Montreal Maroons Crosby Tee size:Small This hand-printed image is from

This hand-printed image is from a photograph taken exclusively for SPORT magazine by Neils Lauritzen at the beginning of the 1953 season

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Montreal Maroons Crosby Tee size:Small This hand-printed image is fromA SPORT Gallery Exclusive! The Maroons were Montreal's English speaking NHL team from 1924 1938. They shared the Montreal Forum with the Montreal Canadiens until 1938, and were a highly competitive team, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935. The Great Depression hurt attendance numbers for both Montreal teams, but the Canadiens had more francophone supporters than the Maroons' anglophone supporters, so it was the Maroons that had the worst