1934 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1934 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings. It was the Red Wings' first appearance in the Finals, and Chicago's second, after 1931. The Black Hawks won the best-of-five series 3–1 to win their first Stanley Cup.

1934 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 Total Detroit Red Wings 1** 1 5 0** 1 Chicago Black Hawks 2** 4 2 1** 3
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)	Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4)
Format	best-of-five
Coaches	Detroit: Jack Adams Chicago: Tommy Gorman
Captains	Detroit: Herbie Lewis Chicago: Chuck Gardiner
Dates	April 3–10, 1934
Series-winning goal	Mush March (10:05, second OT, G4)
Hall of Famers	Red Wings: Ebbie Goodfellow (1963) Herbie Lewis (1989) Cooney Weiland (1971) Black Hawks: Lionel Conacher (1994) Art Coulter (1974) Charlie Gardiner (1945) Coaches: Jack Adams (1959, player) Tommy Gorman (1963)
Stanley Cup Finals

Paths to the Finals

Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 in a best-of-five series to reach the Finals. Chicago defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 and Montreal Maroons 6–2 in two game total-goals series to reach the Finals.

Game summaries

Chicago's Chuck Gardiner would limit Detroit to just two goals in Chicago's three victories, including a shutout in the final game which went to double overtime. It was Mr. Gardiner's last game as he would die of a brain hemorrhage after the season.

April 3	Chicago Black Hawks		2–1	2OT	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Lionel Conacher (2) - 17:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			4:40 - Herbie Lewis (5)
Paul Thompson (3) - 1:10		Second overtime period			No scoring
Charlie Gardiner		Goalie stats			Wilf Cude

April 5	Chicago Black Hawks		4–1		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Rosario Couture (1) - 17:51		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			9:58 - Herbie Lewis (6)
Doc Romnes (2) - 1:28 Art Coulter (1) - 5:34 Johnny Gottselig (3) - 18:02		Third period			No scoring
Charlie Gardiner		Goalie stats			Wilf Cude

April 8	Detroit Red Wings		5–2		Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Gord Pettinger (1) - 6:07 Larry Aurie (2) - 8:40		First period			00:28 - Paul Thompson (4)
No scoring		Second period			18:07 - Johnny Gottselig (4)
Doug Young (1) - 13:50 Cooney Weiland (2) - 18:20 Larry Aurie (3) - 19:53		Third period			No scoring
Wilf Cude		Goalie stats			Charlie Gardiner

April 10	Detroit Red Wings		0–1	2OT	Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			10:05 - Mush March (2)
Wilf Cude		Goalie stats			Charlie Gardiner

Chicago won series 3–1

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1934 Stanley Cup was presented to Black Hawks captain Charlie Gardiner by NHL President Frank Calder following the Black Hawks 1–0 double overtime win over the Red Wings in game four.

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

1933–34 Chicago Black Hawks

Players

  Centres

• 6 Elwyn Doc Romnes
• 9 Jack Leswick
• 11 Tom Cook
• 15 Don McFadyen

  Wingers

• 5 Harold Mush March
• 4 John Sheppard
• 7 Rosie Lolo Couture
• 10 Bill Kendall
• 10 Leroy Goldsworthy
• 12 Paul Thompson
• 14 John Gottselig

  Defencemen

• 2 Clarence Taffy Abel
• 3 Lionel Conacher
• 8 Roger Jenkins
• 16 Louis Trudel
• 17 Art Coulter

  Goaltenders

• 1 Charlie Gardiner (Captain)
• 20 Joe Starke (Spare did not play)

Coaching and administrative staff

• Frederic McLaughlin (President/Owner), Tommy Gorman (Manager-Coach)
• Eddie Froelich (Trainer)
• Bill Tobin (Secretary-Treasurer)†
• Wilfred Calfish (Asst. Trainer)††

† Left off Stanley Cup but included on the Stanley Cup picture. ††- Included on the mid-season picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup, and Stanley Cup picture.

Stanley Cup engraving

• Chuck Gardiner became the only goalie to be engraved on the Stanley Cup as a Captain. In 1948 Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens became the last goalie to wear the "C" as captain. In the summer of 1948, NHL changed the rules saying goaltenders can no longer serve as the captain. Only one goalie has served as captain since (Roberto Luongo with Vancouver Canucks in 2009, 2010), but he could not wear the "C".
• Canadian Johnny Gottselig was the first Russian-born player (born in Odesa, then of Russian Empire, now of Ukraine) to win the Stanley Cup. Gottselig moved to Canada with his family at a very young age.
• Lionel Conacher's name was misspelt T. Conacher instead of L. Conacher. He was the 2nd player to win the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup as a player. Lionel Conacher scored 15 points as the Toronto Argonauts defeated Edmonton Esks 23–0 to win the Grey Cup 1921. (See Joe Miller, Carl Voss, Leo Dandurand, Norman Kwong & Wayne Gretzky other persons who won both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.)
• Joe Starke never played in the NHL as a goalie, but his name is on the Stanley Cup. Some sources say Starke played 2 regular-season games at defence. The NHL officially says Starke did not play a game in NHL at any position.
• Chicago did not add a ring, they just used up the rest of the ring put on by the New York Rangers the prior season. When the New York Rangers won the Cup in 1933 they put 2 rings on the cup, with the first listing the members. On the second ring they included the following: "1933 Marked the seventh consecutive year in which Lester Patrick had piloted the Rangers to the National Hockey League Playoffs". Chicago did not have room to include any playoff scores.

See also

• 1933–34 NHL season

References & notes

• Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7