| 1930 Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Boston:Boston Garden (1) Montreal:Montreal Forum (2) | ||||||||||||
| Format | best-of-three | ||||||||||||
| Coaches | Boston:Art Ross Montreal:Cecil Hart | ||||||||||||
| Captains | Boston:Lionel Hitchman Montreal:Sylvio Mantha | ||||||||||||
| Dates | April 1–3, 1930 | ||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Howie Morenz (1:00, second) | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Canadiens: George Hainsworth (1961) Aurele Joliat (1947) Sylvio Mantha (1960) Howie Morenz (1945) Bruins: Marty Barry (1965) Dit Clapper (1947) Mickey MacKay (1952) Harry Oliver (1967) Eddie Shore (1947) Tiny Thompson (1959) Cooney Weiland (1971) Coaches: Art Ross (1949, player) | ||||||||||||
The1930 Stanley Cup Final was played between theBoston Bruins and theMontreal Canadiens. In a best of three series, Montreal won 4–3 and 3–0 to win the team's thirdStanley Cup title.
The defending champion Boston Bruins had an outstanding season. Their final record of 38–5–1 translates to an .875 winning percentage, the best in NHL history. The team did not lose two games in a row all season, until being swept by the Canadiens. This prompted the change for the following year in the Finals format to a best-of-five format.
The Finals was a best-of-three series. The Canadiens had lost all four of their regular-season meetings with the Bruins. CaptainSylvio Mantha was the leader, scoring in both final games.
Game one saw the Bruins play way below their usual form andGeorge Hainsworth picked up a shutout. In game two, Howie Morenz scored what proved to be the winning goal at 17:50 of the secondperiod and the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. It was the first time all year that the Bruins lost two games in a row.
| April 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Albert Leduc (1) - 8:43 Sylvio Mantha (1) - 13:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pit Lepine (2) - 6:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| George Hainsworth | Goalie stats | Tiny Thompson | ||||||
| April 3 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:10 -Bert McCaffrey (1) 17:36 -Nick Wasnie (2) | ||||||
| Eddie Shore (1) - 10:42 | Second period | 1:33 -Sylvio Mantha (2) 15:43 -Howie Morenz (3) | ||||||
| Percy Galbraith (1) - 8:47 Dit Clapper (4) - 10:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tiny Thompson | Goalie stats | George Hainsworth | ||||||
| Montreal won series 2–0 | |
The 1930 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Sylvio Mantha byNHL PresidentFrank Calder following the Canadiens 4–3 win over the Bruins in game two.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1929–30 Montreal Canadiens
| Preceded by | Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1930 | Succeeded by |