1935 Stanley Cup Finals

1935 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1* 2 3 Games Montreal Maroons  3 3 4 3 Toronto Maple Leafs  2 1 1 0
Location: Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) (1,2) Montreal (Forum) (3) Format: best-of-five Coaches: Montreal: Tommy Gorman Toronto: Dick Irvin Captains: Montreal: Hooley Smith Toronto: Hap Day Dates: April 4 to April 9 Series-winning goal: Baldy Northcott (16:18, second, G3)
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The 1935 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Montreal Maroons and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maroons would win 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 would disband 3 years later.

Paths to the Final

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

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.

The series

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 Final.

It was the first all-Canadian final since the Maroons defeated Victoria in 1926. Maroons goaltender Alex Connell allowed just four goals in the three games.

Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 4	Montreal	3	Toronto	2	OT
April 6	Montreal	3	Toronto	1
April 9	Toronto	1	Montreal	4

Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–0.

Montreal Maroons 1935 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres

• Russ Blinco
• Norman Dutch Gainor
• Bob Gracie

  Wingers

• 6 Hector Toe Blake
• Herb Cain
• Gus Marker
• Sammy McManus
• Lawrence Baldy Northcott
• Earl Robinson
• 7 Reginald Hooley Smith (Captain)
• Dave Trottier
• Jimmy Ward

  Defencemen

• 3 Lionel Conacher
• Stewart Evans
• Bill Miller
• Allan Shields
• Marvin Cy Wentworth
• Bill MacKenzie(loaned to NY Rangers)

  Goaltenders

• 1 Alex Connell

  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.
• 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 only Manager and/or Coach to win back to back Stanley Cups with 2 different teams.
• Montreal Maroons did not include any playoff scores in 1935.

See also

• 1934–35 NHL season

References & notes

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7

Preceded by Chicago Black Hawks 1934

Montreal Maroons Stanley Cup Champions 1935

Succeeded by Detroit Red Wings 1936