The 1929 Stanley Cup Final was played by the defending champion

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and the

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. This was the first time in

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history that two

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-based teams met in the Finals. Boston won the series to win its first championship.

Paths to the Finals

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division. The Boston Bruins knocked off the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers beat the New York Americans, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Cougars. The Rangers beat Toronto and then the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup defeating the Rangers. In the process, Boston became one of the few Cup winners in history to not lose a single game in the playoffs, and the last team until 1952 to win every playoff game they had.

Game summaries

The Final was a best-of-three series. Goalie Cecil "Tiny" Thompson backstopped the Bruins to consecutive wins and posted the third Stanley Cup shutout for a rookie. Game two was played at Madison Square Garden. Thompson faced his brother

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, a forward with the Rangers, in the Finals. It marked the first time a set of brothers faced each other in a goaltender-forward combination in Stanley Cup Finals history. Tiny said of the matchup: "When I played goal for Boston against Paul (in) the final of 1929, he was just a rookie. It was really no contest."

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1929 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins captain Lionel Hitchman by NHL President

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following the Bruins 2–1 win over the Rangers in game two. The following Bruins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1928–29 Boston Bruins

References & notes

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Paths to the Finals

Game summaries

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

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