1931 Stanley Cup Finals

1931 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams12**3***45Games
Chicago Black Hawks 123202
Montreal Canadiens  2 1 24 2 3

* indicates periods of overtime.

Location:Chicago (Chicago Stadium) (1,2)
Montreal (Forum) (3,4,5)
Format:best-of-five
Coaches:Chicago: Dick Irvin
Montreal: Cecil Hart
Captains:Chicago: Ty Arbour
Montreal: Sylvio Mantha
Dates:April 3–14, 1931
Series-winning
goal:
Johnny Gagnon (9:59, second)
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The 1931 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks, making their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance. The Canadiens, defending champions, won the series to become the second NHL team to repeat as champion. Former player and now coach, Chicago's Dick Irvin, made his Finals coaching debut against the team he would later coach to three Stanley Cup titles.

The series

Over 18,000 fans packed Chicago Stadium for game two to set a record for largest attendance in hockey history to that time. The triple-overtime game three of the series was (at the time) the longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history, and today remains the fourth longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history at 113:50.

Game five

For game five, Foster Hewitt came to Montreal to make the radio broadcast play-by-play and transmission lines carried his broadcast to radio stations across Canada. Interest was so high that Montrealers in the thousands lined up for end zone and standing room tickets. Johnny Gagnon opened the scoring in the second period and Howie Morenz scored an insurance goal in the third period. It ended a nine-game goalless streak for Morenz.[1]

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 3Montreal Canadiens2Chicago Black Hawks1
April 5Montreal Canadiens1Chicago Black Hawks2 2OT
April 9Chicago Black Hawks3Montreal Canadiens2 3OT
April 11Chicago Black Hawks2Montreal Canadiens4
April 14Chicago Black Hawks0Montreal Canadiens2

Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–2.

Montreal Canadiens 1931 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


† Left off the Cup, but qualified to be on it. A Played three of five games in the Finals. B Played 22 of 44 regular season games.

  Coaching and administrative staff
  • Louis Athanase David (President), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
  • Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner), Amerdee Monte (Director)
  • Leo Dandurand (Secretary/Owner), Alphonse Raymond (Director)
  • Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach), Georges Richer (Treasurer)
  • Fernand Rinfeet (Director), Henry Gray (Director)
  • Jules Dugal (Business Manager), Dr. J. A. Corrigan (Team Physician)
  • Ed Dulfour (Trainer), Jim McKenna (Asst. Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

Notes

  1. Jenish (2008), p. 76.

References

Preceded by
Montreal Canadiens
1930
Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions

1931
Succeeded by
Toronto Maple Leafs
1932
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