1940 Stanley Cup Final

1940 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1940 New York Rangers New York Frank Boucher Art Coulter 2* 6 1 0 2** 3* 4 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Red Horner Dick Irvin 1* 2 2 3 1** 2* 2 * – Denotes overtime period(s) New York City: Madison Square Garden (1, 2) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3–6) April 2–13, 1940 Bryan Hextall (2:07, OT) Rangers:Neil Colville (1967)Art Coulter (1974)Bryan Hextall (1969)Lynn Patrick (1980)Babe Pratt (1966)Clint Smith (1991)Maple Leafs:Syl Apps (1961)Turk Broda (1967)Gordie Drillon (1975)Red Horner (1965)Sweeney Schriner (1962)Coaches:Frank Boucher (1958, player)Dick Irvin (1958, player) The 1940 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. New York would win the series 4–2 to win their third Stanley Cup. The Rangers would not win another for 54 years, a circumstance termed the Curse of 1940. Paths to the Finals New York defeated the Boston Bruins in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance to the Finals. The Maple Leafs had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–0 against the Chicago Black Hawks, and 2–0 against the Detroit Red Wings to advance to the Finals. Game summaries The Final series between the Rangers and the Maple Leafs was an exciting one that went back and forth with three overtime games. The Rangers took the first two at home and the Leafs took the next two in Toronto. The circus forced the Rangers to vacate Madison Square Garden after the first two games. The Rangers would score three game-winning goals in overtime including the Cup winner. Lynn and Murray Patrick played for the Rangers to become the third and fourth members of the Patrick family to win the Stanley Cup.Stanley Cup Champions 1940-1949 https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-champions-1940-1949-288132576 2022-07-18 NHL.com en-US Toronto Maple Leafs New York Rangers Madison Square Garden III Maple Leaf Gardens April 2 1 1–2 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-nyr/1940/04/02/1939030211#game=1939030211,game_state=final Red Heron (2) - 11:01 9:09 - pp - Art Coulter (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 15:30 - Alf Pike (2) Turk Broda Dave Kerr April 3 1 2–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-nyr/1940/04/03/1939030212#game=1939030212,game_state=final Billy Taylor (1) - 5:01Hank Goldup (4) - 6:01 15:14 - Bryan Hextall No scoring 3:57 - Babe Pratt (3)19:48 - pp - Bryan Hextall (2) No scoring 6:26 - Bryan Hextall (3)12:21 - pp - Dutch Hiller (2)13:09 - pp - Lynn Patrick (2) Turk Broda Dave Kerr April 6 2 1–2 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-tor/1940/04/06/1939030213#game=1939030213,game_state=final No scoring Phil Watson (3) - 18:19 No scoring No scoring 10:32 - Gordie Drillon (2)13:40 - Hank Goldup (5) No scoring Turk Broda Dave Kerr April 9 2 0–3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-tor/1940/04/09/1939030214#game=1939030214,game_state=final 19:20 - Gus Marker (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring 16:03 - Wally Stanowski (1)19:26 - Gordie Drillon (3) No scoring Turk Broda Dave Kerr April 11 2 2–1 2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-tor/1940/04/11/1939030215#game=1939030215,game_state=final No scoring Neil Colville (1) - 12:21 16:55 - Syl Apps (4) No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Muzz Patrick (3) - 11:43 Turk Broda Dave Kerr April 13 2 3–2 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-tor/1940/04/13/1939030216#game=1939030216,game_state=final 6:52 - Syl Apps (5) No scoring 4:51 - Nick Metz (1) No scoring No scoring Neil Colville (2) - 8:08Alf Pike (3) - 10:01 No scoring Bryan Hextall (4) - 2:07 Turk Broda Dave Kerr New York won series 4–2 Stanley Cup engraving The 1940 Stanley Cup was presented to Rangers captain Art Coulter by NHL President Frank Calder following the Rangers 3–2 overtime win over the Maple Leafs in game six. The following Rangers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1939–40 New York Rangers *1 Dave Kerr *2 Art Coulter (Captain) 3 Erhardt Ott Heller 8 Walter Babe Pratt 15 Murray Muzz Patrick *6 Neil Colville 7 Phil Watson 10 Clint Smith 16 Alf Pike 17 Stanford Smith^ *4 Alex Shibicky 5 Mac Colville 8 Wilbert Dutch Hiller 9 Lynn Patrick 12 Bryan Hextall Sr. 14 James Kilby MacDonald John Reed Kilpatrick (President/Owner), Lester Patrick (Manager) Frank Boucher (Coach), Harry Westerby (Trainer) Stanton Griffis* (Vice President/Owner) * Missing from the Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it. #17 Stanford Smith^ (C) played in 1 regular-season game and 1 Finals game. Despite playing in the Finals, his name was left off the Stanley Cup engraving. Frank Boucher was the 6th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup. Lester Patrick and Frank Boucher became the first (and to this date, the only) duo to win the Stanley Cup together as players and then as a coach-managerial team, having won as players on the Rangers in 1928.New York Is Edmonton's Home Away From Home If the Oilers win the Stanley Cup, Lowe and MacTavish will be the second twosome in NHL history to win as teammates, and as general manager and coach. Lester Patrick was the Rangers' general manager, and Frank Boucher was the coach when they won the championship in 1940. They played together when the Rangers won the Cup in 1928. June 1, 2006 John Branch The New York Times D7 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/sports/hockey/01oilers.html?_r=1&gwh=C9778442EFF9D63B01B3FC205DDA86B9 A new ring was added to the Stanley Cup. This large ring had room to hold 7 winning Stanley Cup teams. See also 1939–40 NHL season References and notes Notes References Diamond Dan Total Stanley Cup 2000 Total Sports Canada Toronto 978-1-892129-07-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse Podnieks Andrew Hockey Hall of Fame 2004 Lord Stanley's Cup Bolton, Ont. Fenn Pub. 12, 50 978-1-55168-261-7 Boston Bruins1939 Boston Bruins1941 New York RangersStanley Cup champions 1940 Stanley Cup Finals″ Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:New York Rangers games Category:Toronto Maple Leafs games Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Category:Ice hockey competitions in Toronto Category:1940s in Toronto Category:1940s in Manhattan