THE MONTREAL MAROONS
The Forgotten Stanley Cup Champions
1937 Team Photo
For 14 playing seasons, from 1924 to 1938, Montreal was rocked by a hockey explosion called the Montreal Maroons. Hyped as the anglo answer to the Canadians, the Maroons were a brash, brawling, swaggering lot who could be maddeningly inconsistant on the ice. But when the were good they were very, good, with 17 Hall of Famers, and 2 Stanley Cups to prove it. Theit explosiveness seemed a typical product of the booming '20s, but it came from a mix that had been brewing for over a century.
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When people talk about the history of hockey in Montreal they often limit the
discussion to the Montreal Canadiens. But what about the Montreal
Maroons? The Maroons were the very first tenants of the Montreal Forum
and rivaled the Canadiens for most of the 1920s and 1930s. The team drew
most of its fans from the anglophone neighbourhoods of Montreal and
English-speaking communities throughout Quebec. During the Maroons' short
but colourful existence, the team won two Stanley Cups and took part in
some of the NHL's most historic moments. The titanic battles between the
Maroons and the Canadiens were classic struggles between two proud teams.
The games were also duels between rival superstars - the Canadiens with
Howie Morenz and Auriel Joliat, and the Maroons with Nels Stewart, Hooley
Smith and Babe Siebert. The matches were often wild affairs with fights on
the ice and on the stands, but those who were there remembered them as the
most thrilling hockey games they ever saw. The Montreal Maroons is the
story of a team that had a major impact on the early days of the National
Hockey League. It is also a look back at the glorious era in the history of
hockey in Montreal.
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