1924 Stanley Cup Finals

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1924 Stanley Cup Finals
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The Canadiens in a group photo after winning the Cup
12Total
Montreal Canadiens (NHL)632
Calgary Tigers (WCHL)100
Location(s) Montreal: Mount Royal Arena (1)
Ottawa: Ottawa Auditorium (2)
Formatbest-of-three
CoachesMontreal: Leo Dandurand
Calgary: Eddie Oatman
Captains Montreal: Sprague Cleghorn
Calgary: Red Dutton
DatesMarch 22–25, 1924
Series-winning goal Howie Morenz (4:55, first)
Hall of Famers Canadiens:
Sprague Cleghorn (1958)
Aurele Joliat (1947)
Joe Malone (1950)
Sylvio Mantha (1960)
Howie Morenz (1945)
Georges Vezina (1945)
Tigers:
Rusty Crawford (1963)
Red Dutton (1958)
Herb Gardiner (1958)
Harry Oliver (1967)
Coaches:
Leo Dandurand (1963)
  1923 Stanley Cup Finals 1925  

The 1924 Stanley Cup Finals saw the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Montreal Canadiens defeat the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) champion Calgary Tigers two games to none in the best-of-three-game series. It was Montreal's fourth appearance in the Finals and second championship. [1]

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This was the last Finals until the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals to be contested by a team from Alberta and the last Finals until 1986 to be contested by a team from Calgary.

Paths to the Finals

As in 1922, the PCHA champion met the WCHL champion in a playoff, with the winner to meet the NHL champion in the Final. That series was held in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The NHL champion would have to play the loser to advance to the Finals. Montreal first played the Vancouver Maroons, defeating them 2–0 in a best-of-three to advance to the Finals.

Bracket

League ChampionshipsStanley Cup SemifinalsStanley Cup SemifinalsStanley Cup Finals
P1Seattle Metropolitans213
P2Vancouver Maroons224
PCVancouver Maroons3311
WCCalgary Tigers1632
W1Calgary Tigers224WCCalgary Tigers100
W2Regina Capitals202NCMontreal Canadiens632
PCVancouver Maroons210
NCMontreal Canadiens322
N1Ottawa Senators022
N2Montreal Canadiens145

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Game summaries

The first game was played in Montreal's Mount Royal Arena on slushy natural ice caused by warmer than usual weather. The second game was moved to Ottawa, to take advantage of the artificial ice. [2]

Rookie forward Howie Morenz scored a hat trick in game one and a further goal in game two to lead the Canadiens. Morenz also was leveled by Calgary defenceman Herb Gardiner in game two and suffered torn shoulder ligaments and a chipped collarbone. Red Dutton played a robust game for Calgary in a losing cause and Joliat and Billy Boucher were hard pressed to get scoring chances. Georges Vezina was brilliant in getting his 3-0 shutout victory that brought the Stanley Cup to Montreal for the first time in eight years.

March 22Calgary Tigers1–6Montreal Canadiens Mount Royal Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period19:10 – Howie Morenz (4)
Herb Gardiner (1) – 19:30Second period00:40 – Howie Morenz (5)
11:20 – Billy Boucher (5)
15:55 – Howie Morenz (6)
No scoringThird period03:40 – Aurele Joliat (3)
04:50 – Sprague Cleghorn (2)
Charlie Reid Goalie stats Georges Vezina
March 25Calgary Tigers0–3Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Auditorium Recap  
No scoringFirst period04:55 – Howie Morenz (7)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period03:30 – Billy Boucher (6)
13:50 – Aurele Joliat (4)
Charlie Reid Goalie stats Georges Vezina
Montreal won series 2–0

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1924 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran to the Canadiens at a banquet at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal on April 1, 1924.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup [2]

1923–24 Montreal Canadiens

Players

   Centres
   Wingers
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

& not engraved on Cup.

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

References

Bibliography
Notes
  1. "Stanley Cup Champions 1918-1929". NHL.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. 1 2 3 Zweig 2012, p. 257.
Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions

1924
Succeeded by