1940 Stanley Cup Finals
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Location(s) | New York City: Madison Square Garden (1, 2) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3–6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Finals 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 Finals
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.
Game summaries
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.
April 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | OT | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | ||
Red Heron (2) - 11:01 | First period | 9:09 - pp - Art Coulter (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 15:30 - Alf Pike (2) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Dave Kerr |
April 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–6 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | |||
Billy Taylor (1) - 5:01 Hank Goldup (4) - 6:01 |
First period | 15:14 - Bryan Hextall | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 3:57 - Babe Pratt (3) 19:48 - pp - Bryan Hextall (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 6:26 - Bryan Hextall (3) 12:21 - pp - Dutch Hiller (2) 13:09 - pp - Lynn Patrick (2) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Dave Kerr |
April 6 | New York Rangers | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Phil Watson (3) - 18:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:32 - Gordie Drillon (2) 13:40 - Hank Goldup (5) | ||||||
Dave Kerr | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 9 | New York Rangers | 0–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 19:20 - Gus Marker (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:03 - Wally Stanowski (1) 19:26 - Gordie Drillon (3) | ||||||
Dave Kerr | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 11 | New York Rangers | 2–1 | 2OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
Neil Colville (1) - 12:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 16:55 - Syl Apps (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Muzz Patrick (3) - 11:43 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Dave Kerr | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 13 | New York Rangers | 3–2 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 6:52 - Syl Apps (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 4:51 - Nick Metz (1) | ||||||
Neil Colville (2) - 8:08 Alf Pike (3) - 10:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Bryan Hextall (4) - 2:07 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Dave Kerr | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
New York won series 4–2 | |
Game one
April 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 OT 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden |
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Turk Broda | Goalies | Dave Kerr | Referees: Bill Stewart Ag Smith | ||||||||
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Game two
April 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–6 2–1, 0–2, 0–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden Attendance: 13,000 |
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Turk Broda | Goalies | Dave Kerr | Referees: King Clancy Rabbit McVeigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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New York Rangers 1940 Stanley Cup champions
Players
- 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)
- 2 Art Coulter (Captain)
- 3 Erhardt Ott Heller
- 8 Walter Babe Pratt
- 15 Murray Muzz Patrick
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.[1]
- A new ring was added to the Stanley Cup. This large ring had room to hold 7 winning Stanley Cup teams.
See also
References and notes
Notes
- ^ Branch, John (June 1, 2006). "New York Is Edmonton's Home Away From Home". The New York Times. p. D7.
If the Oilers win the Stanley Cup, Lowe and MacTavish will be the second twosome in NHL history to win as teammates, and as general manager and coach. Lester Patrick was the Rangers' general manager and Frank Boucher was the coach when they won the championship in 1940. They played together when the Rangers won the Cup in 1928.
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.