1929 Stanley Cup Finals

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1929 Stanley Cup Finals
12Total
Boston Bruins 222
New York Rangers 010
Location(s) Boston: Boston Garden (1)
New York City: Madison Square Garden (2)
Formatbest-of-three
CoachesBoston: Art Ross
New York: Lester Patrick
Captains Boston: Lionel Hitchman
New York: Bill Cook
DatesMarch 28–29, 1929
Hall of Famers Bruins:
Dit Clapper (1947)
Cy Denneny (1959)
Mickey MacKay (1952)
Harry Oliver (1967)
Eddie Shore (1947)
Tiny Thompson (1959)
Cooney Weiland (1971)
Rangers:
Frank Boucher (1958)
Bill Cook (1952)
Bun Cook (1995)
Ching Johnson (1958)
Coaches:
Lester Patrick (1947, player)
Art Ross (1949, player)
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The 1929 Stanley Cup Finals was played by the defending champion New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins. This was the first time in Stanley Cup Finals history that two American-based teams met in the Finals. Boston won the series to win its first championship.

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Paths to the Finals

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division. The Boston Bruins knocked off the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers beat the New York Americans, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Cougars. The Rangers beat Toronto and then the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup defeating the Rangers. In the process, Boston became one of the few Cup winners in history to not lose a single game in the playoffs, and the last team until 1952 to win every playoff game they had.

Game summaries

The Final was a best-of-three series.

Goalie Cecil "Tiny" Thompson backstopped the Bruins to consecutive wins and posted the third Stanley Cup shutout for a rookie. [1] Game two was played at Madison Square Garden.

Thompson faced his brother Paul Thompson, a forward with the Rangers, in the Finals. It marked the first time a set of brothers faced each other in a goaltender-forward combination in Stanley Cup Finals history. Tiny said of the matchup: "When I played goal for Boston against Paul (in) the final of 1929, he was just a rookie. It was really no contest." [2]

March 28New York Rangers0–2Boston Bruins Boston Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period2:00 - Dit Clapper (1)
10:00 - Dutch Gainor (2)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
John Ross Roach Goalie stats Tiny Thompson
March 29Boston Bruins2–1New York Rangers Madison Square Garden III Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Harry Oliver (1) - 14:01Second periodNo scoring
Bill Carson (2) - 18:02Third period6:48 - Butch Keeling (3)
Tiny Thompson Goalie stats John Ross Roach
Boston won series 2–0

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1929 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins captain Lionel Hitchman by NHL President Frank Calder following the Bruins 2–1 win over the Rangers in game two.

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

1928–29 Boston Bruins

Players

   Centres
   Wingers
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

† Name is listed on the team picture, but not engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1929.

See also

References & notes

  1. "Boston Bruins - New York Rangers - Mar 28, 1929". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  2. McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry: 8 Sets of Brothers Who Faced Off in Sports Championships". Biography . Retrieved February 12, 2023.
Preceded by Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup champions

1929
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