1925–26 Montreal Maroons season


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

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

The Maroons took on the first-year team Pittsburgh Pirates in a two-game, total-goals series. The Maroons won the first game 3–1 and tied the second to win the series six goals to four.
In the second round, the Maroons took on the first-place Ottawa Senators. At home in the first game, the Maroons tied the Senators 1–1. Former Senator Punch Broadbent scored at 8 minutes of the second period to put the Maroons ahead. The lead lasted until King Clancy tied the game with ten seconds left. In the second game, held at Ottawa, the Maroons took the series with a 1–0 shutout victory to win the NHL championship. Babe Siebert on an individual rush, scored off his own rebound at the six-minute mark of the second period. Cy Denneny appeared to tie the score a minute later, but the play was off-side. The Maroons held off the attack of the Senators the rest of the way in front of a record attendance of 10,525.
After the final game in Ottawa, an anonymous supporter gave a $1,000 cheque to team president James Strachan "to be divided up among the boys for their fighting victory."

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
DateAwayScoreHomeScoreNotes
March 30Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons3
April 1Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons3
April 3Victoria Cougars3Montreal Maroons2
April 6Victoria Cougars0Montreal Maroons2

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

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons
DateTeamScoreTeamScoreNotes
March 20@Pittsburgh Pirates1Montreal Maroons3
March 23@Pittsburgh Pirates3Montreal Maroons3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4
Montreal Maroons vs. Ottawa Senators
DateTeamScoreTeamScoreNotes
March 25@Montreal Maroons1Ottawa Senators1
March 27Montreal Maroons1@Ottawa Senators0

Montreal wins total goals series 2 goals to 1

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
PlayerGPGAPts
Nels Stewart3634842
Babe Siebert3516824
Reg Noble339918
Punch Broadbent3612517
Dunc Munro334610
Hobie Kitchen30527
Chuck Dinsmore33314
Merlyn Phillips12314
Frank Carson16213
Sammy Rothschild33213

Goaltenders

GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
PlayerGPGASOGAA
Clint Benedict367362.0

Awards and records

Montreal Maroons 1926 Stanley Cup champions