# 1934–35 Montreal Maroons season

The 1934–35 Montreal Maroons season was the 11th season of the NHL franchise. The team finished second in the Canadian Division. In the playoffs, the Maroons defeated Chicago Black Hawks, the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the franchise's second Stanley Cup championship.

## Offseason

Tommy Gorman, after winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks, was hired to coach the Maroons, replacing Eddie Gerard.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 157 | 111 | 64 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 123 | 92 | 53 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 110 | 145 | 44 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 100 | 142 | 33 |
| St. Louis Eagles | 48 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 86 | 144 | 28 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents
## Playoffs

The Maroons went against Chicago and won 1 goal to 0, or 1–0. Baldy Northcott scored the only goal of the 2-game total goals series, at 4:02 of overtime in game 2 at Chicago. They went against the New York Rangers in the second round and won 2-game total goals series 5 goals to 4, or 5–4.

### Stanley Cup Finals

They went against Toronto in the Final in a best-of-five series and swept them in three games, or 3–0. Tommy Gorman became the first man in NHL history to coach back to back Stanley Cup Champions for 2 different teams.

## Schedule and results

| Number | Result | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 13, 1934 | 2–1 OT | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | November 15, 1934 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | November 17, 1934 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | W | November 20, 1934 | 3–0 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | W | November 24, 1934 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | W | November 29, 1934 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | W | December 1, 1934 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 5–2–0 |
| 8 | W | December 6, 1934 | 8–2 | New York Americans (1934–35) | 6–2–0 |
| 9 | W | December 8, 1934 | 1–0 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 7–2–0 |
| 10 | L | December 11, 1934 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 7–3–0 |
| 11 | L | December 13, 1934 | 2–4 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 7–4–0 |
| 12 | L | December 16, 1934 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 7–5–0 |
| 13 | T | December 20, 1934 | 1–1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 7–5–1 |
| 14 | L | December 22, 1934 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 7–6–1 |
| 15 | W | December 25, 1934 | 5–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 8–6–1 |
| 16 | W | December 27, 1934 | 1–0 | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 9–6–1 |
| 17 | W | December 29, 1934 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 10–6–1 |
| 18 | W | January 1, 1935 | 2–1 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 11–6–1 |
| 19 | W | January 3, 1935 | 3–0 | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 12–6–1 |
| 20 | L | January 5, 1935 | 1–2 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 12–7–1 |
| 21 | T | January 8, 1935 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 12–7–2 |
| 22 | W | January 10, 1935 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 13–7–2 |
| 23 | L | January 12, 1935 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 13–8–2 |
| 24 | L | January 15, 1935 | 0–1 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 13–9–2 |
| 25 | W | January 19, 1935 | 8–2 | New York Americans (1934–35) | 14–9–2 |
| 26 | L | January 22, 1935 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 14–10–2 |
| 27 | L | January 24, 1935 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 14–11–2 |
| 28 | W | January 29, 1935 | 5–2 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 15–11–2 |
| 29 | W | January 31, 1935 | 2–0 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 16–11–2 |
| 30 | W | February 2, 1935 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 17–11–2 |
| 31 | L | February 5, 1935 | 4–5 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 17–12–2 |
| 32 | L | February 9, 1935 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 17–13–2 |
| 33 | W | February 10, 1935 | 2–1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 18–13–2 |
| 34 | W | February 12, 1935 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 19–13–2 |
| 35 | L | February 14, 1935 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 19–14–2 |
| 36 | W | February 16, 1935 | 7–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 20–14–2 |
| 37 | L | February 19, 1935 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 20–15–2 |
| 38 | L | February 21, 1935 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) | 20–16–2 |
| 39 | W | February 23, 1935 | 4–0 | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 21–16–2 |
| 40 | L | February 24, 1935 | 1–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 21–17–2 |
| 41 | W | February 26, 1935 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 22–17–2 |
| 42 | W | February 28, 1935 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 23–17–2 |
| 43 | T | March 2, 1935 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 23–17–3 |
| 44 | T | March 7, 1935 | 2–2 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 23–17–4 |
| 45 | L | March 10, 1935 | 2–4 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 23–18–4 |
| 46 | L | March 12, 1935 | 0–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 23–19–4 |
| 47 | T | March 16, 1935 | 0–0 OT | New York Americans (1934–35) | 23–19–5 |
| 48 | W | March 19, 1935 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 24–19–5 |

### Finals

Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 4, 1935 | Montreal | 3 | Toronto | 2 | OT |
| April 6, 1935 | Montreal | 3 | Toronto | 1 | |
| April 9, 1935 | Toronto | 1 | Montreal | 4 | |
Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–0.

## Player stats
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Earl Robinson | RW/C | 48 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 23 |
| Herb Cain | LW | 44 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 13 |
| Russ Blinco | C | 48 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 4 |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 46 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 41 |
| Baldy Northcott | D/LW | 47 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 44 |
| Dave Trottier | LW | 34 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 22 |
| Bob Gracie | C/LW | 32 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 11 |
| Gus Marker | RW | 44 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 18 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 41 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| Cy Wentworth | D | 48 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| Stewart Evans | D | 46 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 54 |
| Al Shields | D | 42 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 45 |
| Lionel Conacher | D | 38 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 44 |
| Dutch Gainor | C | 35 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Bill Miller | C/D | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Haynes | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Sammy McManus | LW | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Connell | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill MacKenzie | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrey Webster | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Alec Connell | 2970 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 92 | 1.86 | 9 |
| Team: | 2970 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 92 | 1.86 | 9 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Baldy Northcott | D/LW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Cy Wentworth | D | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Russ Blinco | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Earl Robinson | RW/C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Trottier | LW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Gus Marker | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Gracie | C/LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Herb Cain | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Al Shields | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lionel Conacher | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Alec Connell | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Evans | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sammy McManus | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Miller | C/D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Alec Connell | 429 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.12 | 2 |
| Team: | 429 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.12 | 2 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals  MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

## Transactions
### Trades

| Date | Details | Details | Ref |
| October 3, 1934 (1934-10-03) | To Montreal Canadiens Rights to Nels Crutchfield | To Montreal MaroonsLionel Conacher | |