1922 Stanley Cup Finals

1922 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 Total Toronto St. Pats (NHL) 3 2 0 6 5 3 Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) 4 1 3 0 1 2
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Toronto, ON: Arena Gardens (1–5)
Format	best-of-five
Coaches	Toronto: George O'Donoghue Vancouver: Frank Patrick
Dates	March 17 – 28
Series-winning goal	Babe Dye (4:20, first)
Stanley Cup Finals

The 1922 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto St. Pats and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires. The St. Pats defeated Vancouver three games to two in the best-of-five game series to win their only Stanley Cup as the St. Pats.

This was the last Stanley Cup Final contested by a team from Vancouver until 1982. All games were held at Arena Gardens in Toronto.

Paths to the Final

Vancouver finished second overall in the 1921–22 PCHA regular season standings with a 12–12 record. However, they then went on to defeat the 12–11–1 first place Seattle Metropolitans in the PCHA championship series, winning both games by 1–0.

Meanwhile, the 1921–22 NHL season was capped with the 13–10–1 second place St. Patricks defeating the 14–8–2 first place Ottawa Senators, 5 goals to 4, in the two-game total goals NHL championship series.

After defeating the WCHL's Regina Capitals in the preliminary series, the PCHA's Vancouver Millionaires travelled to Toronto for the Final.

The series

A fifth and deciding game five was necessary in this series to determine who would win the Cup. After Vancouver won game one, 4–3, Babe Dye scored 4:50 into overtime of game two to give Toronto a 2–1 win. Then in game three, goaltender Hugh Lehman led the Millionaires to a 3–0 shutout win. In this game, star defenceman Harry Cameron suffered a separated shoulder and Toronto asked Frank Patrick for the use of Ottawa defenceman Eddie Gerard and Patrick permitted it. The St. Patricks tied the series in game four, 6–0, as John Ross Roach became the first rookie goaltender to record a Stanley Cup shutout. After this game, Patrick ruled Gerard ineligible. Game five belonged to Toronto as Dye scored four goals in a 5–1 victory to clinch the Cup.

For the series, Dye scored nine of the St. Pats' 16 goals, while Roach posted a 1.80 goals-against average.

March 17	Vancouver Millionaires		4-3		Toronto St. Patricks	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
Jack Adams (1) - 2:30 Jack Adams (2) - 5:30 Mickey MacKay (1) - 14:30		First period			1:07 - Babe Dye (3) 10:30 - Ken Randall (2)
No scoring		Second period			8:00 - Babe Dye (4)
Jack Adams (3) - 16:30		Third period			No scoring
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

March 21	Vancouver Millionaires		1-2	OT	Toronto St. Patricks	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
Jack Adams (4) - 13:00		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			1:45 - Corb Denneny (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			4:50 - Babe Dye (5)
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

March 23	Vancouver Millionaires		3-0		Toronto St. Patricks	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
Lloyd Cook (1) - 15:00		First period			No scoring
Jack Adams (5) - 4:00		Second period			No scoring
Eddie Oatman (1) - 18:00		Third period			No scoring
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

March 25	Vancouver Millionaires		0-6		Toronto St. Patricks	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:00 - Lloyd Andrews (1) 15:00 - Babe Dye (6)
No scoring		Second period			6:00 - Babe Dye (7) 10:00 - Lloyd Andrews (2) 18:00 - Corb Denneny (3)
No scoring		Third period			17:00 - Rod Smylie (1)
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

March 28	Vancouver Millionaires		1-5		Toronto St. Patricks	Mutual Street Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			3:00 - Babe Dye (8) 4:20 - Babe Dye (9)
No scoring		Second period			7:00 - Corb Denneny (4)
Jack Adams (6) - 18:15		Third period			1:15 - Babe Dye (10) 8:15 - Babe Dye (11)
Hugh Lehman		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

Toronto won the series 3-2

Toronto St. Patricks 1922 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres

  Wingers

• 9 Lloyd Andrews
• 10 Stan Jackson&
• 6 Cecil "Babe" Dye
• Pat Nolan&

  Defencemen

• 2 Harry Cameron
• 3 Ken Randall
• 11 Rod Smylie
• Ted Stackhouse
• Bill "Red" Stuart
• 2 Eddie Gerard&†
• George "Glenn" Smith&

  Goaltenders

• 1 John Ross Roach
• 1 Ivan Mitchell (injured)&
• W. Teale (Spare)@*

† borrowed for one game from Ottawa
&-missing from the team picture.
@- included on the team picture, but never played in the NHL.

Coaching and administrative staff

• Charlie Querrie (President/Manager)
• George O'Donoghue (Business Manager/Coach)
• Willy Pop (Trainer)
• H. McIlroy (Ass't Trainer)*
• *-Spare goalie and Ass't Trainer first name are unknown.

Stanley Cup engraving

For reasons unknown, the St. Pats did not engrave their name on the Cup for their 1922 championship. It was not until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1922 Toronto St. Pats" was put onto its then-new collar in 1948. George O'Donoghue was 2nd NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup

See also

• 1921–22 NHL season
• 1921–22 PCHA season

References

Bibliography

• Dan Diamond, ed. (1992). The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book. Firefly Books. pp. 53–54. ISBN 1-895565-15-4.
• NHL (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Dan Diamond & Associates.
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.

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