Hockey Betting fans know the first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association hockey club.The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey club, these are very specific facts that many hockey betting followers might be aware that champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1893 as they got their Stanley Cup ring. The bowl that currently sits atop the Stanley Cup is a carefully constructed copy of the original bowl purchased by Lord Stanley in 1893.