1930 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1930 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. In a best of three series, Montreal won 4–3 and 3–0 to win the team's third Stanley Cup championship.

1930 Stanley Cup Finals
12 Total
Boston Bruins 03 0
Montreal Canadiens 34 2
Location(s)Boston: Boston Garden (1)
Montreal: Montreal Forum (2)
Formatbest-of-three
CoachesBoston: Art Ross
Montreal: Cecil Hart
CaptainsBoston: Lionel Hitchman
Montreal: Sylvio Mantha
DatesApril 1–3, 1930
Series-winning goalHowie Morenz (1:00, second)

Paths to the Finals

The defending champion Boston Bruins had an outstanding season. Their final record of 38–5–1 translates to an .875 winning percentage, the best in NHL history. The team did not lose two games in a row all season, until being swept by the Canadiens. This prompted the change for the following year in the Finals format to a best-of-five format.

Game summaries

The Finals was a best-of-three series. The Canadiens had lost all four of their regular-season meetings with the Bruins. Captain Sylvio Mantha was the leader, scoring in both final games.

Game one saw the Bruins play way below their usual form and George Hainsworth picked up a shutout. In game two, Howie Morenz scored what proved to be the winning goal at 17:50 of the second period and the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. It was the first time all year that the Bruins lost two games in a row.

Montreal won series 2–0

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1930 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Sylvio Mantha by NHL President Frank Calder following the Canadiens 4–3 win over the Bruins in game two.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1930 Montreal Canadiens

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Louis Athanase David (President), Fernand Rinfeet (Director)
  • Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
  • Leo Dandurand (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Henry Gray (Director)
  • Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach), Georges Richer (Director)
  • Louis Letourneau (Director/Owner), Dr. J. A. Corrigan* (Team Physician)
  • Amerdee Monet (Director)
  • Ed Dulfour (Trainer), Jim McKenna (Asst. Trainer),
  • J. P. Lepetite* (Ass't Trainer/left off cup-on team picture).

Stanley Cup engraving
  • Mistake – Georges Richer was engraved as a physician, but his official title was a member of the board directors.
  • Mistake – co-owner Louis A. Letourneau was misspelt H.A. LETOURNEAU.
  • *-The Team Physician and one Ass't trainers first names are unknown.
  • Montreal included the date, day, game number, location, and score for each playoff game on the Stanley Cup. In 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 each playoff game, date and score by the winning team were included on the Stanley Cup.

See also

References
  • Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. pp. 51. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 57. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.
Preceded by
Boston Bruins
1929		 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
1930		 Succeeded by
Montreal Canadiens
1931
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