despite twice taking their Cup Final opponent to Game 7 (1994, 2011), no Canuck has hoisted or had their name etched on the Stanley Cup during their tenure with the club.

A fortunate few, however, have clinched the Stanley Cup with another squad subsequent to their stay with the Canucks. The chart below lists each former Canuck that won the Stanley Cup by year and team.

Year	Former Canuck	Championship Team
2023	Ben Hutton	Vegas Golden Knights
2022	Jayson Megna	Colorado Avalanche
2021	Luke Schenn	Tampa Bay Lightning
2020	Luke Schenn*	Tampa Bay Lightning
2019	Michael Del Zotto*	St. Louis Blues
2017	Nick Bonino	Pittsburgh Penguins
2016	Nick Bonino*	Pittsburgh Penguins
2014	Willie Mitchell	Los Angeles Kings
2012	Willie Mitchell	Los Angeles Kings
2010	Brent Sopel	Chicago Blackhawks
2009	Matt Cooke	Pittsburgh Penguins
2007	Brad May	Anaheim Ducks
2006	Bret Hedican	Carolina Hurricanes
2004	Jassen Cullimore	Tampa Bay Lightning
2002	Jiri Slegr	Detroit Red Wings
2000	Alexander Mogilny*	New Jersey Devils
1999	Doug Lidster	Dallas Stars
1998	Igor Larionov	Detroit Red Wings
1997	Igor Larionov	Detroit Red Wings
1994	Doug Lidster*	New York Rangers
1993	J.J. Daigneault	Montreal Canadiens
1987	Moe Lemay*	Edmonton Oilers

*  Won Stanley Cup during 1st season with new team after Canucks.

At least seventeen former Canucks (Lemay, Daigneault, Lidster, Larionov, Mogilny, Slegr, Cullimore, Hedican, May, Cooke, Sopel, Mitchell, Bonino, Del Zotto, Schenn, Megna, Hutton) have hoisted the holy hardware skating with other clubs after their west coast stint, though only five (Lemay, Lidster, Mogilny, Bonino, Del Zotto) won the Stanley Cup in the same season they left Vancouver.

Moe Lemay arrived in Edmonton on March 10, 1987 (in exchange for Raimo Summanen) and was part of the Oilers third Stanley Cup win. Doug Lidster was dealt to the New York Rangers on June 25, 1993 (in exchange for John Vanbiesbrouck) and won the Stanley Cup the following season against his former team. Alexander Mogilny was sent to the New Jersey Devils on March 14, 2000 (in exchange for Brendan Morrison and Denis Pederson), where #89 captured the Stanley Cup 89 days later. Nick Bonino was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 28, 2015 (along with Adam Clendening and in exchange for Brandon Sutter), where he led the Pens in postseason assists en route to a Stanley Cup win.

Del Zotto was dealt to the Ducks on January 23, 2019 and subsequently sent to the Blues 33 days later. Though he skated in only 7 regular season games in St. Louis with no playoff appearances, he trained with the Black Aces and was part of the club when they won. His name was etched into the Stanley Cup as he skated in more than 41 games during the regular season (Canucks 23, Ducks 12, Blues 7 = 42 games).

Luke Schenn, acquired by the Canucks from the Ducks in exchange for Del Zotto on January 23, 2019, was subsequently signed by Tampa Bay on July 1, 2019, and went on to win consecutive Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021 before returning to Vancouver.

The most recent Canuck to add his name to this growing list of winners is Ben Hutton, who skated in 31 regular season games and two playoff games with the Vegas Golden Knights.