1934 - 35 NHL season 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 . League Business . With financial difficulties continuing for the Senators , the franchise was transferred to St . Louis changing the nickname to St . Louis Eagles . The team was not profitable in St . Louis , either , partly due to the extended travel of being located in the Canadian Division . The Eagles would sell players Syd Howe and Ralph " Scotty " Bowman to Detroit for $ 50 , 000 to make ends meet . Montreal Canadiens owners Leo Dandurand and Joseph Cattarinich would sell the team to Ernest Savard and Maurice Forget of the Canadian Arena Company . Regular season . 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 . 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 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 . Final standings . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , Pts = Points , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against , PIM = Penalties in minutes " < br > " Note : Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold " Scoring leaders . " Note : GP = Games played , G = Goals , A = Assists , PTS = Points , PIM = Penalties in minutes " 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 . 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 . All of the Maroons ' games ended in ties or victories , making them the last team until the 1951 - 52 Detroit Red Wings to not lose a single game during the playoffs . The Maroons were also the last non - Original Six team to win the Stanley Cup until the Philadelphia Flyers won it in 1974 . Debuts . The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1934 - 35 ( listed with their first team , asterisk ( * ) marks debut in playoffs ) : Last games . The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1934 - 35 ( listed with their last team ) :