1931 Stanley Cup Finals

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1931 Stanley Cup Finals
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Chicago Black Hawks 123202
Montreal Canadiens 212423
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (1, 2)
Montreal: Montreal Forum (3–5)
Formatbest-of-five
CoachesChicago: Dick Irvin
Montreal: Cecil Hart
Captains Chicago: Ty Arbour
Montreal: Sylvio Mantha
DatesApril 3–14, 1931
Series-winning goal Johnny Gagnon (9:59, second)
Hall of Famers Canadiens:
George Hainsworth (1961)
Aurele Joliat (1947)
Sylvio Mantha (1960)
Howie Morenz (1945)
Black Hawks:
Charlie Gardiner (1945)
Coaches:
Dick Irvin (1958, player)
  1930 Stanley Cup Finals 1932  

The 1931 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks, making their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance. The defending champions Canadiens, won the series to become the second NHL team to win back-to-back championships. Former player and now coach, Chicago's Dick Irvin, made his Finals coaching debut against the team he would later coach to three Stanley Cup titles.

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Game summaries

Over 18,000 fans packed Chicago Stadium for game two to set a record for the largest attendance in hockey history to that time.[ citation needed ] The triple-overtime game three of the series was (at the time) the longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history, and today remains the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history at 113:50.[ citation needed ]

Game five

For game five, Foster Hewitt came to Montreal to make the radio broadcast play-by-play and transmission lines carried his broadcast to radio stations across Canada Interest was so high that Montrealers in the thousands lined up for end zone and standing room tickets.[ citation needed ] Johnny Gagnon opened the scoring in the second period and Howie Morenz scored an insurance goal in the third period. It ended a nine-game goalless streak for Morenz. [1]

April 3Montreal Canadiens2–1Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Georges Mantha (3) - 4:50First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Pit Lepine (2) - 2:20Third period8:20 - Vic Ripley (2)
George Hainsworth Goalie stats Charlie Gardiner
April 5Montreal Canadiens1–22OTChicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period11:45 - Stew Adams (2)
Nick Wasnie (3) - 12:10Third periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond overtime period4:50 - Johnny Gottselig (2)
George Hainsworth Goalie stats Charlie Gardiner
April 9Chicago Black Hawks3–23OTMontreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst period5:15 - Johnny Gagnon (3)
No scoringSecond period7:29 - Georges Mantha (5)
Mush March (3) - 16:20
Stew Adams (3) - 17:07
Third periodNo scoring
Cy Wentworth (1) - 13:50Third overtime periodNo scoring
Charlie Gardiner Goalie stats George Hainsworth
April 11Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Johnny Gottselig (3) - 1:33
Ty Arbour (1) - 13:58
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period4:34 - Johnny Gagnon (4)
No scoringThird period4:25 - Johnny Gagnon (5)
10:55 - Pit Lepine (3)
17:25 - Pit Lepine (4)
Charlie Gardiner Goalie stats George Hainsworth
April 14Chicago Black Hawks0–2Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period9:59 - Johnny Gagnon (6)
No scoringThird period15:27 - Howie Morenz (1)
Charlie Gardiner Goalie stats George Hainsworth
Montreal won series 3–2

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1931 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Sylvio Mantha by NHL President Frank Calder following the Canadiens 2–0 win over the Black Hawks in game five.

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

1930–31 Montreal Canadiens

Players

   Centres
   Wingers
   Defencemen
   Goaltenders

† Left off the Cup, but qualified to be on it. A Played three of five games in the Finals. B Played 22 of 44 regular season games.

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Louis Athanase David (President), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
  • Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner), Amerdee Monte (Director)
  • Joseph Viateur "Leo" Dandurand (Secretary/Owner), Alphonse Raymond (Director)
  • Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach), Georges Richer (Treasurer)
  • Fernand Rinfeet (Director), Henry Gray (Director)
  • Jules Dugal (Business Manager), Dr. J. A. Corrigan (Team Physician)
  • Edward Dulfour (Trainer), Jim McKenna (Asst. Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

Notes

  1. Jenish (2008), p. 76.

References

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions

1931
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