1931 Stanley Cup Final

Game summaries

Over 18,000 fans packed Chicago Stadium for game two to set a record for the largest attendance in hockey history to that time. The triple-overtime game three of the series was (at the time) the longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history, and today remains the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history at 113:50.

Game five

For game five, Foster Hewitt came to Montreal to make the radio broadcast play-by-play and transmission lines carried his broadcast to radio stations across Canada Interest was so high that Montrealers in the thousands lined up for end zone and standing room tickets. Johnny Gagnon opened the scoring in the second period and Howie Morenz scored an insurance goal in the third period. It ended a nine-game goalless streak for Morenz.

|1-1-1 =Georges Mantha (3) - 4:50 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Pit Lepine (2) - 2:20 |1-3-2 =8:20 - Vic Ripley (2) |goalie1-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie1-2 =Charlie Gardiner

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =11:45 - Stew Adams (2) |2-3-1 =Nick Wasnie (3) - 12:10 |2-3-2 =No scoring |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =4:50 - Johnny Gottselig (2) |goalie2-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie2-2 =Charlie Gardiner

|3-1-1 =5:15 - Johnny Gagnon (3) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =7:29 - Georges Mantha (5) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Mush March (3) - 16:20 Stew Adams (3) - 17:07 |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Cy Wentworth (1) - 13:50 |goalie3-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie3-2 =Charlie Gardiner

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Johnny Gottselig (3) - 1:33 Ty Arbour (1) - 13:58 |4-2-1 =4:34 - Johnny Gagnon (4) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =4:25 - Johnny Gagnon (5) 10:55 - Pit Lepine (3) 17:25 - Pit Lepine (4) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie4-2 =Charlie Gardiner

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =9:59 - Johnny Gagnon (6) |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =15:27 - Howie Morenz (1) |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =George Hainsworth |goalie5-2 =Charlie Gardiner

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1931 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Sylvio Mantha by NHL President Frank Calder following the Canadiens 2–0 win over the Black Hawks in game five.

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

1930–31 Montreal Canadiens

• 3 Marty Burke
• 8 Albert Leduc
• 11 Art Lesieur
• 12 Georges Mantha
• 9 Alfred Pit Lepine
• 5 Armand Mondou
• 6 Nick Wasnie
• 10 Wildor Larochelle
• 14 Johnny Gagnon
• 16 Gus Rivers |non-players=
• Louis Athanase David (President), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
• Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner), Amerdee Monte (Director)
• Joseph Viateur "Leo" Dandurand (Secretary/Owner), Alphonse Raymond (Director)
• Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach), Georges Richer (Treasurer)
• Fernand Rinfeet (Director), Henry Gray (Director)
• Jules Dugal (Business Manager), Dr. James Albert Corrigan (Team Physician)
• Edward Dulfour (Trainer), Jim McKenna (Asst. Trainer) |engraving-notes=
• #11 Bert McCaffrey (RW) played in 22 regular season games, but none in the playoffs. #5 Jean Pusie (D) played in 6 regular season games and 3 games in the Finals. Despite McCaffrey playing in at least half of the regular season games and Pusie playing in at least 1 Finals game, their names were left off the Stanley Cup engraving.
• Officially, owner Leo Dandurand was the Manager of the Montreal Canadiens from 1921–22 to 1934–35. However, Cecil Hart was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1930 and 1931, and he is listed on every team picture for those seasons as Manager. Leo Dandurand would later get his name on the Grey Cup as the President (owner) of Montreal Allouettes in 1949. This made Leo Dandurand the 4th person to win both the Stanley Cup and Grey Cup. (See Joe Miller, Lionel Conacher, Carl Voss, Harold Ballard, Norman Kwong & Wayne Gretzky other persons who won both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.)
• Hilarion A. "Louis" Letourneau (Owner/Director) gave up position on Board of Directors of the Montreal Canadiens after the 1930 Stanley Cup. He would sell his shares in 1932. So name was not included on the 1931 Stanley Cup engraving.

Notes

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50.

before = Montreal Canadiens 1930 | after = Toronto Maple Leafs 1932 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1931|

References

1. Jenish (2008), p. 76.