1924 Stanley Cup Final

1924 ice hockey championship series March 2026 Canadiens1924.jpg The Canadiens in a group photo after winning the Cup 1924 March 22–25, 1924 Calgary Tigers (WCHL) Montreal Canadiens (NHL) best-of-three 6 1 3 0 2 0 Montreal: Mount Royal Arena (1) Ottawa: Ottawa Auditorium (2) Howie Morenz (4:55, first) Canadiens:Sprague Cleghorn (1958)Aurele Joliat (1947)Joe Malone (1950)Sylvio Mantha (1960)Howie Morenz (1945)Georges Vezina (1945)Tigers:Rusty Crawford (1963)Red Dutton (1958)Herb Gardiner (1958)Harry Oliver (1967)Coaches:Leo Dandurand (1963) Montreal: Leo DandurandCalgary: Eddie Oatman Montreal: Sprague CleghornCalgary: Red Dutton The 1924 Stanley Cup Final saw the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Montreal Canadiens defeat the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) champion Calgary Tigers two games to none in the best-of-three-game series. It was Montreal's fourth appearance in the Finals and second championship.Stanley Cup Champions 1918-1929 https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-champions-1918-1929-288144788 2021-08-06 NHL.com en-US This was the last Final until the 1983 Stanley Cup Final to be contested by a team from Alberta and the last Final until 1986 to be contested by a team from Calgary. Paths to the Final 1924 Stanley Cup playoffs As in 1922, the PCHA champion met the WCHL champion in a playoff, with the winner to meet the NHL champion in the Final. That series was held in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The NHL champion would have to play the loser to advance to the Final. Montreal first played the Vancouver Maroons, defeating them 2–0 in a best-of-three to advance to the Final. Game summaries The first game was played in Montreal's Mount Royal Arena on slushy natural ice caused by warmer than usual weather. The second game was moved to Ottawa, to take advantage of the artificial ice.Zweig 2012 257 Rookie forward Howie Morenz scored a hat trick in game one and a further goal in game two to lead the Canadiens. Morenz also was leveled by Calgary defenceman Herb Gardiner in game two and suffered torn shoulder ligaments and a chipped collarbone. Red Dutton played a robust game for Calgary in a losing cause and Joliat and Billy Boucher were hard pressed to get scoring chances. Georges Vezina was brilliant in getting his 3-0 shutout victory that brought the Stanley Cup to Montreal for the first time in eight years. Calgary Tigers Montreal Canadiens Victoria Arena Mount Royal Arena March 22 1–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cat-vs-mtl/1924/03/22/1923030311#game=1923030311,game_state=final No scoring 19:10 – Howie Morenz (4) Herb Gardiner (1) – 19:30 00:40 – Howie Morenz (5)11:20 – Billy Boucher (5)15:55 – Howie Morenz (6) No scoring 03:40 – Aurele Joliat (3)04:50 – Sprague Cleghorn (2) Charlie Reid Georges Vezina March 25 Ottawa Auditorium 0–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cat-vs-mtl/1924/03/25/1923030312#game=1923030312,game_state=final No scoring 04:55 – Howie Morenz (7) No scoring No scoring No scoring 03:30 – Billy Boucher (6)13:50 – Aurele Joliat (4) Charlie Reid Georges Vezina Montreal won series 2–0 Stanley Cup engraving The 1924 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran to the Canadiens at a banquet at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal on April 1, 1924. The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup Zweig 2012 257 1923–24 Montreal Canadiens *1 Georges Vezina *2 Sprague Cleghorn (captain) 3 Wilfred Billy Coutu "Coulter" 6 Ogilvie Odie Cleghorn 8 Sylvio Mantha *4 Aurel Joliat 5-13 Billy Boucher 10 Billy Cameron 11 Bobby Boucher *7 Howie Morenz 5-9 Billy Bell 9 Joe Malone& Edward Dulfour (Trainer), Louis Athanase David (Executive Director) Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner) Hilarion A. "Louis" Letourneau (Director/Owner) Joseph Viateur "Leo" Dandurand (President/Owner/Manager-Coach) Napoleon Norval (Secretary) Edouard C. St. Pere, Harry Elliot, Cecil Hart, Ferdinand Rinfeet (Directors) & not engraved on Cup. Billy Coutu's last name was often missept Billy Couture. After a ring was added to the original Stanley Cup in 1909, the winners were engraved on the ring until 1918 (except the 1910 Montreal Wanderers and 1911 Ottawa Senators). No new ring was added until after the 1924 victory, when the Canadiens added a new ring to the bottom.Zweig 2012 257 On this new ring, the club had the majority of its members' names engraved on it with a letter punch. It became an annual tradition. Each Stanley Cup-winning team since 1924 has engraved its members' names on the Cup. The NHL controls the number of names allowed. Joe Malone, who had not played in the playoffs, was not included on the Cup, even though there was room. Malone retired from hockey mid-season. Only Bobby Boucher, Ed Dulfour, Leo Danduran, and Cecil Hart have their full first names engraved on the cup. All other members had their first names shortened. Montreal also included the three teams they defeated in the playoffs, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, two straight games. Charles Fortier used to be credited with playing one NHL game for Montreal. He did not, but he did attend the Canadiens' 1923-24 training camp. Since Frotier was never on the Montreal Canadiens roster, he is not a Stanley Cup winner in 1924. See also 1923–24 NHL season 1923–24 WCHL season 1923–24 Montreal Canadiens season References Bibliography Diamond Dan Total Stanley Cup 2000 Total Sports Canada 978-1-892129-07-9 51 registration https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse/page/51 Lord Stanley's Cup Podnieks Andrew Hockey Hall of Fame 2004 Triumph Books 978-1-55168-261-7 Zweig Eric 2012 Stanley Cup: 120 years of hockey supremacy Firefly Books 978-1-77085-104-7 Notes Ottawa Senators1923 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1924 Victoria Cougars1925 Stanley Cup Category:Montreal Canadiens games Category:Western Canada Hockey League postseason Stanley Category:Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Final Category:Ice hockey competitions in Ottawa Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Category:1920s in Ottawa Category:1920s in Montreal