1921 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1921 Stanley Cup Finals took place between March 21 and April 4. The National Hockey League (NHL) champion Ottawa Senators defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires three games to two in the best-of-five game series. The Senators became the first team to win back-to-back Cup championships since the 1912-13 Quebec Bulldogs.
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[edit] Background
Ottawa won the first half of the 1920-21 NHL regular season while the Toronto St. Patricks won the second half, setting up a two-game total goals series between the two clubs to determine the NHL title. The Senators recorded 5-0 and 2-0 shutout victories to advance to the Cup finals. Meanwhile, Vancouver finished the 1920-21 PCHA regular season in first place with a 13-11 record, and defeated the second place Seattle Metropolitans in a championship series to win the PCHA title.
[edit] The series
The Cup Finals took place at Vancouver's Denman Street Arena (also known as Vancouver Arena ), where the attendance per game during the series averaged over 10,000 people. The attendance for Game 1 was 11,000 fans, setting a new world record for the largest crowd to see a hockey game.
All of the contests in the series, which went to the full five games, were decided by only one goal. The Millionaires won Games 1 and 4 with victories of 2-1 and 3-2, respectively. The Senators were victorious in Games 2 and 3 with 4-3 and 3-2 wins. Then in Game 5, Jack Darragh scored both of Ottawa's goals in the 2-1 victory to clinch the Cup.
Darragh led the Senators in scoring with 5 goals during the series, while goaltender Clint Benedict only allowed just 12 goals in the 5 games, earning a 2.40 goals-against average.
| Game-by-Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 21 | Vancouver Millionaires | 2-1 | Ottawa Senators | Denman Street Arena, Vancouver | |
| 2 | March 24 | Ottawa Senators | 4-3 | Vancouver Millionaires | ||
| 3 | March 28 | Ottawa Senators | 3-2 | Vancouver Millionaires | ||
| 4 | March 31 | Vancouver Millionaires | 3-2 | Ottawa Senators | ||
| 5 | April 4 | Ottawa Senators | 2-1 | Vancouver Millionaires | ||
| Senators win best-of-five series 3 games to 2 | ||||||
[edit] Cup engravings
Just like the previous season, the Senators never engraved their names on the Cup for their 1921 championship. It was only until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1921 Ottawa Senators" was put onto its then-new collar.
[edit] References
- 1920-21 Stanley Cup Winner: Ottawa Senators. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
- hockeyleaguehistory.com - Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
- Podnieks, Andrew, Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 53. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
- (1992) Dan Diamond (ed.): The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book. Firefly Books, 53-54. ISBN 1-895565-15-4.
| Preceded by 1920 Stanley Cup Finals |
Stanley Cup Champions | Succeeded by 1922 Stanley Cup Playoffs |
