1928 Stanley Cup Finals

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1928 Stanley Cup Finals
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New York Rangers 020123
Montreal Maroons 212012
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s) Montreal: Montreal Forum
Formatbest-of-five
CoachesNew York: Lester Patrick
Montreal: Eddie Gerard
Captains New York: Bill Cook
Montreal: Dunc Munro
DatesApril 5–14, 1928
Series-winning goal Frank Boucher (3:35, third, G5)
Hall of Famers Rangers:
Frank Boucher (1958)
Bill Cook (1952)
Bun Cook (1995)
Ching Johnson (1958)
Lester Patrick (1947)
Maroons:
Clint Benedict (1965)
Red Dutton (1958)
Babe Siebert (1964)
Hooley Smith (1972)
Nels Stewart (1962)
Coaches:
Eddie Gerard (1945, player)
Lester Patrick (1947, player)
  1927 Stanley Cup Finals 1929  

The 1928 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series played entirely in Montreal between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Maroons. It was the first appearance by the Rangers in the Finals in only their second season. The Maroons made their second Finals appearance after winning the Stanley Cup in 1926. The Rangers won the series three games to two to earn their first championship in franchise history; this was also the second Stanley Cup victory by an American-based team, and the first since the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917. This was also the first of only two times that a Montreal-based team lost the clinching game of the Stanley Cup Finals at home in the Montreal Forum, the other occurred in 1989 when the Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens. This was the last Stanley Cup Finals to be played in one location until the pandemic shortened season of 2020.

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Teams

Red pog.svg Canadian Division Blue pog.svg American Division
1928 Stanley Cup playoffs
DivisionTeamCityArenaCapacity
Canadian Montreal Canadiens Montreal, Quebec Montreal Forum 12,500
Montreal Maroons Montreal, Quebec Montreal Forum 12,500
Ottawa Senators Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa Auditorium 7,500
American Boston Bruins Boston, Massachusetts Boston Arena 5,000
Chicago Black Hawks Chicago, Illinois Chicago Coliseum 6,000
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Duquesne Garden 5,000

Paths to the Finals

The Montreal Maroons defeated the Ottawa Senators in the quarter-finals total-goals series 3–1. The Maroons then defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals total-goals series 3–2 to reach the Finals.

The New York Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the quarter-finals total-goals series 6–4. The Rangers then defeated the Boston Bruins in the semi-finals total-goals series 5–2 to reach the Finals.

Game summaries

The series had to be played in Montreal, as the circus had taken over New York's Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers lost their goalie Lorne Chabot to an eye injury in the second period of game two. Although goaltenders Alex Connell and Hugh McCormick were in the stands, the Maroons refused to allow the Rangers to use either goalie. [1] In one of the most famous incidents in hockey history, 44-year-old coach Lester Patrick took over with the recorded words "Boys, don't let an old man down," and his efforts inspired the Rangers to a 2–1 victory in overtime. At 44 years, 99 days old, Patrick became the oldest man to play in the Stanley Cup Finals, a record which remains unsurpassed to this day (Chris Chelios in 2008 at the age of 46 became the oldest player with his name on the cup, though he did not log any ice time in the final). He entered with eight minutes remaining in the second period and played the final 35:05 of the game.

For the following matches, the Rangers hired New York Americans goalie Joe Miller, who won two games including a shutout. Miller was available to all NHL teams as a backup after the Americans had put him on waivers. The Boston Bruins had claimed him on waivers, but he was made available to any NHL team. At the time of the Finals, Miller had not played in four weeks, and was home in Ottawa. [1] Miller was cut and suffered two black eyes in game five, but hung on for a 2–1 victory. [1]

April 5New York Rangers0–2Montreal Maroons Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period10:48 – Red Dutton (1)
No scoringThird period05:56 – Merlyn Phillips (1)
Lorne Chabot Goalie stats Clint Benedict
April 7New York Rangers2–1OTMontreal Maroons Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Bill Cook (1) – 00:30Third period18:51 – Nels Stewart (1)
Frank Boucher (4) – 07:05First overtime periodNo scoring
Lorne Chabot Goalie stats Clint Benedict
April 10New York Rangers0–2Montreal Maroons Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period09:00 – Nels Stewart (2)
No scoringThird period17:20 – Babe Siebert (2)
Lorne Chabot Goalie stats Clint Benedict
April 12New York Rangers1–0Montreal Maroons Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Frank Boucher (5) – 13:13Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Lorne Chabot Goalie stats Clint Benedict
April 14New York Rangers2–1Montreal Maroons Montreal Forum Recap  
Frank Boucher (6) – 17:05First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Frank Boucher (7) – 15:16Third period17:16 – Merlyn Phillips (2)
Lorne Chabot Goalie stats Clint Benedict
New York won series 3–2

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1928 Stanley Cup was presented to Rangers captain Bill Cook by NHL President Frank Calder following the Rangers 2–1 win over the Maroons in game five.

The following Rangers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

New York Rangers 1928 Stanley Cup champions New York Rangers 1928 Stanley Cup Champions.jpg
New York Rangers 1928 Stanley Cup champions

Frank Boucher became the fourth member of his family to win the Stanley Cup, after his brother George won it four times with Ottawa, and his brothers Billy and Bobby had won it with Montreal in 1924. [1]

1927–28 New York Rangers

Players

   Centres
   Wingers
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

  • John Hommond (President/Owner), William Carey (Director)
  • Richard Hojt (Director), George Rickard (Director)
  • Harry Westerby (Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

Three champions

With the Rangers' triumph, the city of New York became home of the titlists of all three major sports leagues, including the 1927 World Series-winning New York Yankees and the 1927 National Football League champion New York Giants (the Yankees won again in 1928, giving New York bragging rights over MLB, the NFL and NHL for almost 14 months, until the Providence Steamrollers clinched the NFL title in December of that year). The only other city to pull off this feat is Detroit, whose Tigers, Lions and Red Wings reigned over the pro sports scene in 1935.

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