1937 Stanley Cup Finals Explained

Year:1937
Team1:Detroit Red Wings
Team1 Short:Detroit
Team1 Coach:Jack Adams
Team1 Captain:Doug Young
Team1 1:1
Team1 2:4
Team1 3:0
Team1 4:1
Team1 5:3
Team1 Tot:3
Team2:New York Rangers
Team2 Short:New York
Team2 Captain:Bill Cook
Team2 Coach:Lester Patrick
Team2 1:5
Team2 2:2
Team2 3:1
Team2 4:0
Team2 5:0
Team2 Tot:2
Format:best-of-five
Location1:New York City

Madison Square Garden (1)

Location2:Detroit

Olympia Stadium (2–5)

Dates:April 6–15, 1937
Series Winner:Marty Barry (19:22, first)
Hofers:Red Wings:
Marty Barry (1965)
Ebbie Goodfellow (1963)
Syd Howe (1965)
Herbie Lewis (1989)
Rangers:
Frank Boucher (1958)
Neil Colville (1967)
Art Coulter (1974)
Ching Johnson (1937)
Lynn Patrick (1980)
Babe Pratt (1966)
Coaches:
Jack Adams (1959, player)
Lester Patrick (1947, player)

The 1937 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the defending champion Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers in their fifth Finals 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 Finals. The Rangers had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–0 against Toronto Maple Leafs, and 2–0 against the Montreal Maroons to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

The Wings became the first U.S.-based team to win the Stanley Cup two years in a row, and the third NHL team (after the 1920-21 Ottawa Senators and 1930-31 Montreal Canadiens) to repeat since the league's founding in 1917.

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1937 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Doug Young by NHL President Frank Calder following the Red Wings 3–0 win over the Rangers in game five.

The following Red Wings players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1936–37 Detroit Red Wings

See also

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