1933 Stanley Cup Finals

1933 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4* Games Toronto Maple Leafs  1 1 3 0 1 New York Rangers  5 3 2 1 3 * indicates periods of overtime.
Location: New York (Madison Square Garden) (1) Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) (2,3,4) Format: best-of-five Coaches: Toronto: Dick Irvin New York: Lester Patrick Dates: April 4 to April 13 Series-winning goal: Bill Cook (7:34, OT, G4)
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The 1933 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a rematch of the 1932 Final. It was the first best-of-four Finals series. The Rangers won the series 3–1 to win their second Stanley Cup.

Paths to the Final

Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 3–2 in a best-of-five series to reach the finals. New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8—5 and Detroit Red Wings 6–3 to reach the finals.

The series

After game one, the Rangers would vacate Madison Square Garden for the circus. Bill Cook would become the first player to score a Cup-winning goal in overtime. Rookie goalie Andy Aitkenhead would post the fourth shutout by a rookie in the finals.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Rangers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 4	Toronto	1	New York	5
April 8	New York	3	Toronto	1
April 11	New York	2	Toronto	3
April 13	New York	1	Toronto	0	OT

New York wins best-of-five series 3–1.

New York Rangers 1933 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 5 Bill Cook (Captain)
• 7 Frank Boucher
• 12 Art Somers
• 16 Ossie Asmundson

  Wingers

• 6 Fred Bun Cook
• 9 Murray Murdoch
• 11 Gord Pettinger
• 12 Melville Butch Keeling

  Defencemen

• 2 Cecil Dillon
• 3 Ivan Ching Johnson
• 4 Albert Babe Siebert
• 8 Cecil Dillon
• 14 Erhardt Ott Heller
• 15 Doug Brennan

  Goaltenders

• 1 Andy Aitkenhead

  Coaching and administrative staff

• Lester Patrick (Manager-Coach)
• Harry Westerby (Trainer)
• William Carey (President-Owner)†
• Richard Hoyt (Vice President-Owner)†

† Left off Stanley Cup, but included on the team picture

Stanley Cup engraving

• New York Rangers included two smaller rings on the Stanley Cup. Due to the size of the first ring, no playoff score was included. On the Second ring they honored Lester Patrick (See 1934 Chicago Black Hawks for the wording.) Lester Patrick's name was put on the Stanley Cup twice in 1933. Even with adding 2 rings the New York Rangers did not include any playoff scores on the Stanley Cup.
• Rangers did not include President William Carey's name on the Stanley Cup. He is only President of a Stanley Cup winning team left off the Cup, since the engraving of winning members became an annual tradition in 1924. John Hammond returned as President of the New York Rangers in off season forcing out Carey and Hoyt; this may be the reason William Carey and Richard Hoyt were left off the Stanley Cup.

See also

• 1932–33 NHL season

References & notes

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1932

New York Rangers Stanley Cup Champions 1933

Succeeded by Chicago Black Hawks 1934