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1934 Stanley Cup Finals

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Champion
  
Chicago Blackhawks

Format
  
best-of-five

Start date
  
April 3, 1934

Location(s)
  
Detroit (Olympia) (1,2) Chicago (Chicago Stadium) (3,4)

Coaches
  
Detroit: Jack Adams Chicago: Tommy Gorman

Captains
  
Detroit: Herbie Lewis Chicago: Chuck Gardiner

Dates
  
April 3 to April 10, 1934

Similar
  
1938 Stanley Cup Finals, 1933 Stanley Cup Finals, 1929 Stanley Cup Finals, 1940 Stanley Cup Finals, 1920 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1934 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings. It was the Red Wings' first appearance in the Final, and Chicago's second, after 1931. The Black Hawks won the best-of-five series 3–1 to win their first Stanley Cup.

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Road to the Final

Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 in a best-of-five series to reach the final. Chicago defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4—3 and Montreal Maroons 6—2 in two game total-goals series to reach the final.

The series

Chicago's Chuck Gardiner would limit Detroit to just two goals in Chicago's three victories, including a shutout in the final game which went to double overtime. It was Mr. Gardiner's last game as he would die of a brain hemorrhage after the season.

Chicago Black Hawks vs. Detroit Red Wings

Chicago wins best-of-five series 3–1.

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Chuck Gardiner became the only goalie to be engraved on the Stanley Cup as a Captain. In 1948 Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens became the last goalie to wear the "C" as captain. In the summer of 1948, NHL changed the rules saying goaltenders can no longer serve as the captain. Only one goalie has served as captain since (Roberto Luongo with Vancouver Canucks in 2009, 2010), but he could not wear the "C".
  • Canadian Johnny Gottselig was the first Russian-born player (born in Odessa, then of Russian Empire, now of Ukraine) to win the Stanley Cup. Gottselig moved to Canada with his family at a very young age.
  • Lionel Conacher's name was misspelled T. Conacher instead of L. Conacher. He was first player to win the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup as a player. Lionel Conacher scored 15 points as the Toronto Argonauts defeated Edmonton Esks 23-0 to win the Grey Cup in 1922 (See American Carl Voss the only other players on the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.)
  • Joe Starke never played in the NHL as a goalie, but his name is on the Stanley Cup. Some sources says Starke played 2 regular season games at defence. The NHL officially says Starke did not play a game in NHL at any position.
  • Chicago did not add a ring, they just used up the rest of ring put on by the New York Rangers the prior season. When the New York Rangers won the Cup in 1933 they put 2 rings on the cup, with the first listing the members. On the second ring they included the following: "1933 Marked the seventh consecutive year in which Lester Patrick had piloted the Rangers to the National Hockey League Playoffs". Chicago did not have room to include any playoff scores.

    • References

    1934 Stanley Cup Finals Wikipedia
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