1934–35 NHL season

The 1934–35 NHL season was the 18th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). 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 Ottawa Senators, the NHL franchise was transferred to St. Louis changing the nickname to St. Louis Eagles. The Senators became a senior amateur team again. The NHL franchise 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 sell the team to Ernest Savard and Maurice Forget of the Canadian Arena Company.
The penalty shot, an invention of the old Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), was introduced in the NHL this season. The puck was placed in a 10-foot circle, 38 feet (12 m) from the goalmouth. The player could shoot while stationary within the circle, or could shoot while moving, as long as the shot was taken within the circle. The goaltender had to be stationary until the puck was shot, and no more than 1 foot (0.30 m) in front of the goal mouth.
Several more teams changed from a single uniform to a light version and dark version. The Detroit Red Wings introduced a white version of their existing uniform, swapping red elements for white elements. The Chicago Black Hawks introduced a new uniform design, and differentiated between versions by using white in the main horizontal stripe and their socks, and using brown in the other version. The New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs continued using their two sets of uniforms. The Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers and St. Louis Eagles used only a single uniform design each.
==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. 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 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.
The first penalty shot was awarded to the Montreal Canadiens' Armand Mondou on November 10, 1934; he was stopped by the Toronto Maple Leafs' George Hainsworth. On November 13, Ralph "Scotty" Bowman of the St. Louis Eagles scored the first penalty shot goal in NHL history.
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
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
Canadian Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	30	14	4	64 	157	111	444
Montreal Maroons 	48	24	19	5	53 	123	92 	380
Montreal Canadiens 	48	19	23	6	44 	110	145	314
New York Americans 	48	12	27	9	33 	100	142	250
St. Louis Eagles 	48	11	31	6	28 	86 	144	385
American Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
Boston Bruins 	48	26	16	6	58 	129	112	368
Chicago Black Hawks	48	26	17	5	57 	118	88 	375
New York Rangers 	48	22	20	6	50 	137	139	334
Detroit Red Wings 	48	19	22	7	45 	127	114	305
==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.
===First round ===
{| class="wikitable" 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Date 	Away Team 	Away Team 	Home Team 	Home Team 	Notes 	 	
March 23 	Toronto 	0 	1 	Boston 	2OT 	 	
March 26 	Toronto 	2 	0 	Boston 	 	 	
March 28 	Boston 	0 	3 	Toronto 	 	 	
March 30 	Boston 	1 	2 	Toronto 	 	 	
Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	Toronto won the series 3-games-to-one and advanced to the final.	
{| class="wikitable" 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Date 	Away Team 	Away Team 	Home Team 	Home Team 	Notes 	 	
March 23 	Chicago 	0 	0 	Mtl. Maroons 	 	 	
March 26 	Mtl. Maroons 	1 	0 	Chicago 	OT 	 	
Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 1-0 in total goals.	
=== Second round ===
{| class="wikitable" 	New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons 	New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons 	New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons 	New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons 	New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons 	New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons
Date 	Away Team 	Away Team 	Home Team 	Home Team 	 	
March 28 	Mtl. Maroons 	2 	1 	NY Rangers 	 	
April 1 	NY Rangers 	3 	3 	Mtl. Maroons 	 	
Montreal won the series 5-4 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 5-4 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 5-4 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 5-4 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 5-4 in total goals.	Montreal won the series 5-4 in total goals.	
===Final===
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 and the last team that is currently defunct to have won a Stanley Cup.
Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 4	Montreal	3 	Toronto 	2 	OT
April 6	Montreal	3 	Toronto 	1 	
April 9	Toronto 	1 	Montreal	4 	
Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–0.
==Awards==
Hart Trophy:(Most valuable player) 	Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Trophy:(Excellence and sportsmanship) 	Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
O'Brien Cup:(Canadian Division champion) 	Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy:(American Division champion)	Boston Bruins
Rookie of the Year:(Best first-year player) 	Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans
Vezina Trophy:(Fewest goals allowed) 	Lorne Chabot, Chicago Black Hawks
==Player statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	PTS	PIM
Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs 	47	36	21	57 	24
Syd Howe 	St. Louis Eagles/Detroit Red Wings	50	22	25	47 	34
Larry Aurie 	Detroit Red Wings 	48	17	29	46 	24
Frank Boucher 	New York Rangers 	48	13	32	45 	2
Busher Jackson 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	42	22	22	44 	27
Herbie Lewis 	Detroit Red Wings 	48	16	27	43 	26
Art Chapman 	New York Americans 	47	9 	34	43 	4
Marty Barry 	Boston Bruins 	48	20	20	40 	33
Sweeney Schriner	New York Americans 	48	18	22	40 	6
Nels Stewart 	Boston Bruins 	47	21	18	39 	45
Source: NHL.
===Leading goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	Mins	GA 	SO	GAA
Lorne Chabot 	Chicago Black Hawks	48	26	17	5	2940	88 	8 	1.80
Alec Connell 	Montreal Maroons 	48	24	19	5	2970	92 	9 	1.86
Normie Smith 	Detroit Red Wings 	25	12	11	2	1550	52 	2 	2.01
George Hainsworth	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	30	14	4	2957	111	8 	2.25
Tiny Thompson 	Boston Bruins 	48	26	16	6	2970	112	8 	2.26
Dave Kerr 	New York Rangers 	37	19	12	6	2290	94 	4 	2.46
Source: NHL.
==Team Photos==
34-35BosBru.jpg|Boston Bruins
34-35ChiBH.jpg|Chicago Black Hawks
34-35DetRW.jpg|Detroit Red Wings
34-35MtlCdn.jpg|Montreal Canadiens
34-35MtlMar.jpg|Montreal Maroons
34-35NYA.jpg|New York Americans
34-35NYR.jpg|New York Rangers
34-35SLEag.jpg|St. Louis Eagles
34-35TorML.jpg|Toronto Maple Leafs
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==External links==
*Hockey Database
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