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1926 ice hockey championship series
The
1926 Stanley Cup Finals
saw the
National Hockey League
(NHL) champion
Montreal Maroons
, in their first Finals appearance, defeat the
Western Hockey League
(WHL) and defending
Stanley Cup
champion
Victoria Cougars
three games to one in the best-of-five game series.
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This was the last time a non-NHL team would contest for the Cup ? the WHL folded following the 1926 Finals leaving the Cup to be contested solely by NHL clubs thereafter.
Paths to the Finals
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The Cougars finished the
1925?26 WHL regular season
in third place, but eventually upset the
Edmonton Eskimos
in the WHL championship by a combined score of 5?3 to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. Meanwhile, the Maroons finished the
NHL regular season
in second place. Montreal went on to beat the third seed
Pittsburgh Pirates
and then defeated the first place
Ottawa Senators
2?1 in a two-game total goals series, thus capturing the
Prince of Wales Trophy
and the right to play Victoria for the Cup.
Bracket
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| League Semifinals
| | | League Championships
| | | Stanley Cup Finals
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| | | | N1
| Ottawa Senators
| 1
| 0
| 1
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| N2
| Montreal Maroons
| 3
| 3
| 6
| | | N2
| Montreal Maroons
| 1
| 1
| 2
| |
| N3
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| 1
| 3
| 4
| | | | | | NC
| Montreal Maroons
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 2
| ?
| 3
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| | | | | | WC
| Victoria Cougars
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| ?
| 1
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| | | | W1
| Edmonton Eskimos
| 1
| 2
| 3
| | | | |
| W2
| Saskatoon Sheiks
| 3
| 0
| 3
| | | W3
| Victoria Cougars
| 3
| 2
| 5
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| W3
| Victoria Cougars
| 3
| 1
| 4
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Game summaries
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All of the games in the 1926 Cup Finals were played at the
Montreal Forum
. Aided by three future
Hockey Hall of Famers
, the Maroons ended up dominating the series. Goaltender
Clint Benedict
, who previously helped Ottawa in three Cup championships, recorded three shutouts. Rookie
Nels Stewart
scored 6 of Montreal's 10 overall goals in the 4 games.
Punch Broadbent
also recorded a goal for the Maroons. The Cougars' lone win came in game three, 3?2.
Nels Stewart scored both goals in the fourth game to win the series. Stewart had given his stick to a fan after the playoff series against Ottawa. He asked for and retrieved the stick back from the fan prior to the fourth game. He then gave back the stick to the fan after game four.
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Stanley Cup engraving
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The 1926 Stanley Cup was presented to Maroons captain Dunc Munro by the trophy's trustee
William Foran
, following the Maroons 2?0 win over the Cougars in game four.
The following Maroons players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1925?26 Montreal Maroons
Players
Coaching and administrative staff
- James Strachan
(President/Owner)
- Gordon Cushings (Vice President), Thomas Arnold (Vice President)
- Bill O'Brien (Trainer),
Eddie Gerard
(Manager-Coach)
- Donat Raymond
(Director), Arthur Cayford (Secretary-Treasurer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- Eddie Gerard
name was mispelt with F. Gerard (MGR) instead E. Gerard (MGR) on the 2nd version created in 1969. This mistake was repeated in 1992-93 Replica Stanley Cup.
- Dunc Munro
became the third player to win the Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal. Munro won the Olympic Gold medal with the
Toronto Granites
in 1924.
- After the series win a new ring was added directly underneath the original bowl of the Cup with the words "Won/By Montreal 'Maroons' 1925?26". In addition players and Non-players names were added to the trophy.
- †-Left off the Stanley Cup for not playing in the playoffs
See also
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References
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- Notes
- ^
"Schedule | Mar 30, 1926 ET"
.
NHL.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2021
.
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"Maroons Captured Stanley Cup From Victoria Cougars".
Montreal Gazette
. April 7, 1926. p. 18.
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