in their early years, the bruins won three stanley cups: 1929, 1939, and 1941. ralph "cooney" weiland won the art ross trophy as scoring champion in 1930. aubrey "dit" clapper was also a star player around this time. then eddie shore came along, a huge star in the league on defense. shore won the hart trophy as most valuable player (mvp) four times: in 1933, 1935, 1936 and 1938. only gordie howe and wayne gretzky have won it more often. cecil "tiny" thompson was the team's star goaltender.