1927 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=1927
team1=Ottawa Senators
team1_1=0
team1_2=3
team1_3=1
team1_4=3
team1_tot=2
team2=Boston Bruins
team2_1=0
team2_2=1
team2_3=1
team2_4=1
team2_tot=2
table-note=Teams played to two wins, ignoring ties.
coaches=Ottawa: Dave Gill Boston: Art Ross
format=best-of-three
dates=1927-04-04 to 1927-04-13
location2=Ottawa (Ottawa Auditorium) (3,4)
location1=Boston (Boston Garden) (1,2)
series_winner=Cy Denneny (7:30, 2nd, G4)
captains=Ottawa: George Boucher Boston: no captainThe 1927 Stanley Cup Final was played from 1927-04-04 to 1927-04-13 between the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins. It was the first solely contested by National Hockey League teams since the demise of the Western Hockey League; the Cup would never again be contested by teams outside the league. It was won by the Ottawa Senators, coached by Dave Gill, over the Boston Bruins, coached by Art Ross. This was the Sens' fourth win since 1920, and eleventh overall, but it marked the end of the dynasty. The original Senators would not win another.

The series

The Stanley Cup final was technically a best of three series. However, it went four games due to two ties. At that time, if a match was tied after one twenty-minute overtime period, the game went in the books as a tie. These were the last ties in Stanley Cup history. Rough play marred the series as in the final game, Hooley Smith cross-checked Boston's Harry Oliver and late in the game Billy Coutu attacked referee Jerry Laflamme and tackled referee Billy Bell. He was subsequently expelled for life. Hooley Smith was suspended for one month of the following season for his attack on Oliver.

The April 13, 1927, game at the Ottawa Auditorium was the last Stanley Cup finals game in Ottawa until the June 2, 2007, game played at Scotiabank Place between the modern Senators and the Anaheim Ducks. It is known that one fan, Russell Williams, attended both games, both won by Ottawa.cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070602/senators_070602?s_name=&no_ads= |title=Ottawa man nostalgically recalls Sens' last cup win |last=Cheadle |first=Bruce |publisher=ctv.ca |date=June 2, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-27]

eries

Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa Senators"Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2–0–2"

Ottawa Senators 1927 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*Alex Connell
defence=
*George Boucher (Captain)
* Frank King Clancy
*Edwin Gorman
*Milt Halliday
*Alex Smith
wingers=
*Cy Denneny
*Frank Finnigan
*Hec Kilrea
* Reginald Hooley Smith
centers=
*Frank Nighbor
*Jack Adams
non-players=
* Frank Ahearn (President)
* Major T.W. McDonald (Vice President)
* Dave Gill (Manager-Coach/Secretary-Treasurer)
* Ed Gleeson (Trainer), Don Hughes (Ass't Trainer)
engraving-notes=Eddie Gerard's name was misspelled when the ring was engraved as F. GERAD (MGR) instead of E. GERARD (MGR) on the 2nd verision of the ring created in 1969. The mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.

References & notes

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* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1–55168–261–3

ee also

*1926–27 NHL season
*List of Stanley Cup champions