1935 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1935 Stanley Cup Finals were held from April 4 to April 9, 1935 in a best-of-five series between the Montreal Maroons and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Montreal would win the series 3–0 to win their second and final Stanley Cup.

Paths to the Final

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.

The series

Maroons manager-coach Tommy Gorman became the first and only coach to win successive Stanley Cup titles with two different teams.

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

Montreal Maroons 1935 Stanley Cup Champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*1 Alex Connell
defence=*Lionel Conacher
*Stewart Evans
*Bill Miller
*Allan Shields
*Marvin Cy Wentworth
*Bill MacKenzie(loaned to NY Rangers)
centers=*Russ Blinco
*Norman Dutch Gainor
*Bob Gracie
wingers=*Hector Toe Blake
*Herb Cain
*Gus Marker
*Sammy McManus
*Lawrence Baldy Northcott
*Earl Robinson
*Reginald Hooley Smith (Captain)
*Dave Trottier
*Jimmy Ward

non-players=
*Donat Raymond(President/Owner),
*Thorad Arnold, Kenneth Daves, Robert McDougall (Directors)
*Tommy Gorman (Vice President/Manager-Coach), Bill O'Brien (Trainer)

engraving-notes=
*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.

ee also

* 1934–35 NHL season
* List of Stanley Cup champions

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