1935 Stanley Cup Finals

1935 ice hockey championship series

1935 Stanley Cup Finals
123 Total
Montreal Maroons 3*34 3
Toronto Maple Leafs 2*11 0
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2)
Montreal: Montreal Forum (3)
Formatbest-of-five
CoachesMontreal: Tommy Gorman
Toronto: Dick Irvin
CaptainsMontreal: Hooley Smith
Toronto: Hap Day
DatesApril 4–9, 1935
Series-winning goalBaldy Northcott (16:18, second, G3)
Hall of FamersMaroons:
Toe Blake (1966)
Lionel Conacher (1994)
Alec Connell (1958)
Hooley Smith (1972)
Maple Leafs:
King Clancy (1958)
Charlie Conacher (1961)
Hap Day (1961)
George Hainsworth (1961)
Red Horner (1965)
Busher Jackson (1971)
Joe Primeau (1963)
Coaches:
Tommy Gorman (1963)
Dick Irvin (1958, player)
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The 1935 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Montreal Maroons and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maroons won the series 3–0 to win their second and final Stanley Cup. The Maroons are the last defunct team to ever win the Cup, as the team disbanded three years later, and were also the last non-Original Six team to win the championship until the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974.

Paths to the Finals

Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins in a best-of-five 3–1 to advance to the Finals.

The Maroons had to play a total-goals series; 1–0 against Chicago Black Hawks, and win a second two-game total-goals series 5–4 against the New York Rangers to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

Maroons manager-coach Tommy Gorman became the only coach to win successive Stanley Cup titles with two different teams after winning with the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1934 Stanley Cup Finals.[citation needed]

It was the first all-Canadian final since the Maroons defeated Victoria in 1926, as well as the only Finals to feature two Canadian Division teams in the division's twelve years of existence.[citation needed] Maroons goaltender Alex Connell allowed just four goals in the three games.


April 4 Montreal Maroons 3–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Earl Robinson (1) - 3:57
Cy Wentworth (2) - 19:12 		Second period 14:28 - Frank Finnigan (1)
18:12 - King Clancy (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Dave Trottier (2) - 5:28 First overtime period No scoring
Alex Connell Goalie stats George Hainsworth
April 6 Montreal Maroons 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
Earl Robinson (2) - pp - 15:44 First period No scoring
Russ Blinco (2) - 16:47 Second period 7:31 - sh - Busher Jackson (3)
Baldy Northcott (3) - 3:27 Third period No scoring
Alex Connell Goalie stats George Hainsworth
April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 Montreal Maroons Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 19:35 - sh - Jimmy Ward (1)
Bill Thoms (2) - 12:59 Second period 16:18 - Baldy Northcott (4)
16:30 - Cy Wentworth (3)
No scoring Third period 1:02 - Gus Marker (1)
George Hainsworth Goalie stats Alex Connell
Montreal won series 3–0


Stanley Cup engraving

The 1935 Stanley Cup was presented to Maroons captain Hooley Smith by NHL President Frank Calder following the Maroons' 4–1 win over the Maple Leafs in game three.

The following Maroons players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1934–35 Montreal Maroons

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Donat Raymond (President/Owner),
  • Thorad Arnold (Executive), Kenneth Daves (Executive), Bob McDougall (Executive)
  • Tommy Gorman (Vice President/Manager-Coach)
  • Bill O'Brien (Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Bill MacKenzie was loaned to New York Rangers on 1935-01-29. In the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals, the Maroons defeated the Rangers, while MacKenzie played in a losing cause for the Rangers. He was included on the Stanley Cup and team picture. However, under NHL rules MacKenzie was disqualified from winning the Stanley Cup because he was a member of the Rangers when the Maroons won it. MacKenzie only played five games for the Maroons in the 1934-35 season. He officially won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 1938.
  • In 1934 Tommy Gorman (Manager-Coach) led the Chicago Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup. In the off-season, Gorman was fired after a dispute with President/Owner Fredric McLaughlin. Montreal Maroons hired Gorman as (Manager-Coach) and he led Maroons to the Stanley Cup. He became the only Manager and/or Coach to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with two different teams.
  • Player Lionel Conacher won back-to-back cups with Chicago Black Hawks 1934 and Montreal Maroons in 1935.
  • Montreal Maroons did not include any playoff scores in 1935.

See also

References & notes

  • Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
  • "All-Time NHL Results".
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