1925–26 Montreal Maroons season

The 1925–26 Montreal Maroons season was the 2nd season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The club finished 2nd in the league and defeated the Victoria Cougars in the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 1.
==Off-season==
GM James Strachan signed Babe Siebert after watching him play for a Niagara Falls amateur team. His next target was a powerful centreman playing in Cleveland, Nels Stewart. Large for his day at 6'1" and 200lbs, Strachan outbid the Toronto St. Patricks for Stewart. Siebert and Stewart would power the Maroons offense for the next seven seasons.
==Regular Season==
Rookie Nels Stewart led the league with 34 goals and 42 points. His accomplishments also won him the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player. Stewart is the only NHL player to win the Hart Trophy as a rookie.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	November 28, 1925 	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	December 1, 1925 	4–2 	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	December 3, 1925 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	December 5, 1925 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1925–26) 	3–1–0
5 	L 	December 8, 1925 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	December 12, 1925 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	December 16, 1925 	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 	5–2–0
8 	W 	December 19, 1925 	4–1 	@ New York Americans (1925–26) 	6–2–0
9 	W 	December 23, 1925 	1–0 OT 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 	7–2–0
10 	W 	December 26, 1925 	2–0 	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	8–2–0
11 	L 	December 30, 1925 	4–7 	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 	8–3–0
12 	W 	January 2, 1926 	3–2 OT 	New York Americans (1925–26) 	9–3–0
13 	L 	January 5, 1926 	0–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 	9–4–0
14 	T 	January 7, 1926 	1–1 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 	9–4–1
15 	W 	January 12, 1926 	5–2 	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 	10–4–1
16 	W 	January 16, 1926 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 	11–4–1
17 	T 	January 19, 1926 	3–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 	11–4–2
18 	W 	January 23, 1926 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 	12–4–2
19 	T 	January 25, 1926 	1–1 OT 	@ New York Americans (1925–26) 	12–4–3
20 	L 	January 27, 1926 	1–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 	12–5–3
21 	L 	January 30, 1926 	0–5 	Boston Bruins (1925–26) 	12–6–3
22 	W 	February 2, 1926 	2–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 	13–6–3
23 	W 	February 9, 1926 	5–3 	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	14–6–3
24 	W 	February 13, 1926 	2–1 	New York Americans (1925–26) 	15–6–3
25 	W 	February 18, 1926 	5–2 	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 	16–6–3
26 	T 	February 20, 1926 	0–0 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 	16–6–4
27 	T 	February 23, 1926 	1–1 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 	16–6–5
28 	L 	February 26, 1926 	0–1 	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 	16–7–5
29 	W 	February 27, 1926 	4–3 	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	17–7–5
30 	L 	March 2, 1926 	0–4 	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) 	17–8–5
31 	L 	March 4, 1926 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1925–26) 	17–9–5
32 	W 	March 6, 1926 	4–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 	18–9–5
33 	W 	March 11, 1926 	5–1 	New York Americans (1925–26) 	19–9–5
34 	W 	March 13, 1926 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 	20–9–5
35 	L 	March 16, 1926 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 	20–10–5
36 	L 	March 17, 1926 	3–5 	@ New York Americans (1925–26) 	20–11–5
==Playoffs==
====Montreal Maroons 6 Goals, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Goals====
Date 	Team 	Score	Team 	Score	Notes
March 20	Pittsburgh Pirates	1 	Montreal Maroons	3 	
March 23	Pittsburgh Pirates	3 	Montreal Maroons	3 	
====Montreal Maroons 2 Goals, Ottawa Senators 1 Goal====
Date 	Team 	Score	Team 	Score	Notes
March 25	Montreal Maroons	1 	Ottawa Senators	1 	
March 27	Montreal Maroons	1 	Ottawa Senators	0 	
===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.
====Montreal Maroons 3, Victoria Cougars 1====
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 30	Victoria Cougars	0 	Montreal Maroons	3 	
April 1 	Victoria Cougars	0 	Montreal Maroons	3 	
April 3 	Victoria Cougars	3 	Montreal Maroons	2 	
April 6 	Victoria Cougars	0 	Montreal Maroons	2 	
Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
==Player Stats==
===Scoring Leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM
5 	Nels Stewart 	36	34	8	42 	121
6 	Babe Siebert 	35	16	8	24 	110
3 	Reg Noble 	33	9 	9	18 	96
4 	Punch Broadbent 	36	12	5	17 	112
2 	Dunc Munro 	33	4 	6	10 	55
8 	Hobie Kitchen 	30	5 	2	7 	16
12	Merlyn Phillips 	12	3 	1	4 	6
7 	Chuck Dinsmore 	33	3 	1	4 	18
10	Frank Carson 	16	2 	1	3 	6
11	Sammy Rothschild	33	2 	1	3 	8
10	Fred Lowrey 	10	1 	0	1 	2
14	Bernie Brophy 	10	0 	0	0 	0
9 	Francis Cain 	10	0 	0	0 	0
12	George Horne 	13	0 	0	0 	2
9 	Albert Holway 	17	0 	0	0 	6
1 	Clint Benedict 	36	0 	0	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SO
Clint Benedict	2286	36	20	11	5	73	1.92	 	 	6
==Awards and Records==
*O'Brien Cup as the 1925–26 NHL champion.
*Prince of Wales Trophy as the 1925–26 NHL playoff champion.
*Hart Trophy: Nels Stewart
*NHL Scoring Leader: Nels Stewart
==Transactions==
*Sell Gerald Munro to the Toronto St. Patricks on October 23, 1925.
==Trivia==
*Maroons who had a hat trick this season include:
**Nels Stewart had a four goal game during the 5-2 win over the Toronto St. Patricks on January 12, 1926.
**Nels Stewart during the 5-2 win over Toronto on February 18, 1926.
**Babe Siebert during the 5-3 loss to the New York Americans on March 17, 1926.
==Montreal Maroons 1926 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Gallery==
1926-Noble-Benedict-Munro.jpg|Reg Noble, Clint Benedict, Dunc Munro in 1926. Note Benedict is still wearing the previous season's jersey.
1926-Montreal_Maroons_Stanley_Cup.jpg|Montreal Maroons - 1926 Stanley Cup Winners.
Source_811_54893.jpg|Montreal Maroons ad.
25-26HLMontrealExhGameAd.jpg|Pre-season
25-26NHLMonMarGameAd.jpg|Regular Season
25-26NHLFMontrealGameAd.jpg|NHL Final
25-26SCFinalMontrealGameAd.jpg|Stanley Cup Final
==See Also==
* 1925–26 NHL season
==References==
Category:Montreal Maroons seasons
Category:1925 in hockey
Category:1926 in hockey
Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons