GM James Strachan signed Babe Siebert after watching him play for a Niagara Falls amateur team. His next target was a powerful centreman playing in Cleveland, Nels Stewart. Large for his day at 6'1" and 200lbs, Strachan outbid the Toronto St. Patricks for Stewart. Siebert and Stewart would power the Maroons offense for the next seven seasons.
Regular Season[]
Rookie Nels Stewart led the league with 34 goals and 42 points. His accomplishments also won him the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player. Stewart is the only NHL player to win the Hart Trophy as a rookie.
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.
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.
Montreal Maroons 3, Victoria Cougars 1[]
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
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 version 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.