1940 Stanley Cup Finals

1940 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1* 2 3 4 5** 6* Games New York Rangers  2 6 1 0 2 3 4 Toronto Maple Leafs  1 2 2 3 1 2 2 * - Denotes overtime period(s)
Location: New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) (1,2) Toronto, ON (Maple Leaf Gardens) (3,4,5,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: New York: Frank Boucher Toronto: Dick Irvin Captains: New York: Art Coulter Toronto: Red Horner Dates: April 2 to April 13, 1940 Series-winning goal: Bryan Hextall (2:07, OT)
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The 1940 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. New York would win the series 4–2 to win their third Stanley Cup. The Rangers would not win another for 54 years.

Paths to the Final

New York defeated the Boston Bruins in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance to the finals. The Maple Leafs had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–0 against the Chicago Black Hawks, and 2–0 against the Detroit Red Wings.

The series

The final series between the Rangers and the Maple Leafs was an exciting one that went back and forth with three overtime games. The Rangers took the first two at home and the Leafs took the next two in Toronto. The circus forced the Rangers to vacate Madison Square Garden after the first two games. The Rangers would score three game-winning goals in overtime including the Cup winner. Lynn and Murray Patrick played for the Rangers to be the third and fourth members of the Patrick family to win the Stanley Cup.

New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	New York Rangers	2	OT
April 3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	New York Rangers	6
April 6	New York Rangers	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
April 9	New York Rangers	0	Toronto Maple Leafs	3
April 11	New York Rangers	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	2OT
April 13	New York Rangers	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	OT

New York wins best-of-seven series 4–2.

New York Rangers 1940 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 7 Phil Watson
• 10 Clint Smith
• 16 Alf Pike

  Wingers

• 4 Alex Shibicky
• 5 Mac Colville
• 8 Wilbert Dutch Hiller
• 9 Lynn Patrick
• 12 Bryan Hextall Sr.
• 14 James Kilby MacDonald
• 17 Stanford Smith^a(played 1 game finals)

  Defencemen

• 2 Art Coulter(Captain)
• 3 Erhardt Ott Heller
• 6 Neil Colville
• 8 Walter Babe Pratt
• 15 Murray Muzz Patrick

  Goaltenders

1 Dave Kerr

  Coaching and Administrative Staff

• John Reed Kilpatrick (President/Owner), Lester Patrick (Manager)
• Frank Boucher (Coach), Harry Westerby (Trainer)
• Stanton Griffis (Vice President/Owner)^a

Stanley Cup engraving

^a Missing from the Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it.

• Frank Boucher was 6th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
• Lester Patrick and Frank Boucher became the first (and to this date, the only) duo to win the Stanley Cup together as players and then as a coach-managerial team, having won as players on the Rangers in 1928.

See also

• 1939–40 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

References and notes

References

• Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9. 
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp. 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7. 

Preceded by Boston Bruins 1939

New York Rangers Stanley Cup Champions 1940

Succeeded by Boston Bruins 1941