1934-35 NHL season

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The 1934-35 NHL season was the 18th season of the National Hockey League. Nine teams each played 48 games. The Montreal Maroons were the Stanley Cup winners as they swept the Toronto Maple Leafs in three games in the final series.

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[edit] Regular season

With financial difficulties continuing for the Senators, they opted to move to St. Louis where they became the St. Louis Eagles. They would only last one season in St. Louis before folding. Fans stayed away in droves, just like in Ottawa. The Eagles were forced to sell Syd Howe and Ralph "Scotty" Bowman to Detroit for $50,000.

Charlie Conacher decided to play coy this year and Conn Smythe had trouble signing him. With Harvey Jackson out, it looked as though only Joe Primeau would be the only member of the Kid line in action for Toronto. However, he did finally sign. Conacher responded with his best season, scoring 36 goals and leading the league in scoring.

A bombshell trade was made with Howie Morenz, Lorne Chabot, and Marty Burke going to Chicago for Leroy Goldsworthy, Roger Jenkins, and Lionel Conacher. The Canadiens then traded Lionel Conacher and Herb Cain to the Maroons for Nels Crutchfield. The trades did not help and the Canadiens lost some fans. Owners Leo Dandurand and Joseph Cattarinich had to sell the team to Ernest Savard and Maurice Forget of the Canadian Arena Company .

Meanwhile, Tommy Gorman bought a share of the Montreal Maroons from James Strachan and when he picked up Alex Connell, he had another winner. Although Morenz wasn't his old self, he did help Chicago, who finished second in the American Division, just falling short of Boston by only one point.

The playoffs continued to elude the New York Americans, but this year they added two important additions, left wing Dave "Sweeney" Schriner and right wing Lorne Carr. Teamed with centre Art Chapman, the Americans were on the way up.

[edit] Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Canadian Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 30 14 4 64 157 111 444
Montreal Maroons 48 24 19 5 53 123 92 380
Montreal Canadiens 48 19 23 6 44 110 145 314
New York Americans 48 12 27 9 33 100 142 250
St. Louis Eagles 48 11 31 6 28 86 144 385
American Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Boston Bruins 48 26 16 6 58 129 112 368
Chicago Black Hawks 48 26 17 5 57 118 88 375
New York Rangers 48 22 20 6 50 137 139 334
Detroit Red Wings 48 19 22 7 45 127 114 305

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM
Charlie Conacher Toronto Maple Leafs 47 36 21 57 24
Syd Howe St. Louis Eagles/Detroit Red Wings 50 22 25 47 34
Larry Aurie Detroit Red Wings 48 17 29 46 24
Frank Boucher New York Rangers 48 13 32 45 2
Busher Jackson Toronto Maple Leafs 42 22 22 44 27

[edit] Stanley Cup playoffs

The most pulsating series was that of Chicago and the Montreal Maroons. Chicago coach Clem Loughlin said that the team who won the series very likely would win the Stanley Cup. Neither team scored after two regulation games. In the overtime, Dave Trottier was cut and retired for stitches. He'd hardly arrived in the dressing room when Baldy Northcott scored the goal that won the series for the Maroons. Toronto's goaltender George Hainsworth got hot and eliminated the Bruins, while the Rangers outlasted the Montreal Canadiens on Bill Cook's goal in the deciding game. He'd been knocked goofy by the Canadiens Nels Crutchfield, but wasn't too groggy to win the series for the Rangers. George Hainsworth continued hot and the Leafs beat the Bruins to advance to the finals.

[edit] Stanley Cup finals

The Montreal Maroons throttled the Kid line of Primeau, Jackson and Conacher and goaltender Alex Connell time and again foiled sure goals for Toronto, and the Maroons won the series 3 games to none, and as game three ended, the crowd let out a roar of approval and Connell leaned back on the crossbar and cried.

[edit] Playoff bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
  C1  Toronto Maple Leafs 3  
    A1  Boston Bruins 1  
      
          
    C1  Toronto Maple Leafs 0
  C2  Montreal Maroons 3
  C2  Montreal Maroons 1G  
A2  Chicago Black Hawks 0G  
C2  Montreal Maroons 5G
    A3  New York Rangers 4G  
C3  Montreal Canadiens 5G
  A3  New York Rangers 6G  

[edit] NHL awards

O'Brien Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy: Boston Bruins
Calder Memorial Trophy: Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans
Hart Memorial Trophy: Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy: Lorne Chabot, Chicago Black Hawks

[edit] See also

[edit] References


NHL seasons

1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 | 1937-38 | 1938-39

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