1934–35 Montreal Maroons season

1934–35 Montreal Maroons
Stanley Cup champions
Division 2nd Canadian
1934–35 record 24–19–5
Goals for 123
Goals against 92
Team information
Coach Tommy Gorman
Captain Hooley Smith
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Herbert Cain (20)
Assists Reginald Smith (22)
Points Earl Robinson (35)
Penalties in minutes Stewart Evans (54)
<1933–34 1935–36>

The 1934–35 Montreal Maroons season was the eleventh season of the NHL franchise. The team finished second in the Canadian Division. In the playoffs, the Maroons defeated Chicago Black Hawks, the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the franchise's second Stanley Cup championship.

Offseason

Tommy Gorman, after winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks, was hired to coach the Maroons, replacing Eddie Gerard.

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 30 14 4 157 111 64
Montreal Maroons 48 24 19 5 123 92 53
Montreal Canadiens 48 19 23 6 110 145 44
New York Americans 48 12 27 9 100 142 33
St. Louis Eagles 48 11 31 6 86 144 28

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

The Maroons went against Chicago and won 1 goal to 0, or 1–0. Baldy Northcott scored the only goal of the 2-game total goals series, at 4:02 of overtime in game 2 at Chicago. They went against the New York Rangers in the second round and won 2-game total goals series 5 goals to 4, or 5–4.

Stanley Cup Final

They went against Toronto in the Final in a best-of-five series and swept them in three games, or 3–0. Tommy Gorman became the first man in NHL history to coach back to back Stanley Cup Champions for 2 different teams.

Schedule and results

Number Result Date Score Opponent Record
1WNovember 13, 19342–1 OT @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 1–0–0
2LNovember 15, 19343–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 1–1–0
3LNovember 17, 19341–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 1–2–0
4WNovember 20, 19343–0 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 2–2–0
5WNovember 24, 19343–1 Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 3–2–0
6WNovember 29, 19342–1 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 4–2–0
7WDecember 1, 19345–2 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 5–2–0
8WDecember 6, 19348–2 New York Americans (1934–35) 6–2–0
9WDecember 8, 19341–0 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 7–2–0
10LDecember 11, 19341–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 7–3–0
11LDecember 13, 19342–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 7–4–0
12LDecember 16, 19342–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 7–5–0
13TDecember 20, 19341–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 7–5–1
14LDecember 22, 19341–2 New York Rangers (1934–35) 7–6–1
15WDecember 25, 19345–3 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 8–6–1
16WDecember 27, 19341–0 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 9–6–1
17WDecember 29, 19344–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 10–6–1
18WJanuary 1, 19352–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 11–6–1
19WJanuary 3, 19353–0 @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 12–6–1
20LJanuary 5, 19351–2 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 12–7–1
21TJanuary 8, 19351–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 12–7–2
22WJanuary 10, 19354–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 13–7–2
23LJanuary 12, 19352–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 13–8–2
24LJanuary 15, 19350–1 OT Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 13–9–2
25WJanuary 19, 19358–2 New York Americans (1934–35) 14–9–2
26LJanuary 22, 19353–4 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 14–10–2
27LJanuary 24, 19351–2 Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 14–11–2
28WJanuary 29, 19355–2 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 15–11–2
29WJanuary 31, 19352–0 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 16–11–2
30WFebruary 2, 19353–1 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 17–11–2
31LFebruary 5, 19354–5 New York Rangers (1934–35) 17–12–2
32LFebruary 9, 19352–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 17–13–2
33WFebruary 10, 19352–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 18–13–2
34WFebruary 12, 19353–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 19–13–2
35LFebruary 14, 19350–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 19–14–2
36WFebruary 16, 19357–3 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 20–14–2
37LFebruary 19, 19351–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 20–15–2
38LFebruary 21, 19351–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 20–16–2
39WFebruary 23, 19354–0 @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 21–16–2
40LFebruary 24, 19351–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 21–17–2
41WFebruary 26, 19353–1 New York Rangers (1934–35) 22–17–2
42WFebruary 28, 19355–2 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 23–17–2
43TMarch 2, 19352–2 OT Boston Bruins (1934–35) 23–17–3
44TMarch 7, 19352–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 23–17–4
45LMarch 10, 19352–4 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 23–18–4
46LMarch 12, 19350–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 23–19–4
47TMarch 16, 19350–0 OT New York Americans (1934–35) 23–19–5
48WMarch 19, 19354–2 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 24–19–5

Finals

Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 4Montreal 3 Toronto 2OT
April 6Montreal 3 Toronto 1
April 9Toronto 1 Montreal 4

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson RW/C 48 17 18 35 23
Cain, HerbHerb Cain LW 44 20 7 27 13
Blinco, RussRuss Blinco C 48 13 14 27 4
Smith, HooleyHooley Smith C/RW 46 5 22 27 41
Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott D/LW 47 9 14 23 44
Trottier, DaveDave Trottier LW 34 10 9 19 22
Gracie, BobBob Gracie C/LW 32 10 8 18 11
Marker, GusGus Marker RW 44 11 4 15 18
Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward RW 41 9 6 15 24
Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth D 48 4 9 13 28
Evans, StewartStewart Evans D 46 5 7 12 54
Shields, AlAl Shields D 42 4 8 12 45
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher D 38 2 6 8 44
Gainor, DutchDutch Gainor C 35 0 4 4 2
Miller, BillBill Miller C/D 22 3 0 3 2
Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes C 11 1 2 3 0
McManus, SammySammy McManus LW 25 0 1 1 8
Blake, ToeToe Blake LW 8 0 0 0 0
Connell, AlecAlec Connell G 48 0 0 0 0
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie D 5 0 0 0 0
Webster, AubreyAubrey Webster RW 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Connell, AlecAlec Connell 2970 48 24 19 5 92 1.86 9
Team: 2970 48 24 19 5 92 1.86 9

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott D/LW 7 4 1 5 0
Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth D 7 3 2 5 0
Blinco, RussRuss Blinco C 7 2 2 4 2
Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson RW/C 7 2 2 4 0
Trottier, DaveDave Trottier LW 7 2 1 3 4
Marker, GusGus Marker RW 7 1 1 2 4
Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward RW 7 1 1 2 0
Gracie, BobBob Gracie C/LW 7 0 2 2 2
Cain, HerbHerb Cain LW 7 1 0 1 2
Shields, AlAl Shields D 7 0 1 1 6
Blake, ToeToe Blake LW 1 0 0 0 0
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher D 7 0 0 0 14
Connell, AlecAlec Connell G 7 0 0 0 0
Evans, StewartStewart Evans D 7 0 0 0 8
McManus, SammySammy McManus LW 1 0 0 0 0
Miller, BillBill Miller C/D 7 0 0 0 0
Smith, HooleyHooley Smith C/RW 6 0 0 0 14
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Connell, AlecAlec Connell 429 7 5 0 8 1.12 2
Team: 429 7 5 0 8 1.12 2

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

Montreal Maroons 1935 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff
  • Donat Raymond(President/Owner),
  • Thorad Arnold (Executive), Kenneth Daves (Executive), Bob McDougall (Executive)
  • Tommy Gorman (Vice President/Manager-Coach)
  • Bill O'Brien (Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

References

  1. ↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ↑ "1934-35 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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