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1934–35 Montreal Maroons season

national Hockey League team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ3464913 ↗
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The 1934–35 Montreal Maroons season was the 11th season of the NHL franchise. The team finished second in the Canadian Division. In the playoffs, the Maroons defeated Chicago Black Hawks, the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the franchise's second Stanley Cup championship.

Offseason

Tommy Gorman, after winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks, was hired to coach the Maroons, replacing Eddie Gerard.

Regular season

Final standings

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

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

The Maroons went against Chicago and won 1 goal to 0, or 1–0. Baldy Northcott scored the only goal of the 2-game total goals series, at 4:02 of overtime in game 2 at Chicago. They went against the New York Rangers in the second round and won 2-game total goals series 5 goals to 4, or 5–4.

Stanley Cup Finals

They went against Toronto in the Final in a best-of-five series and swept them in three games, or 3–0.

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