1924 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=1924
dates=March 22 - 25
team2=Calgary Tigers
team1=Montreal Canadiens
format=best-of-three
team1_1=6
team2_1=1
team1_2=3
team2_2=0
team1_tot=2
team2_tot=0
location1=Montreal (Mount Royal Arena) (1)
location2=Ottawa (Ottawa Auditorium) (2)
series_winner=Howie Morenz (4:55, 1st)
coaches=Montreal: Leo Dandurand Calgary: Eddie OatmanThe 1924 Stanley Cup Finals saw the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Montreal Canadiens defeat the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) champion Calgary Tigers 2 games to none in the best-of-three game series.

Paths to the Final

As in 1922, the PCHA champion met the WCHL champion in a playoff, with the winner to meet the NHL champion in the Finals. That series was held in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The NHL champion would have to play the loser to advance to the Finals. Montreal first played the Vancouver Maroons, defeating them 2–0 in a best-of-three to advance to the Finals.

The series

The first game was played in Montreal and the second game was played in Ottawa, to take advantage of artificial ice.

A rookie forward named Howie Morenz scored a hat-trick in game one and a further goal in game two to lead the Canadiens.

Montreal Canadiens 1924 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*1 Georges Vezina
defence=*2 Sprague Cleghorn(Captain)
*3 Billy Coutu Coulter
*6 Ogilivie Odie Cleghorn
*9 Sylvio Mantha
wingers=*4 Aurel Joliat
*5 Billy Boucher
*8 Billy Cameron
*10 Robert Boucher
*Charles Fortier&
centers=*7 Howie Morenz
*11 Billy Bell
*11 Joe Malone&
non-players=
*Ed Dulfour (Trainer), Louis Athanase David (Executive Director)
*Joseph Cattarinich, Louis A. Letourneau (Owners)
*Napolean Norval (Secretary)
*Leo Dandurand (President/Owner/Manager-Coach)
*Edouard C. St. Pere, Harry Elliot, Cecil Hart, Ferdinand Rinfeet (Directors)
all-notes=& not engraved on Cup.
engraving-notes=
*Montreal Canadiens added a new ring to the bottom of the Stanley Cup. The club had the majority of their members engraved on it. Each Stanley Cup winning team since 1924 has engraved majority of their winning members on the Stanley Cup. The number of names allowed is controlled by the NHL. Joe Malone, Charles Fortier were not included on the cup, even though there is room. Only Bobby Boucher, Ed Dulfour, Leo Danduran, and Cecil Hart have their full first names engraved on the cup. All other members had their first name shortened, Montreal also included the three teams they defeated in the playoffs Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary two straight games.

* Mistake - Co-Owner Louis A. Letourneau was misspelled H.A. LETOURNEAU. This mistake was not corrected, but repeated in 1929–30. Louis Letourneau was the first person to have his name misspelled on the Stanley Cup.

ee also

*1923–24 NHL season
*1923–24 WCHL season

References

*cite book | last=Diamond | first=Dan | title=Total Stanley Cup | year=2000 | publisher=Total Sports Canada| id=ISBN 1–892129–0708 | pages=51
* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 57. ISBN 1–55168–261–3.