1930 Stanley Cup Final

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.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Albert Leduc (1) - 8:43 Sylvio Mantha (1) - 13:17 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Pit Lepine (2) - 6:27 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie1-2 =Tiny Thompson

|2-1-1 =9:10 - Bert McCaffrey (1) 17:36 - Nick Wasnie (2) |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =1:33 - Sylvio Mantha (2) 15:43 - Howie Morenz (3) |2-2-2 =Eddie Shore (1) - 10:42 |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =Percy Galbraith (1) - 8:47 Dit Clapper (4) - 10:59 |goalie2-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie2-2 =Tiny Thompson

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

1929–30 Montreal Canadiens

• 3 Marty Burke
• 8 Albert Leduc
• 12 Georges Mantha
• 14 Gerald Carson
• 9 Alfred Pit Lepine
• 5 Armand Mondou
• 6 Nick Wasnie
• 10 Wildor Larochelle
• 11 Bert McCaffrey
• 16 Gus Rivers |non-players=
• Louis Athanase David (President), Fernand Rinfeet (Director)
• Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
• Joseph Viateur "Leo" Dandurand (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Henry Gray (Director)
• Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach), Georges Richer* (Director)
• Hilarion A. "Louis" Letourneau (Director/Owner), Dr. James Albert Corrigan (Team Physician)
• Amerdee Monet (Director)
• Edward Dulfour (Trainer), Jim McKenna (Asst. Trainer),
• Joseph-Pierre "J.P." Le Petit† (Asst. Trainer/left off cup-on team picture) |engraving-notes=
• • Mistake – Georges Richer was engraved as a physician, but his official title was a member of the board directors.
• †J.P. Le Petit name was some times misspelled Le Petite with an extra E.
• 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.}}

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 57. .

before = Boston Bruins 1929 | after = Montreal Canadiens 1931 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1930|