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1939 ice hockey championship series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1939 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was Boston's first appearance in the Finals since 1930; Toronto had appeared in the previous year. Boston won the series 4–1 to win their second Stanley Cup. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals to be contested as a best-of-seven series, and every subsequent Stanley Cup Finals have been contested as such.
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Location(s) | Boston: Boston Garden (1, 2, 5) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Boston: Art Ross Toronto: Dick Irvin | |||||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Boston: Cooney Weiland Toronto: Charlie Conacher | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 6–16, 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Roy Conacher (17:54, second) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Famers | Bruins: Bobby Bauer (1996) Frank Brimsek (1966) Dit Clapper (1947) Roy Conacher (1998) Bill Cowley (1968) Woody Dumart (1992) Milt Schmidt (1961) Eddie Shore (1947) Cooney Weiland (1971) Maple Leafs: Syl Apps (1961) Turk Broda (1967) Gordie Drillon (1975) Red Horner (1965) Busher Jackson (1971) Coaches: Dick Irvin (1958, player) Art Ross (1949, player) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston defeated New York Rangers in a best-of-seven 4–3 to advance to the Finals. The Maple Leafs had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–0 against New York Americans, and 2–1 against the Detroit Red Wings to advance to the Finals.
Frank Brimsek held Toronto to just six goals in the 5 games.
April 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 16:04 - Woody Dumart (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Red Horner (1) - 13:54 | Third period | 16:31 - Bobby Bauer (2) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
Murph Chamberlain (2) - 8:55 Syl Apps (2) - 9:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 15:05 - Roy Conacher (2) 16:18 - Mel Hill (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Doc Romnes (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
April 11 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Bobby Bauer (3) - 1:28 Roy Conacher (3) - 8:12 Jack Crawford (1) - 13:03 |
Third period | 19:11 - Gus Marker (2) | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 13 | Boston Bruins | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Roy Conacher (4) - pp - 2:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Roy Conacher (5) - 12:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 16 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Bingo Kampman (1) - 18:40 | First period | 11:40 - Mel Hill (6) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:54 - Roy Conacher (6) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:23 - Flash Hollett (1) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
Boston won series 4–1 | |
The 1939 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins captain Cooney Weiland by NHL President Frank Calder following the Bruins 3–1 win over the Maple Leafs in game five.
The following Bruins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1938–39 Boston Bruins
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