1925–26 Montreal Maroons season

1925–26 Montreal Maroons
1925–26 record	20-11-5 (45 points)
Goals for	91
Goals against	73
Team information
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Dunc Munro
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Nels Stewart (34)
Assists	Reg Noble (9)
Points	Nels Stewart (42)
Penalty minutes	Nels Stewart (119)
Wins	Clint Benedict (20)
Goals against average	Clint Benedict (1.91)

The 1925–26 Montreal Maroons season saw the team win their first Stanley Cup in only their second season.

Regular season

Rookie Nels Stewart led the league in goals, with 34, and points, 42, to win the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. His accomplishments also won him the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.

Final standings

National Hockey League

Teams	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Ottawa Senators	36	24	8	4	77	42	341	52
Montreal Maroons	36	20	11	5	91	73	554	45
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	19	16	1	82	70	264	39
Boston Bruins	36	17	15	4	92	85	279	38
New York Americans	36	12	20	4	68	89	361	28
Toronto St. Patricks	36	12	21	3	92	114	325	27
Montreal Canadiens	36	11	24	1	79	108	458	23

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Number	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 28, 1925	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	0–1–0
2	W	December 1, 1925	4–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	1–1–0
3	W	December 3, 1925	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	2–1–0
4	W	December 5, 1925	4–0	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	3–1–0
5	L	December 8, 1925	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	3–2–0
6	W	December 12, 1925	5–2	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	4–2–0
7	W	December 16, 1925	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	5–2–0
8	W	December 19, 1925	4–1	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	6–2–0
9	W	December 23, 1925	1–0 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	7–2–0
10	W	December 26, 1925	2–0	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	8–2–0
11	L	December 30, 1925	4–7	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	8–3–0
12	W	January 2, 1926	3–2 OT	New York Americans (1925–26)	9–3–0
13	L	January 5, 1926	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	9–4–0
14	T	January 7, 1926	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	9–4–1
15	W	January 12, 1926	5–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	10–4–1
16	W	January 16, 1926	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	11–4–1
17	T	January 19, 1926	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	11–4–2
18	W	January 23, 1926	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	12–4–2
19	T	January 25, 1926	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	12–4–3
20	L	January 27, 1926	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	12–5–3
21	L	January 30, 1926	0–5	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	12–6–3
22	W	February 2, 1926	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	13–6–3
23	W	February 9, 1926	5–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	14–6–3
24	W	February 13, 1926	2–1	New York Americans (1925–26)	15–6–3
25	W	February 18, 1926	5–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	16–6–3
26	T	February 20, 1926	0–0 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	16–6–4
27	T	February 23, 1926	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	16–6–5
28	L	February 26, 1926	0–1	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	16–7–5
29	W	February 27, 1926	4–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	17–7–5
30	L	March 2, 1926	0–4	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	17–8–5
31	L	March 4, 1926	2–3	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	17–9–5
32	W	March 6, 1926	4–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	18–9–5
33	W	March 11, 1926	5–1	New York Americans (1925–26)	19–9–5
34	W	March 13, 1926	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	20–9–5
35	L	March 16, 1926	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	20–10–5
36	L	March 17, 1926	3–5	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	20–11–5

Playoffs

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 8	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Maroons	3
March 11	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Maroons	3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Montreal Maroons vs. Ottawa Senators

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 25	Montreal Maroons	1	Ottawa Senators	1
March 27	Montreal Maroons	1	Ottawa Senators	0

Montreal wins total goals series 2 goals to 1

Stanley Cup Final

Nels Stewart was "Old Poison" to the Victoria Cougars, as he scored 6 goals in the 4 games and goaltender Clint Benedict shut out the westerners three times. All games were played at the Forum in Montreal.

Victoria Cougars vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 30	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	3
April 1	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	3
April 3	Victoria Cougars	3	Montreal Maroons	2
April 6	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	2

Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Nels Stewart	36	34	8	42
Babe Siebert	35	16	8	24
Reg Noble	33	9	9	18
Punch Broadbent	36	12	5	17
Dunc Munro	33	4	6	10
Hobie Kitchen	30	5	2	7
Chuck Dinsmore	33	3	1	4
Merlyn Phillips	12	3	1	4
Frank Carson	16	2	1	3
Sammy Rothschild	33	2	1	3

Goaltenders

GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Clint Benedict	36	73	6	2.0

Awards and records

• Nels Stewart - Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy
• O'Brien Cup - for 1925–26 NHL champion.
• Prince of Wales Trophy - for 1925–26 NHL playoff champion.

Montreal Maroons 1926 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centers

• Charles Dinny Dinsmore
• Merlyn "Bill" Phillips
• Nels Stewart

  Wingers

• Harry Punch Broadbent
• Bernie Brophy†
• Frank Carson
• George Horne †
• Sammy Rothschild

  Defensemen

• Duncan Dunc Munro (Captain)
• Albert Toots Holway
• Reg Noble
• Champman Hobie Kitchen†
• Albert Babe Siebert

(also played leftwing)

  Goaltenders

• Clint Benedict

  Non-players

• James Strachan (President), Eddie Gerard (Manager-Coach)
• Gordon Cushing, Thomas Arnold (Vice Presidents),
• Bill O'Brien (Trainer)
• Donat Raymond (Director), Arthur Cayford (Secretary-Treasurer).

Stanley Cup Engraving

Eddie Gerard's name was misspelled when the ring was engraved as F. GERAD (MGR) instead of E. GERARD (MGR)on the 2nd verision of the ring created in 1969. The mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.

• 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.
• † 3 players who qualified were left off the Stanley Cup, because they did not play in the playoffs.

Game Ads

Stanley Cup Final

Pre-season

See also

• 1925–26 NHL season