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1932 Stanley Cup Finals

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Format
  
Best-of-five

Champion
  
Toronto Maple Leafs

Dates
  
April 5–9, 1932

Start date
  
April 5, 1932

Location(s)
  
New York (Madison Square Garden) (1) Boston (Boston Garden) (2) Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) (3)

Coaches
  
Toronto: Dick Irvin New York: Lester Patrick

Series-winning goal
  
Ace Bailey (15:07, third, G3)

Similar
  
1918 Stanley Cup Finals, 1942 Stanley Cup Finals, 1933 Stanley Cup Finals, 1964 Stanley Cup Finals, 1929 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1932 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto would win the series in three straight to win their first Stanley Cup.

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Game 2 was moved from New York to Boston due to a scheduling conflict at Madison Square Garden. It remains the only neutral site Stanley Cup Final game to be played in the United States and the first neutral site Stanley Cup Final game contested by two NHL teams.

Paths to the Final

New York defeated the defending champion Canadiens in a best-of-five 3–1 to advance to the finals. The Leafs had to play two total-goals series; 6–2 against 1931 finalists Chicago, and 4–3 against the Maroons.

The series

New York would have to play game two in Boston, due to the circus having been booked into Madison Square Garden.

Toronto's 'Kid Line' of Jackson, Conacher and Primeau, in their first Finals, combined for eight goals.

Toronto's coach Dick Irvin made his second straight Finals appearance, having coached for Chicago in 1931.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Rangers

Toronto wins best-of-five series 3–0.

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Conn Smythe's son Stafford Smythe (who later served as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1958 to 1970) is the youngest person to be engraved on the Stanley Cup, engraved in 1932 at age 11. His name was also engraved sideways on the original ring. It was engraved the correct way on the newer version.
  • Conn Smythe was engraved twice, once as Conn Smythe, manager, the other time as Conn Smythe – managing director. His name was only included once on the newer version of the Stanley Cup.
  • Smythe wanted to include 17 investors on the Stanley Cup, and playoff scores. In order to have enough room five player's names were engraved by their last name only: Darragh, Finnigan, Gracie, Miller, Robertson. When the cup was redesigned during the 1957–58 season, the playoff game scores, 17 investors, and five players listed by only their last name only were removed. Those five players played every playoff game and qualified to be on the cup. There was more than enough room to include the 5 missing players.

    • References

    1932 Stanley Cup Finals Wikipedia
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