1924 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||
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![]() The Canadiens in a group photo after winning the Cup | |||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Montreal: Mount Royal Arena (1) Ottawa: Ottawa Auditorium (2) | ||||||||||||
Format | best-of-three | ||||||||||||
Coaches | Montreal: Leo Dandurand Calgary: Eddie Oatman | ||||||||||||
Captains | Montreal: Sprague Cleghorn Calgary: Red Dutton | ||||||||||||
Dates | March 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) | ||||||||||||
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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]
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.
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.
League Championships | Stanley Cup Semifinals | Stanley Cup Semifinals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
P1 | Seattle Metropolitans | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
P2 | Vancouver Maroons | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
PC | Vancouver Maroons | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | Calgary Tigers | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Calgary Tigers | 2 | 2 | 4 | WC | Calgary Tigers | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Regina Capitals | 2 | 0 | 2 | NC | Montreal Canadiens | 6 | 3 | – | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
PC | Vancouver Maroons | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
N1 | Ottawa Senators | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
N2 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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 22 | Calgary Tigers | 1–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Mount Royal Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 19:10 – Howie Morenz (4) | ||||||
Herb Gardiner (1) – 19:30 | Second period | 00:40 – Howie Morenz (5) 11:20 – Billy Boucher (5) 15:55 – Howie Morenz (6) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:40 – Aurele Joliat (3) 04:50 – Sprague Cleghorn (2) | ||||||
Charlie Reid | Goalie stats | Georges Vezina |
March 25 | Calgary Tigers | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Ottawa Auditorium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 04:55 – Howie Morenz (7) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:30 – Billy Boucher (6) 13:50 – Aurele Joliat (4) | ||||||
Charlie Reid | Goalie stats | Georges Vezina |
Montreal won series 2–0 | |
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
& not engraved on Cup.
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