1948 Stanley Cup Finals

1948 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1* 2 3 4 Games Toronto Maple Leafs  5 4 2 7 4 Detroit Red Wings  3 2 0 2 0 * – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location: Toronto, ON (Maple Leaf Gardens) (1,2) Detroit, MI (Detroit Olympia) (3,4) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Toronto: Hap Day Detroit: Tommy Ivan Captains: Toronto: Syl Apps Detroit: Sid Abel Dates: April 7 to April 14, 1948 Series-winning goal: Harry Watson (11:13, first)
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The 1948 Stanley Cup Final 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.

Road to the final

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.

The series

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.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 7	Detroit	3	Toronto	5
April 10	Detroit	2	Toronto	4
April 11	Toronto	2	Detroit	0
April 14	Toronto	7	Detroit	2

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–0.

Toronto Maple Leafs 1948 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres

• 7 Max Bentley
• 9 Ted Teeder Kennedy(A)
• 10 Sylvanous Syl Apps Sr. (Captain)

  Wingers

• 4 Harry Watson
• 8 Joe Klukay
• 11 Howie Meeker
• 12 Bill Ezinicki
• 14 Vic Lynn
• 15 Les Costello
• 16 Nick Metz(A)
• 19 Don Metz
• 20 Tom O'Neill
• 22 Sid Smith

  Defencemen

• 2 Wally Stanowski
• 3 Gus Mortson
• 18 Garth Boesch
• 19 Bill Barilko
• 20 Jimmy Thomson
• 23 Phil Samis

  Goaltenders

1 Walter Turk Broda

  Coaching and administrative staff

• Conn Smythe (President/Manager/Owner), George McCullach (Vice President)
• John Murdoch (Vice President), Jack Bickell (Director/Owner)
• Ed Bickle (Director/Owner), William MacBrien (Chairman/Owner)
• Robert Galloway (Team Doctor), Horance MacIntyre (Team Doctor)
• Ed Fitkin (Publicity Director), Tim Daly (Trainer)
• Archie Campbell (Asst. Trainer), George Walker (Chief Scout)
• Clarence Hap Day (Coach), Kerry Day (Mascot)

Stanley Cup engraving

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.

See also

• 1947–48 NHL season

References and notes

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1947

Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions 1948

Succeeded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1949