1938 Stanley Cup Finals

1938 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams1234Games
Chicago Black Hawks 31243
Toronto Maple Leafs  1 5 11 1

Location:Toronto, Ontario (Maple Leaf Gardens) (1,2)
Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Stadium) (3,4)
Format:best-of-five
Coaches:Chicago: Bill Stewart
Toronto: Dick Irvin
Captains:Chicago: Johnny Gottselig
Toronto: Charlie Conacher
Dates:April 5 to April 12, 1938
Series-winning
goal:
Carl Voss (16:45, second)
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The 1938 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Chicago won the series 3–1 to win their second Stanley Cup.

Paths to the Final

Toronto defeated Boston Bruins in a best-of-five 3–0 to advance to the finals. The Black Hawks had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–1 against Montreal Canadiens, and 2–1 against the New York Americans.

The series

Chicago lost their regular goaltender, Mike Karakas, during the playoffs and started Alfie Moore in game one. League president Frank Calder ruled that Moore was ineligible, but allowed the victory. Paul Goodman played and lost game two. Karakas returned for games three and four wearing a steel toe in his skate to protect his foot.

Chicago set a record with eight American players winning the Stanley Cup. Also set a record for attendance with 18,497 in game three. It was the last time that the Hawks would win the Stanley Cup at home until 2015, and the last that a Chicago team would win a championship at Chicago Stadium until the Bulls won their second straight NBA championship in 1992. The next time the Blackhawks would win the Stanley Cup at home would be in 2015, when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals; by this time they had moved into the United Center.

The NHL did not see fit to make sure that the Cup was in Chicago when they won the game and the series on April 12.[1]

Chicago Black Hawks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 5Chicago Black Hawks3Toronto Maple Leafs 1
April 7Chicago Black Hawks1Toronto Maple Leafs5
April 10Toronto Maple Leafs1Chicago Black Hawks2
April 12Toronto Maple Leafs1Chicago Black Hawks4

Chicago wins best-of-five series 3–1.

Chicago Black Hawks 1938 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff

† denotes American born.

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

References & notes

  1. Rovell, Darren. Blackhawks fans eye Cup clincher at home, paying huge Game 6 ticket prices. ESPN June 14, 2015 http://espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/story/_/id/13075628/chicago-blackhawks-fans-paying-big-ticket-prices-game-6-stanley-cup-finals Access June 15, 2015.
Preceded by
Detroit Red Wings
1937
Chicago Black Hawks
Stanley Cup Champions

1938
Succeeded by
Boston Bruins
1939
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