1926 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1926 Stanley Cup Finals saw the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Montreal Maroons defeat the Western Hockey League (WHL) champion Victoria Cougars 3 games to 1 in the best-of-five game series. This was the last Stanley Cup playoffs before the WHL folded, and the last time any non-NHL team would contest for the Cup, leaving the Cup entirely to the NHL.
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[edit] Path to the Final
The Cougars finished the 1925–26 WHL regular season in third place, but eventually upset the Edmonton Eskimos in the WHL championship by a combined score of 5–3 to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. Meanwhile, the Maroons finished the NHL regular season in second place. Montreal went on to beat the third seed Pittsburgh Pirates and then defeated the first place Ottawa Senators 2 goals to 1 in a two game total goals series, thus capturing the Prince of Wales Trophy and the right to play Victoria for the Cup.
[edit] The series
All of the games in the 1926 Cup Finals were played at the Montreal Forum. Aided by three future Hockey Hall of Famers, the Maroons ended up dominating the series. Goaltender Clint Benedict, who previously helped Ottawa in three Cup championships, recorded three shutouts. Rookie Nels Stewart scored 6 of Montreal's 10 overall goals in the 4 games. Punch Broadbent also recorded a goal for the Maroons. The Cougars' lone win came in Game 3, 3–2.
| Game-by-Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location | |
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| 1 | March 30 | Montreal Maroons | 3–0 | Victoria Cougars | Montreal Forum |
| 2 | April 1 | Montreal Maroons | 3–0 | Victoria Cougars | |
| 3 | April 3 | Victoria Cougars | 3–2 | Montreal Maroons | |
| 4 | April 6 | Montreal Maroons | 2–0 | Victoria Cougars | |
| Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 | |||||
[edit] Montreal Maroons 1926 Stanley Cup champions
Clint Benedict (goal), Reg Noble (D), Frank Carson (RW), Dunc Munro (D-Captain), Nels Stewart (C), Harry Broadbent (RW), Albert "Babe" Siebert (LW/D), Charles Dinsmore (C), Merlyn "Bill" Phillips (C), Sammy Rothschild (LW), Albert Holway (D), Champman "Hobie" Kitchen (D/qualified/left off Cup), George Horne (RW/qualified/left off cup), Bernie Brophy (LW/qualified left off Cup).
- Non-players
James Strachan (President), Gordon Cushing, Thomas Arnold (Vice Presidents), Bill O'Brien (Trainer), Eddie Gerard (Manager-Coach), Donat Raymond (Director), Arthur Cayford (Secretary-Treasurer).
[edit] Stanley Cup engravings
After the series win, a new ring was added directly underneath the original bowl of the Cup with the words "Won/By Montreal 'Maroons' 1925–26". In addition to engraving players and Non-players names to the trophy. Montreal Maroons did leave Champman "Hobie" Kitchen, George Horne, and Bernie Brophy off the cup, because they did not play in the playoffs.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- 1925–26 Stanley Cup Winner: Montreal Maroons. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 58. ISBN 1551682613.
- (1992) in Dan Diamond (ed.): The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book. Firefly Books, 67–68. ISBN 1895565154.
| Preceded by Victoria Cougars 1925 |
Montreal Maroons Stanley Cup Champions 1926 |
Succeeded by Ottawa Senators 1927 |
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