1925–26 Montreal Maroons season

1925–26 Montreal Maroons
Stanley Cup champions
League 2nd NHL
1925–26 record 20–11–5 (45 points)
Goals for 91
Goals against 73
Team information
Coach Eddie Gerard
Captain Dunc Munro
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Nels Stewart (34)
Assists Reg Noble (9)
Points Nels Stewart (42)
Penalties in minutes Nels Stewart (119)
Wins Clint Benedict (20)
Goals against average Clint Benedict (1.91)

The 1925–26 Montreal Maroons season saw the team win their first Stanley Cup in only their second season.

Regular season

Rookie Nels Stewart led the league in goals, with 34, and points, 42, to win the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. His accomplishments also won him the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.

Final standings

National Hockey League
Teams GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Ottawa Senators 36 24 8 4 77 42 341 52
Montreal Maroons 36 20 11 5 91 73 554 45
Pittsburgh Pirates 36 19 16 1 82 70 264 39
Boston Bruins 36 17 15 4 92 85 279 38
New York Americans 36 12 20 4 68 89 361 28
Toronto St. Patricks 36 12 21 3 92 114 325 27
Montreal Canadiens 36 11 24 1 79 108 458 23

[1] Note: 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.

Record vs. opponents

1925-26 NHL Records
Team BOS MON MTM NYA OTT PIT TOR
Boston — 2–3–1 4–1–1 2–2–2 2–4 2–4 5–1
M. Canadiens 3–2–1 — 1–5 2–4 0–6 2–4 3–3
M. Maroons 1–4–1 5–1 — 4–1–1 1–2–3 3–3 6–0
New York 2–2–2 4–2 1–4–1 — 1–5 3–3 1–1–4
Ottawa 4–2 6–0 2–1–3 5–1 — 4–2 3–1–2
Pittsburgh 4–2 4–2 3–3 3–3 2–4 — 3–2–1
Toronto 1–5 3–3 0–6 1–1–4 1–3–2 2–3–1 —

Playoffs

The Maroons took on the first-year team Pittsburgh Pirates in a two-game, total-goals series. The Maroons won the first game 3–1 and tied the second to win the series six goals to four.

In the second round, the Maroons took on the first-place Ottawa Senators. At home in the first game, the Maroons tied the Senators 1–1. Former Senator Punch Broadbent scored at 8 minutes of the second period to put the Maroons ahead. The lead lasted until King Clancy tied the game with ten seconds left.[2] In the second game, held at Ottawa, the Maroons took the series with a 1–0 shutout victory to win the NHL championship. Babe Siebert on an individual rush, scored off his own rebound at the six-minute mark of the second period. Cy Denneny appeared to tie the score a minute later, but the play was off-side. The Maroons held off the attack of the Senators the rest of the way in front of a record attendance of 10,525.[3]

After the final game in Ottawa, an anonymous supporter gave a $1,000 cheque to team president James Strachan "to be divided up among the boys for their fighting victory."[4]

Stanley Cup Final

Nels Stewart was "Old Poison" to the Victoria Cougars, as he scored 6 goals in the 4 games and goaltender Clint Benedict shut out the westerners three times. All games were played at the Forum in Montreal.

Victoria Cougars vs. Montreal Maroons

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 30Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons3
April 1Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons3
April 3Victoria Cougars3Montreal Maroons2
April 6Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons2

Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup

Schedule and results

Number Result Date Score Opponent Record
1LNovember 28, 19252–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 0–1–0
2WDecember 1, 19254–2 Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 1–1–0
3WDecember 3, 19253–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 2–1–0
4WDecember 5, 19254–0 Boston Bruins (1925–26) 3–1–0
5LDecember 8, 19252–3 @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 3–2–0
6WDecember 12, 19255–2 Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 4–2–0
7WDecember 16, 19254–2 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 5–2–0
8WDecember 19, 19254–1 @ New York Americans (1925–26) 6–2–0
9WDecember 23, 19251–0 OT Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 7–2–0
10WDecember 26, 19252–0 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 8–2–0
11LDecember 30, 19254–7 Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 8–3–0
12WJanuary 2, 19263–2 OT New York Americans (1925–26) 9–3–0
13LJanuary 5, 19260–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 9–4–0
14TJanuary 7, 19261–1 OT Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 9–4–1
15WJanuary 12, 19265–2 Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 10–4–1
16WJanuary 16, 19261–0 Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 11–4–1
17TJanuary 19, 19263–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 11–4–2
18WJanuary 23, 19264–1 Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 12–4–2
19TJanuary 25, 19261–1 OT @ New York Americans (1925–26) 12–4–3
20LJanuary 27, 19261–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 12–5–3
21LJanuary 30, 19260–5 Boston Bruins (1925–26) 12–6–3
22WFebruary 2, 19262–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 13–6–3
23WFebruary 9, 19265–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 14–6–3
24WFebruary 13, 19262–1 New York Americans (1925–26) 15–6–3
25WFebruary 18, 19265–2 Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 16–6–3
26TFebruary 20, 19260–0 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 16–6–4
27TFebruary 23, 19261–1 OT Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 16–6–5
28LFebruary 26, 19260–1 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 16–7–5
29WFebruary 27, 19264–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 17–7–5
30LMarch 2, 19260–4 Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 17–8–5
31LMarch 4, 19262–3 Boston Bruins (1925–26) 17–9–5
32WMarch 6, 19264–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 18–9–5
33WMarch 11, 19265–1 New York Americans (1925–26) 19–9–5
34WMarch 13, 19264–2 Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 20–9–5
35LMarch 16, 19260–1 @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 20–10–5
36LMarch 17, 19263–5 @ New York Americans (1925–26) 20–11–5

Playoffs

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons

Date Team Score Team Score Notes
March 20 @Pittsburgh Pirates1Montreal Maroons3
March 23 @Pittsburgh Pirates3Montreal Maroons3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Montreal Maroons vs. Ottawa Senators

Date Team Score Team Score Notes
March 25 @Montreal Maroons1Ottawa Senators1
March 27Montreal Maroons1 @Ottawa Senators0

Montreal wins total goals series 2 goals to 1

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player GP G A Pts
Nels Stewart 36 34 8 42
Babe Siebert 35 16 8 24
Reg Noble 33 9 9 18
Punch Broadbent 36 12 5 17
Dunc Munro 33 4 6 10
Hobie Kitchen 30 5 2 7
Chuck Dinsmore 33 3 1 4
Merlyn Phillips 12 3 1 4
Frank Carson 16 2 1 3
Sammy Rothschild 33 2 1 3

Goaltenders

GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Player GP GA SO GAA
Clint Benedict 36 73 6 2.0

Awards and records

Montreal Maroons 1926 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen

(also played leftwing)

  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff:

  • James Strachan (President), Eddie Gerard (Manager-Coach)
  • Gordon Cushing, Thomas Arnold (Vice Presidents),
  • Bill O'Brien (Trainer)
  • Donat Raymond (Director), Arthur Cayford (Secretary-Treasurer).

Stanley Cup engraving

Eddie Gerard's name was misspelled when the ring was engraved as F. GERAD (MGR) instead of E. GERARD (MGR) on the 2nd version of the ring created in 1969. The mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ↑ "Senators and Maroons Battle to Draw 1 to 1". Ottawa Citizen. March 26, 1926. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Maroons Capture NHL Title With Win Over Ottawa". Montreal Gazette. March 29, 1926. p. 18.
  4. ↑ "$1,000 Donated To Maroon Players By Anonymous Rooter". Montreal Gazette. March 29, 2015. p. 19.
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