1937 Stanley Cup Finals

1937 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 Total Detroit Red Wings 1 4 0 1 3 3 New York Rangers 5 2 1 0 0 2
Location(s)	New York, New York (Madison Square Garden) (1) Detroit, Michigan (Olympia) (2,3,4,5)
Format	best-of-five
Coaches	Detroit: Jack Adams New York: Lester Patrick
Captains	Detroit: Doug Young New York: Bill Cook
Dates	April 6 to April 15, 1937
Series-winning goal	Marty Barry (19:22, first)
Stanley Cup Finals

The 1937 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the defending champion Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers in their fifth Final series appearance. Detroit would win the series 3–2 to win their second and second-straight Stanley Cup.

Paths to the Finals

Detroit defeated Montreal Canadiens in a best-of-five 3–2 to advance to the final. The Rangers had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–0 against Toronto Maple Leafs, and 2–0 against the Montreal Maroons.

Game summaries

New York could not use Madison Square Garden after game one because of the annual circus visit.

Earl Robertson, goaltender for the Wings, became the first rookie goaltender to post two shutouts in the finals. He would not play again for the Wings.

The Wings became the first U.S. based team to win the Cup two years in a row.

April 6	Detroit Red Wings		1-5		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:23 - Butch Keeling (2) 9:40 - Lynn Patrick (2) 18:43 - Joe Cooper (1)
No scoring		Second period			18:55 - Frank Boucher (2)
Syd Howe (2) - 17:12		Third period			18:22 - Lynn Patrick (3)
Norm Smith		Goalie stats			Dave Kerr

April 8	New York Rangers		2-4		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			9:22 - pp - John Sorrell (1) 12:07 - Mud Bruneteau (2) 13:31 - John Gallagher (1)
Babe Pratt (3) - 15:06 Butch Keeling (3) - 18:18		Second period			11:02 - Herbie Lewis (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Dave Kerr		Goalie stats			Norm Smith

April 11	New York Rangers		1-0		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Neil Colville (3) - 00:23		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Dave Kerr		Goalie stats			Norm Smith

April 13	New York Rangers		0-1		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			12:43 - Marty Barry (2)
Dave Kerr		Goalie stats			Norm Smith

April 15	New York Rangers		0-3		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:22 - pp - Marty Barry (3)
No scoring		Second period			9:36 - John Sorrell (2)
No scoring		Third period			2:22 - Marty Barry (4)
Dave Kerr		Goalie stats			Norm Smith

Detroit won the series 3–2

Detroit Red Wings 1937 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres

  Wingers

• 4 Herbie Lewis
• 6 Larry Aurie
• 8 Syd Howe
• 10 John Sorrell
• 12 Hec Kilrea
• 14 Modere Mud Bruneteau
• 17-14 Howard Mackie*
• 15 Pete Kelly*
• 18 John Sherf

  Defencemen

• 2-14 Doug Young (Captain)
• 17-2 John Gallegher
• 3 Wilfred Bucko McDonald
• 5 Ebbie Goodfellow (Acting Captain)
• 16 Ralph "Scotty" Bowman
• 18-16-2 Orville "Rolly" Roulston
• 17-2 Jimmy Orlando

  Goaltenders

• 1 Normie Smith
• 1 Earl Robertson(Sub)
• 30 Jimmy Franks (Sub)

Coaching and administrative staff

• James E. Norris Sr. (President/Owner), James D. Norris Jr. (Vice President/Owner)
• Arthur Wirtz Sr. (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Frank "Honey" Walker (Trainer),
• Jack Adams(Manager-Coach)
• Carl Mattson† (Asst. Trainer/qualified)

Stanley Cup engraving

• Initially, the engraving for 1936 and 1937 included each member's position, and playoff scores. Hec Kilrea's position was listed as 'General Utility' instead of 'Left Wing'. No other time was every player's position included on the Stanley Cup. When the Cup was redone during 1957–58 season, all player positions and playoff scores for both years were left off the cup.
• *Two players, Pete Kelly and Howard Mackie, were included on the original ring in 1937. Their names are not on the newer ring, now retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
• †Carl Mattson (Ass't Trainer) was not included on the Cup in 1936 or 1937. There is more than enough room for all three members to have been engraved on the ring.
• Ebbie Goodfellow served as Captain, because Doug Young missed most of the season with an injury.
• Jimmy Orlando played 9 regular season games for Detroit. He also played 37 regular season games, and 5 playoff games in the minors for Pittsburgh. Detroit still included his name on the Stanley Cup even though he did not qualify.

See also

• 1936–37 NHL season

References & notes

• Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.

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