1948 Stanley Cup Finals

1948 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 5 4 2 7 4 Detroit Red Wings 3 2 0 2 0
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
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 swept the Red Wings to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup and seventh overall.

Paths to the Finals

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.

Game summaries

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

Stanley Cup engraving

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

Players

   Centres

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

   Wingers

• 4 Harry Watson
• 5 Nick Metz (A)
• 11 Don Metz
• 12 Bill Ezinicki
• 14 Vic Lynn
• 15 Howie Meeker
• 16 Sid Smith
• 17 Joe Klukay
• 22 Les Costello

   Defencemen

• 3 Wally Stanowski
• 18 Garth Boesch
• 19 Gus Mortson
• 20 Jimmy Thomson
• 21 Bill Barilko
• 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.

• The Stanley Cup was getting too big it was reduced in size to a height 34 1/4 inches and 35 1/2 pounds. All the large rings were fit together so that 2 rings became 1 ring. The Stanley Cup was wider in size but smaller in height. The Stanley Cup had black spaces to include the winning team up to 1956.
• 1947 Toronto Maple Leafs winning members were finally added to the Stanley Cup in 1948.

See also

• 1947–48 NHL season

References and notes

• 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".

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1947	Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup champions 1948	Succeeded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1949