Format best-of-five Champion Montreal Maroons | Dates April 4 to April 9 Start date April 4, 1935 | |
Location(s) Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) (1,2)
Montreal (Forum) (3) Coaches Montreal: Tommy Gorman
Toronto: Dick Irvin Captains Montreal: Hooley Smith
Toronto: Hap Day Series-winning goal Baldy Northcott (16:18, second, G3) Similar 1927 Stanley Cup Finals, 1920 Stanley Cup Finals, 1933 Stanley Cup Finals, 1929 Stanley Cup Finals, 1940 Stanley Cup Finals | ||
The 1935 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Montreal Maroons and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maroons would win the series 3–0 to win their second and final Stanley Cup. The Maroons are the last defunct team to ever win the Cup, as the team would disband 3 years later.
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Paths to the Final
Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins in a best-of-five 3–1 to advance to the final.
The Maroons had to play a total-goals series; 1–0 against Chicago Black Hawks, and win a second two game total-goals series 5–4 against the New York Rangers.
The series
Maroons manager-coach Tommy Gorman became the only coach to win successive Stanley Cup titles with two different teams after winning with the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1934 Final.
It was the first all-Canadian final since the Maroons defeated Victoria in 1926. Maroons goaltender Alex Connell allowed just four goals in the three games.
Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–0.