The 1935 Stanley Cup Final NHL

National Hockey League

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 championship series was contested by the Montreal Maroons

Montreal Maroons

The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...

 and the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

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. The Maroons would win the series 3–0 to win their second and final Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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Paths to the Final

Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

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 in a best-of-five 3–1 to advance to the final. The Maroons had to play a total-goals series; 1–0 against Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

, and win a second two game total-goals series 5–4 against the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

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The series

Maroons manager-coach Tommy Gorman

Tommy Gorman

Thomas Patrick "T. P." Gorman was a founder of the National Hockey League , a winner of seven Stanley Cups as a general manager with four teams, and an Olympic gold medal-winning lacrosse player for Canada....

 became the only coach to win successive Stanley Cup titles with two different teams after winning with the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1934 Final.

It was the first all-Canadian final since the Maroons defeated Victoria in 1926. Maroons goaltender Alex Connell

Alex Connell

Alec Connell was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, New York Americans and Montreal Maroons teams in the National Hockey League...

 allowed just four goals in the three games.

Montreal Maroons vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 4	Montreal	3	Toronto	2	OT
April 6	Montreal	3	Toronto	1
April 9	Toronto	1	Montreal	4

Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–0.

Montreal Maroons 1935 Stanley Cup Champions