1926 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Main article: 1925–26 NHL season, 1925–26 WHL season

The Cougars finished the 1925–26 WHL regular season in third place, but eventually upset the Edmonton Eskimos in the WHL championship by a combined score of 5–3 to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. Meanwhile, the Maroons finished the NHL regular season in second place; in the O'Brien Cup playoffs, the Maroons beat the third seed Pittsburgh Pirates and then went on to beat first place Ottawa Senators two goals to one in a two-game total goals series, thus capturing the O'Brien Cup and the newly introduced, redundant, Prince of Wales Trophy.

Game summaries

All of the games in the 1926 Cup Finals were played at the Montreal Forum. Aided by three future Hockey Hall of Famers, the Maroons ended up dominating the series. Goaltender Clint Benedict, who previously helped Ottawa in three Cup championships, recorded three shutouts. Rookie Nels Stewart scored 6 of Montreal's 10 overall goals in the 4 games. Punch Broadbent also recorded a goal for the Maroons. The Cougars' lone win came in game three, 3–2.

Nels Stewart scored both goals in the fourth game to win the series. Stewart had given his stick to a fan after the playoff series against Ottawa. He asked for and retrieved the stick back from the fan prior to the fourth game. He then gave back the stick to the fan after game four.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =02:00 – Nels Stewart (1) 05:05 – Punch Broadbent (3) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =16:10 – Nels Stewart (2) |goalie1-1 =Hap Holmes |goalie1-2 =Clint Benedict

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =10:10 – pp – Nels Stewart (3) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =09:40 – Merlyn Phillips (4) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =15:55 – pp – Dunc Munro (1) |goalie2-1 =Hap Holmes |goalie2-2 =Clint Benedict

|3-1-1 =Haldor Halderson (1) – 16:15 |3-1-2 =03:02 – Babe Siebert (2) |3-2-1 =Clem Loughlin (1) – 10:05 |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =Frank Fredrickson (1) – 07:50 |3-3-2 =16:15 – Nels Stewart (4) |goalie3-1 =Hap Holmes |goalie3-2 =Clint Benedict

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =02:50 – Nels Stewart (5) 19:10 – Nels Stewart (6) |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Hap Holmes |goalie4-2 =Clint Benedict

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1926 Stanley Cup was presented to Maroons captain Dunc Munro by the trophy's trustee William Foran, following the Maroons 2–0 win over the Cougars in game four.

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

1925–26 Montreal Maroons

• 9 Albert Toots Holway
• 3 Reginald Reg Noble
• 8 Chapman Hobie Kitchen†
• 6 Albert Babe Siebert
• 12 Merlyn Bill Phillips
• 5 Nels Stewart
• 14 Bernie Brophy†
• 10 Doc Frank Carson
• 12 Shorty George Horne †
• 11 Sammy Rothschild |non-players=
• James Strachan (President/Owner)
• Gordon Cushings (Vice President), Thomas Arnold (Vice President)
• Bill O'Brien (Trainer), Eddie Gerard (Manager-Coach)
• Donat Raymond (Director), Arthur Cayford (Secretary-Treasurer) |engraving-notes=
• Eddie Gerard name was misspelt with F. Gerard (MGR) instead E. Gerard (MGR) on the 2nd version created in 1969. This mistake was repeated in 1992-93 Replica Stanley Cup.
• Dunc Munro became the third player to win the Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal. Munro won the Olympic Gold medal with the Toronto Granites in 1924.
• After the series win a new ring was added directly underneath the original bowl of the Cup with the words "Won/By Montreal 'Maroons' 1925–26". In addition players and Non-players names were added to the trophy.
• †-Left off the Stanley Cup for not playing in the playoffs

References

;Notes

before = Victoria Cougars 1925 | after = Ottawa Senators 1927 | title = Montreal Maroons Stanley Cup champions | years = 1926|

References

1. "Schedule {{!}} Mar 30, 1926 ET".
2. (April 7, 1926). "Maroons Captured Stanley Cup From Victoria Cougars". Montreal Gazette.