The 1949 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs, the second straight Finals series between Detroit and Toronto. The Maple Leafs won the series in four straight games to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup and eighth in the history of the franchise.
| 1949 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Toronto: Hap Day Detroit: Tommy Ivan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Toronto: Ted Kennedy Detroit: Sid Abel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 8–16, 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Cal Gardner (19:45, second) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Maple Leafs: Max Bentley (1966) Turk Broda (1967) Ted Kennedy (1966) Harry Watson (1994) Red Wings: Sid Abel (1969) Gordie Howe (1972) Red Kelly (1969) Ted Lindsay (1966) Harry Lumley (1980) Bud Poile (1990, builder) Bill Quackenbush (1976) Jack Stewart (1964) Coaches: Hap Day (1961, player) Tommy Ivan (1974) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Paths to the Finals edit
Detroit defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the Finals. Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 4–1 to advance to the Finals.
Game summaries edit
The Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in three straight seasons. The Leafs also won nine straight Finals games (beating Montreal in game six of the 1947 Finals, plus consecutive sweeps of the Wings in 1948 and this year). By defeating Detroit, Toronto won the Stanley Cup with a losing regular-season record. The only other team to win the Stanley Cup after finishing the regular season with a losing record was the Chicago Black Hawks, who qualified for the 1938 playoffs with a losing record and ultimately beat Toronto in the Cup Finals three games to one.[citation needed]
| April 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | ||
| Max Bentley (3) - 13:15 | First period | 4:15 - pp - George Gee (1) | ||||||
| Jimmy Thomson (1) - pp - 16:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:56 - Bill Quackenbush (1) | ||||||
| Joe Klukay (2) - 17:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley | ||||||
| April 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| Sid Smith (3) - pp - 8:50 Sid Smith (4) - pp - 9:56 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sid Smith (5) - pp - 17:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:50 - Pete Horeck (1) | ||||||
| Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley | ||||||
| April 13 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Jack Stewart (1) - 4:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Bill Ezinicki (1) - 11:02 Ted Kennedy (2) - 12:40 Gus Mortson (2) - 16:18 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda | ||||||
| April 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Ted Lindsay (2) - 2:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:10 - pp - Ray Timgren (3) 19:45 - Cal Gardner (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:10 - Max Bentley (4) | ||||||
| Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup engraving edit
The 1949 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Ted Kennedy by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game four.
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs
Players
- 7 Max Bentley (A)
- 9 Ted Teeder Kennedy (Captain)
- 16 Fleming Mackell
- 17 Cal Gardner
- 21 Harry Taylor
- 21-23 Bob Dawes
- 4 Harry Watson (A)
- 8 Joe Klukay
- 11 Howie Meeker
- 12 Bill Ezinicki†
- 14 Vic Lynn
- 15 Don Metz
- 22 Ray Timgren
- 23-24 Sid Smith
- 2 Jimmy Thomson
- 3 Gus Mortson
- 5 Garth Boesch
- 18 Bill Juzda
- 19 Bill Barilko
- 1 Walter Turk Broda
Coaching and administrative staff
- Conn Smythe (President/Manager/Owner),George McGillach (Vice President)
- John Murdoch (Vice President), Jack Bickell (Director/Owner)
- Ed Bickle (Director/Owner), George Walker (Chief Scout)
- William MacBrien (Chairman/Owner), Tim Daly (Trainer)
- Clarence Hap Day (Coach)
- Kerry Day (Mascot)
- Archie Campbell† (Ass't Trainer), Ed Fitkin† (Publicity Director),
- Norman Delarue†, Robert Galloway†, Horance MacIntyre† (Team Doctors)
Stanley Cup engraving
- †The following members were engraved on the original Stanley Cup in 1949, but removed from the Stanley Cup when it was redone during 1957-58 season. Bill Ezinicki† (player-by mistake-played in the finals), Archie Campbell†, Ed Finkin†, Norman Delarue†, Horance MacIntyre†, James Murphy† (non players). There is room for 5 more names to be included on the cup.
- 20 Tod Sloan†† name was not included on the cup in 1949, but was included on the team picture. Sloan only played 29 games, and did not play in the playoffs. Sloan name was engraved on the cup in 1951, 1961.
- William A.H. MacBrien's last name was spelt wrong. W.A.H. MacBRIAN with an "E" instead of an "A". Mistake was corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
See also edit
References and notes edit
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
- "All-Time NHL Results".