1948 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) |
Toronto:
Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2) Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Toronto:
Hap Day Detroit: Tommy Ivan | ||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Toronto:
Syl Apps Detroit: Sid Abel | ||||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 7–14, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Harry Watson (11:13, first) | ||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Famers | Maple Leafs: Syl Apps (1961) 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) Bill Quackenbush (1976) Jack Stewart (1964) Coaches: Hap Day (1961, player) Tommy Ivan (1974) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs won the series in four straight games to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup and seventh overall.
Detroit defeated the New York Rangers 4–2 to advance to the Finals. Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 4–1 to advance to the Finals.
This was the Stanley Cup debut series for Detroit's Gordie Howe, and the last for Toronto's Syl Apps who retired after the series.
April 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Jim McFadden (5) - 7:20 | First period | 8:21 -
Harry Watson (1) 9:04 - Joe Klukay (1) 18:24 - Syl Apps (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:31 -
Gus Mortson (1) 19:21 - Howie Meeker (2) | ||||||
Jim Conacher (2) - 4:28 Ted Lindsay (3) - 5:25 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 10 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:31 - Max Bentley (3) | ||||||
Pete Horeck (2) - 18:18 | Second period | 3:38 - pp -
Bill Ezinicki (3) 17:16 - pp - Max Bentley (4) 18:50 - Harry Watson (2) | ||||||
Fern Gauthier (1) - pp - 17:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Watson (3) - 19:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Vic Lynn (2) - 15:16 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
April 14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Ted Kennedy (7) - pp - 2:51 Garth Boesch (2) - sh - 5:03 Harry Watson (4) - 11:13 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Syl Apps (4) - 4:26 Ted Kennedy (8) - 9:42 Harry Watson (5) - sh - 11:38 |
Second period | 2:41 - Leo Reise (2) | ||||||
Les Costello (2) - pp - 14:37 | Third period | 18:48 - Pete Horeck (3) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
Toronto won series 4–0 | |
The 1948 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Syl Apps by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 7–2 win over the Red Wings in game four.
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs
When the Stanley Cup was redone in 1957–58, Robert J. Galloway's name was engraved as P.J. GALLOWAY. The "P" should be a "R". This mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.