1934–35 Montreal Maroons season

1934–35 Montreal Maroons
Stanley Cup champions
Division2nd Canadian
1934–35 record24–19–5
Goals for123
Goals against92
Team information
CoachTommy Gorman
CaptainHooley Smith
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsHerbert Cain (20)
AssistsReginald Smith (22)
PointsEarl Robinson (35)
Penalty minutesStewart Evans (54)

The 1934–35 Montreal Maroons season was the 11th 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.

Record vs. opponents


Playoffs

Main article: 1935 Stanley Cup 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 Finals

Main article: 1935 Stanley Cup Finals

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
1 W November 13, 1934 2–1 OT @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 1–0–0
2 L November 15, 1934 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 1–1–0
3 L November 17, 1934 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 1–2–0
4 W November 20, 1934 3–0 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 2–2–0
5 W November 24, 1934 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 3–2–0
6 W November 29, 1934 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 4–2–0
7 W December 1, 1934 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 5–2–0
8 W December 6, 1934 8–2 New York Americans (1934–35) 6–2–0
9 W December 8, 1934 1–0 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 7–2–0
10 L December 11, 1934 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 7–3–0
11 L December 13, 1934 2–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 7–4–0
12 L December 16, 1934 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 7–5–0
13 T December 20, 1934 1–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 7–5–1
14 L December 22, 1934 1–2 New York Rangers (1934–35) 7–6–1
15 W December 25, 1934 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 8–6–1
16 W December 27, 1934 1–0 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 9–6–1
17 W December 29, 1934 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 10–6–1
18 W January 1, 1935 2–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 11–6–1
19 W January 3, 1935 3–0 @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 12–6–1
20 L January 5, 1935 1–2 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 12–7–1
21 T January 8, 1935 1–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 12–7–2
22 W January 10, 1935 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 13–7–2
23 L January 12, 1935 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 13–8–2
24 L January 15, 1935 0–1 OT Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 13–9–2
25 W January 19, 1935 8–2 New York Americans (1934–35) 14–9–2
26 L January 22, 1935 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 14–10–2
27 L January 24, 1935 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 14–11–2
28 W January 29, 1935 5–2 St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 15–11–2
29 W January 31, 1935 2–0 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 16–11–2
30 W February 2, 1935 3–1 Boston Bruins (1934–35) 17–11–2
31 L February 5, 1935 4–5 New York Rangers (1934–35) 17–12–2
32 L February 9, 1935 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 17–13–2
33 W February 10, 1935 2–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 18–13–2
34 W February 12, 1935 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 19–13–2
35 L February 14, 1935 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 19–14–2
36 W February 16, 1935 7–3 Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 20–14–2
37 L February 19, 1935 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 20–15–2
38 L February 21, 1935 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 20–16–2
39 W February 23, 1935 4–0 @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 21–16–2
40 L February 24, 1935 1–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 21–17–2
41 W February 26, 1935 3–1 New York Rangers (1934–35) 22–17–2
42 W February 28, 1935 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1934–35) 23–17–2
43 T March 2, 1935 2–2 OT Boston Bruins (1934–35) 23–17–3
44 T March 7, 1935 2–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 23–17–4
45 L March 10, 1935 2–4 @ New York Americans (1934–35) 23–18–4
46 L March 12, 1935 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 23–19–4
47 T March 16, 1935 0–0 OT New York Americans (1934–35) 23–19–5
48 W March 19, 1935 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 24–19–5

Finals

Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

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

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Earl Robinson RW/C 48 17 18 35 23
Herb Cain LW 44 20 7 27 13
Russ Blinco C 48 13 14 27 4
Hooley Smith C/RW 46 5 22 27 41
Baldy Northcott D/LW 47 9 14 23 44
Dave Trottier LW 34 10 9 19 22
Bob Gracie C/LW 32 10 8 18 11
Gus Marker RW 44 11 4 15 18
Jimmy Ward RW 41 9 6 15 24
Cy Wentworth D 48 4 9 13 28
Stewart Evans D 46 5 7 12 54
Al Shields D 42 4 8 12 45
Lionel Conacher D 38 2 6 8 44
Dutch Gainor C 35 0 4 4 2
Bill Miller C/D 22 3 0 3 2
Paul Haynes C 11 1 2 3 0
Sammy McManus LW 25 0 1 1 8
Toe Blake LW 8 0 0 0 0
Alec Connell G 48 0 0 0 0
Bill MacKenzie D 5 0 0 0 0
Aubrey Webster RW 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Alec 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
Baldy Northcott D/LW 7 4 1 5 0
Cy Wentworth D 7 3 2 5 0
Russ Blinco C 7 2 2 4 2
Earl Robinson RW/C 7 2 2 4 0
Dave Trottier LW 7 2 1 3 4
Gus Marker RW 7 1 1 2 4
Jimmy Ward RW 7 1 1 2 0
Bob Gracie C/LW 7 0 2 2 2
Herb Cain LW 7 1 0 1 2
Al Shields D 7 0 1 1 6
Toe Blake LW 1 0 0 0 0
Lionel Conacher D 7 0 0 0 14
Alec Connell G 7 0 0 0 0
Stewart Evans D 7 0 0 0 8
Sammy McManus LW 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Miller C/D 7 0 0 0 0
Hooley Smith C/RW 6 0 0 0 14
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Alec 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;

Transactions

Trades

Date Details Ref
October 3, 1934 (1934-10-03) To Montreal Canadiens
Rights to Nels Crutchfield 		To Montreal Maroons
Lionel Conacher 		[4]

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. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1934-35 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "Lionel Conacher trades". Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via nhltradetracker.com.