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.
| 1935 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2) Montreal: Montreal Forum (3) | |||||||||||||||
| Format | best-of-five | |||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Tommy Gorman Toronto: Dick Irvin | |||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal: Hooley Smith Toronto: Hap Day | |||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 4–9, 1935 | |||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Baldy Northcott (16:18, second, G3) | |||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Maroons: 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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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.[1]
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
- 11 Bob Gracie
- 14 Russ Blinco
- 17 Norman Dutch Gainor
- 4 Jimmy Ward
- 5 Lawrence Baldy Northcott
- 7 Reginald Hooley Smith (Captain)
- 8 Dave Trottier
- 8 Hector Toe Blake
- 9 Gus Marker
- 10 Herb Cain
- 15 Earl Robinson
- 16 Sammy McManus
- 2 Marvin Cy Wentworth
- 3 Lionel Conacher
- 6 Stewart Evans
- 12 Allan Shields
- 19 Bill Miller
- 16 Bill MacKenzie (loaned to NY Rangers)
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".