1934–35 Montreal Maroons season

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.

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)

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 Leafs483014415711164
Montreal Maroons48241951239253
Montreal Canadiens481923611014544
New York Americans481227910014233
St. Louis Eagles48113168614428

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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
1WNovember 13, 19342–1 OT@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)1–0–0
2LNovember 15, 19343–4Chicago 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, 19343–1Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)3–2–0
6WNovember 29, 19342–1Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)4–2–0
7WDecember 1, 19345–2@ New York Rangers (1934–35)5–2–0
8WDecember 6, 19348–2New York Americans (1934–35)6–2–0
9WDecember 8, 19341–0St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)7–2–0
10LDecember 11, 19341–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)7–3–0
11LDecember 13, 19342–4 OTToronto 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, 19341–2New York Rangers (1934–35)7–6–1
15WDecember 25, 19345–3@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)8–6–1
16WDecember 27, 19341–0Boston 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, 19351–2St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)12–7–1
21TJanuary 8, 19351–1 OT@ New York Rangers (1934–35)12–7–2
22WJanuary 10, 19354–0Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)13–7–2
23LJanuary 12, 19352–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)13–8–2
24LJanuary 15, 19350–1 OTDetroit Red Wings (1934–35)13–9–2
25WJanuary 19, 19358–2New York Americans (1934–35)14–9–2
26LJanuary 22, 19353–4@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)14–10–2
27LJanuary 24, 19351–2Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)14–11–2
28WJanuary 29, 19355–2St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)15–11–2
29WJanuary 31, 19352–0@ New York Americans (1934–35)16–11–2
30WFebruary 2, 19353–1Boston Bruins (1934–35)17–11–2
31LFebruary 5, 19354–5New 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, 19353–0Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)19–13–2
35LFebruary 14, 19350–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)19–14–2
36WFebruary 16, 19357–3Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)20–14–2
37LFebruary 19, 19351–3Toronto 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, 19353–1New York Rangers (1934–35)22–17–2
42WFebruary 28, 19355–2@ New York Rangers (1934–35)23–17–2
43TMarch 2, 19352–2 OTBoston Bruins (1934–35)23–17–3
44TMarch 7, 19352–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1934–35)23–17–4
45LMarch 10, 19352–4@ New York Americans (1934–35)23–18–4
46LMarch 12, 19350–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)23–19–4
47TMarch 16, 19350–0 OTNew 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 4Montreal3Toronto2OT
April 6Montreal3Toronto1
April 9Toronto1Montreal4

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Earl RobinsonRW/C4817183523
Herb CainLW442072713
Russ BlincoC481314274
Hooley SmithC/RW465222741
Baldy NorthcottD/LW479142344
Dave TrottierLW341091922
Bob GracieC/LW321081811
Gus MarkerRW441141518
Jimmy WardRW41961524
Cy WentworthD48491328
Stewart EvansD46571254
Al ShieldsD42481245
Lionel ConacherD3826844
Dutch GainorC350442
Bill MillerC/D223032
Paul HaynesC111230
Sammy McManusLW250118
Toe BlakeLW80000
Alec ConnellG480000
Bill MacKenzieD50000
Aubrey WebsterRW40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Alec Connell29704824195921.869
Team:29704824195921.869

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Baldy NorthcottD/LW74150
Cy WentworthD73250
Russ BlincoC72242
Earl RobinsonRW/C72240
Dave TrottierLW72134
Gus MarkerRW71124
Jimmy WardRW71120
Bob GracieC/LW70222
Herb CainLW71012
Al ShieldsD70116
Toe BlakeLW10000
Lionel ConacherD700014
Alec ConnellG70000
Stewart EvansD70008
Sammy McManusLW10000
Bill MillerC/D70000
Hooley SmithC/RW600014
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Alec Connell42975081.122
Team:42975081.122

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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
DateDetailsRef
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.
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