1922 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=1922
format=best-of-five
team1=Toronto St. Pats
team1_1=3
team1_2=2
team1_3=0
team1_4=6
team1_5=5
team1_tot=3
team2=Vancouver Millionaires
team2_1=4
team2_2=1
team2_3=3
team2_4=0
team2_5=1
team2_tot=2
gm2_ot=*
table-note=* - Denotes overtime period(s)
coaches=Toronto: George O'Donoghue
Vancouver: Frank Patrick
dates= March 17 – 28
location1=Toronto, ON: Arena Gardens (1-5)
series_winner=Babe Dye (4:20, 1st)The 1922 Stanley Cup Finals took place between March 17 and March 28. The National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto St. Pats defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires three games to two in the best-of-five game series to win their only Stanley Cup. [Predecessor club 'Torontos' and descendent club 'Toronto Maple Leafs' would win Stanley Cups.] All games were held at Arena Gardens in Toronto.

Paths to the Final

Vancouver finished second overall in the 1921–22 PCHA regular season standings with a 12–12 record. However, they then went on to defeat the 12–11–1 first place Seattle Metropolitans in the PCHA championship series, winning both games by 1–0.

Meanwhile, the 1921–22 NHL season was capped with the 13–10–1 second place St. Patricks defeating the 14–8–2 first place Ottawa Senators, 5 goals to 4, in the two-game total goals NHL championship series.

After defeating the WCHL's Regina Capitals in the preliminary series, the PCHA's Vancouver Millionaires travelled to Toronto for the Finals.

The series

A fifth and deciding game five was necessary in this series to determine who would win the Cup. After Vancouver won game one, 4–3, Babe Dye scored 4:50 into overtime of game two to give Toronto a 2–1 win. Then in game three, goaltender Hugh Lehman led the Millionaires to a 3–0 shutout win. However, the St. Patricks tied the series in game four, 6–0, as John Ross Roach became the first rookie goaltender to record a Stanley Cup shutout. game five belonged to Toronto as Dye scored 4 goals in a 5–1 victory to clinch the Cup.

For the series, Dye scored 9 out of the St. Pats 16 goals, while Roach posted a 1.80 goals-against average.

Toronto St. Patricks 1922 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*1 John Ross Roach
*1 Ivan Mitchell (injured)&
*W. Teale (Spare)@
defence=
*2 Harry Cameron
*3 Ken Randall
*11 Rod Smylie
*Ted Stackhouse
*Bill "Red" Stuart
*2 Eddie Gerard&†
*George "Glenn" Smith&
centers=*4 Reg Noble(Captain)
*5 Corb Denneny
wingers=*9 Lloyd Andrews
*10 Stan Jackson&
*6 Cecil "Babe" Dye
*Pat Nolan&
player-notes=† borrowed for one game from Ottawa &-missing from the team picture. @- included on the team picture, but never played in the NHL.
non-players=
* Charlie Querrie (President/Manager)
*George O'Donoghue (Business Manager/Coach)
*Willy Pop (Trainer)
*H. McIlroy (Ass't Trainer)
engraving-notes=For reasons unknown, the St. Pats did not engrave their name on the Cup for their 1922 championship. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1922 Toronto St. Pats" was put onto its then-new collar in 1948.

ee also

* 1921–22 NHL season
* 1921–22 PCHA season

References

;Bibliography
*cite book | editor=Dan Diamond (ed.) | title=The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book | year=1992 | publisher=Firefly Books| isbn=1895565154 | pages=53–54
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* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1–55168–261–3;Notes