| 1939 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 – April 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Roy Conacher (17:54, second) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Paths to the Finals
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.
Game summaries
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 | |
Stanley Cup engraving
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
1939 Boston Bruins
Players
- 5 Ralph Cooney Weiland (Captain)
- 10 Bill Cowley
- 11 Gord Pettinger
- 15 Milt Schmidt
- 16 Pat McReavy
- 4 Charlie Sands
- 6 Ray Getliffe
- 6-16 Robert Red Hamill
- 9 Roy Conacher
- 14 Woody Dumart
- 16-4 Harry Frost
- 17 Bobby Bauer
- 18 Mel Hill
- 2 Eddie Shore
- 3 Bill Flash Hollett
- 4 Terry Reardon
- 5 Aubrey Dit Clapper
- 5 Jack Shewchuk
- 8 Jack Portland
- 19 Jack Crawford
Coaching and administrative staff
- Weston Adams Sr. (President/Owner), Art Ross (Vice President/Manager-Coach)
- Ralph Burkard (Treasurer)
- Frank Ryan (Publicity Director)^
- Win Green (Trainer)&^
- & Missing from the Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it.
- ^-Win Green(Trainer), Frank Ryan (Publicity Director) were included on one of the two team pictures but left off the Stanley Cup.
Stanley Cup engraving
- From 1930 to 1939, except for the 1933 New York Rangers, 1934 Chicago Black Hawks and 1935 Montreal Maroons every team included their playoff games scores on the Stanley Cup. In 1939, the Boston Bruins were the last team to do this. When the Cup was redone during 1957–58 season all playoff game scores were left off the new ring for the cup winners from 1928 to 1940.
- Three players were included on the Stanley Cup, but did not qualify Pat McReavy (6 games played), Terry Reardon (4 games played), Jack Shewchuk (3 games played). Not one of the three players played in the playoffs. Every player who played for Boston that season was included on the Stanley Cup.
See also
- 1938–39 NHL season
References & notes
- NHL (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Dan Diamond & Associates.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
| Preceded by Chicago Black Hawks 1938 | Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Champions 1939 | Succeeded by New York Rangers 1940 |