1944 Stanley Cup Final

1944 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1944 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Toe Blake Dick Irvin 5 3 3 5* 4 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Paul Thompson Doug Bentley 1 1 2 4* 0 * – Denotes overtime period(s) Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 4) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (2, 3) April 4–13, 1944 Toe Blake (9:12, OT) Canadiens:Toe Blake (1966)Emile Bouchard (1966)Bill Durnan (1964)Elmer Lach (1966)Buddy O'Connor (1988)Maurice Richard (1961)Black Hawks:Doug Bentley (1964)Bill Mosienko (1965)Earl Seibert (1963)Clint Smith (1991)Coaches:Dick Irvin (1958, player) The 1944 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens swept the Black Hawks to win their first Stanley Cup since they defeated Chicago in 1931.Stanley Cup Champions 1940-1949 https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-champions-1940-1949-288132576 2021-08-07 NHL.com en-US Paths to the Finals Chicago defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings in a best-of-seven 4–1 to advance to the Finals. Montreal defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–1 to advance to the Finals. Game summaries Maurice "Rocket" Richard made his Stanley Cup debut with a five-goal performance in the series, including a hat trick in game two. The Punch Line of Richard, Elmer Lach and Toe Blake scored ten of the Canadiens' 16 goals. Blake scored the Cup winner in overtime. In the same overtime, Bill Durnan stopped the first penalty shot awarded in the Finals, awarded to Virgil Johnson.March 2021 Chicago Black Hawks Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Chicago Stadium April 4 1 1–5 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1944/04/04/1943030211#game=1943030211,game_state=final No scoring 8:37 - Phil Watson (2) Clint Smith (4) - pp - 10:11 6:35 - pp - Toe Blake (5)10:58 - Ray Getliffe (4) No scoring 4:47 - Murph Chamberlain (5)18:07 - Ray Getliffe (5) Mike Karakas Bill Durnan April 6 2 3–1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1944/04/06/1943030212#game=1943030212,game_state=final No scoring No scoring No scoring Maurice Richard (8) - 13:00 19:59 - John Harms (1) Maurice Richard (9) - 12:16Maurice Richard (10) - 15:33 Mike Karakas Bill Durnan April 9 2 3–2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1944/04/09/1943030213#game=1943030213,game_state=final 5:14 - George Allen (3) No scoring No scoring Toe Blake (6) - 2:02 4:16 - John Harms (2) Mike McMahon (1) - 5:47Phil Watson (3) - 6:42 Mike Karakas Bill Durnan April 13 1 4–5 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1944/04/13/1943030214#game=1943030214,game_state=final George Allen (4) - 5:12 8:48 - Elmer Lach (1) John Harms (3) - pp - 7:30George Allen (5) - pp - 9:12Doug Bentley (8) - 10:09 No scoring No scoring 10:02 - Elmer Lach (2)16:05 - Maurice Richard (11)17:20 - Maurice Richard (12) No scoring 9:12 - Toe Blake (7) Mike Karakas Bill Durnan Montreal won series 4–0 Stanley Cup engraving The 1944 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Toe Blake by NHL President Red Dutton following the Canadiens 5–4 overtime win over the Black Hawks in game four. The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens 1 Bill Durnan *2 Mike McMahon, Sr. 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard 4 Leo Lamoureux 8 Glen Harmon *10 Herbert Buddy O'Connor 11 Ray Getliffe 16 Elmer Lach 17 Fern Majeau *6 Hector Toe Blake (Captain) 8 Gerry Heffernan 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard 12 Erwin Murph Chamberlain 14 Phil Watson 21 Bob Fillion Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Dalton Coleman (Vice President/Owner) Len Peto (Director), Tommy Gorman (Manager) Dick Irvin Sr, (Coach) Ernie Cook (Trainer)&, Hector Dubois (Asst. Trainer)&. William Northey (Vice President/Owner) was missing from team picture, and Stanley Cup. Trainer Ernie Cook and Hector Dubois were included on the team picture in 1944, 1946. However, their names were not engraved on the Cup. When the Stanley Cup was redesigned during the 1957–58 season, Cook was added to the cup in 1944, but not to the 1946 team. Dubois was not added to 1944, 1946 teams. Dubois would later have his name on the Stanley Cup 6 times 1953–56–57–58–59–60. In 1944, Tommy Gorman became the only Manager to win 4 Stanley Cups with 4 different teams. 1920–21–23 Ottawa Senators, 1934 Chicago Black Hawks, 1935 Montreal Maroons and 1944 Montreal Canadiens. He would retire as a champion after winning one more cup with the Canadiens in 1946. Spelling mistakes Bill Durnan's name was misspelled as BILL DURMAN. The first "N" was engraved as an "M". The mistake was corrected in 1992–93 when the Replica Cup was created. Gerald "Gerry" Heffernan won only 1 Stanley Cup in his career in 1944. However, his name is spelled differently on each of the 3 rings of the 1944 Canadiens On the original ring in 1944 as GERALD HEFFERNAN On the redesigned ring created during the 1957–58 season as JERRY HEFFERNAN On the Replica ring created in 1992–93 as GERRY HEFFERNAN See also 1943–44 NHL season 1943–44 Chicago Black Hawks season 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens season References and notes 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. pp 12, 50. 978-1-55168-261-7 Detroit Red Wings1943 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1944 Toronto Maple Leafs1945 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Chicago Blackhawks games Category:Montreal Canadiens games Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:Ice hockey competitions in Chicago Stanley Cup Finals Category:1940s in Chicago Category:1940s in Montreal Category:Events at Chicago Stadium