| 1914 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
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| PCHA rules: 2 NHA: 1,3 * – Denotes overtime period(s) | ||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | Toronto: Arena Gardens | |||||||||||||||
| Format | best-of-five | |||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Toronto: Dick Carroll Victoria: Lester Patrick (mgr.) | |||||||||||||||
| Dates | March 14–19, 1914 | |||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Harry Cameron (7:00, third) | |||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Toronto HC: Harry Cameron (1963) Scotty Davidson (1950) Frank Foyston (1958) Hap Holmes (1972) Jack Marshall (1965) George McNamara (1958) Jack Walker (1960) Aristocrats: Tommy Dunderdale (1974) Lester Patrick (1947) Coaches: Lester Patrick (1947, player) | |||||||||||||||
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The 1914 Stanley Cup Finals was a series between the Victoria Aristocrats, champions of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), and the Toronto Hockey Club (a.k.a., in media of the day, the Torontos or the Blueshirts), champions of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The Torontos defeated the Aristocrats in three games to win the best-of-five series. It was the first officially sanctioned series for the Stanley Cup between the two leagues, starting the "World's Series" era where the NHA (or its eventual successor the National Hockey League) champion played off against a PCHA or Western league champion annually for the Stanley Cup. It was also the final series of the "challenge" era, where inter-league series for the Stanley Cup were sanctioned by the Stanley Cup trustees. An anticipated follow-on challenge series between Toronto and Sydney, champions of the Maritime League did not take place as Sydney abandoned their challenge for the Cup.[1]