1940 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

New York defeated the Boston Bruins in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance to the Finals. The Maple Leafs had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–0 against the Chicago Black Hawks, and 2–0 against the Detroit Red Wings to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

The Final series between the Rangers and the Maple Leafs was an exciting one that went back and forth with three overtime games. The Rangers took the first two at home and the Leafs took the next two in Toronto. The circus forced the Rangers to vacate Madison Square Garden after the first two games. The Rangers would score three game-winning goals in overtime including the Cup winner. Lynn and Murray Patrick played for the Rangers to become the third and fourth members of the Patrick family to win the Stanley Cup.

|1-1-1 =Red Heron (2) - 11:01 |1-1-2 =9:09 - pp - Art Coulter (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =15:30 - Alf Pike (2) |goalie1-1 =Turk Broda |goalie1-2 =Dave Kerr

|2-1-1 =Billy Taylor (1) - 5:01 Hank Goldup (4) - 6:01 |2-1-2 =15:14 - Bryan Hextall |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =3:57 - Babe Pratt (3) 19:48 - pp - Bryan Hextall (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =6:26 - Bryan Hextall (3) 12:21 - pp - Dutch Hiller (2) 13:09 - pp - Lynn Patrick (2) |goalie2-1 =Turk Broda |goalie2-2 =Dave Kerr

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Phil Watson (3) - 18:19 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =10:32 - Gordie Drillon (2) 13:40 - Hank Goldup (5) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Turk Broda |goalie3-2 =Dave Kerr

|4-1-1 =19:20 - Gus Marker (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =16:03 - Wally Stanowski (1) 19:26 - Gordie Drillon (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Turk Broda |goalie4-2 =Dave Kerr

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =Neil Colville (1) - 12:21 |5-2-1 =16:55 - Syl Apps (4) |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =Muzz Patrick (3) - 11:43 |goalie5-1 =Turk Broda |goalie5-2 =Dave Kerr

|6-1-1 =6:52 - Syl Apps (5) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =4:51 - Nick Metz (1) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Neil Colville (2) - 8:08 Alf Pike (3) - 10:01 |6-4-1 =No scoring |6-4-2 =Bryan Hextall (4) - 2:07 |goalie6-1 =Turk Broda |goalie6-2 =Dave Kerr

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1940 Stanley Cup was presented to Rangers captain Art Coulter by NHL President Frank Calder following the Rangers 3–2 overtime win over the Maple Leafs in game six.

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

1939–40 New York Rangers

• 3 Erhardt Ott Heller
• 8 Walter Babe Pratt
• 15 Murray Muzz Patrick
• 7 Phil Watson
• 10 Clint Smith
• 16 Alf Pike
• 5 Mac Colville
• 8 Wilbert Dutch Hiller
• 9 Lynn Patrick
• 12 Bryan Hextall Sr.
• 14 James Kilby MacDonald |non-players=
• John Reed Kilpatrick (President/Owner), Lester Patrick (Manager)
• Frank Boucher (Coach), Harry Westerby (Trainer)
• Stanton Griffis* (Vice President/Owner)

• Missing from Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it. |engraving-notes=

• #17 Stanford Smith (C) played in 1 regular season game and 1 Finals game. Despite playing in the Finals, his name was left off the Stanley Cup engraving.
• Frank Boucher was 6th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
• Lester Patrick and Frank Boucher became the first (and to this date, the only) duo to win the Stanley Cup together as players and then as a coach-managerial team, having won as players on the Rangers in 1928.
• A new ring was added to the Stanley Cup. This large ring had room to hold 7 winning Stanley Cup teams.

References and notes

Notes

References

before = Boston Bruins 1939 | after = Boston Bruins 1941 | title = New York Rangers Stanley Cup champions | years = 1940|

References

1. "Stanley Cup Champions 1940-1949".
2. Branch, John. (June 1, 2006). "New York Is Edmonton's Home Away From Home". The New York Times.