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
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

Defencemen

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.

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

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

Stanley Cup Finals

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Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Little Caesars Arena

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Penguins

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise GMs Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six All-time roster Records Award winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owners The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited Charles Querrie 1919-1927 Conn Smythe 1927-1961 Harold Ballard (with Stafford Smythe and John Bassett until 1970-1971) 1961-1990 Steve Stavro 1991-1996 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman) 1996-present President Brendan Shanahan General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arenas	Arena Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre

Rivalries	Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators

Affiliates	AHL Toronto Marlies ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

General managers	Querrie C. Smythe S. Smythe Imlach Gregory Imlach McNamara Stellick Smith Fletcher Dryden Quinn Ferguson Fletcher Burke Nonis Lamoriello

Head coaches	Romeril Smythe Duncan Irvin Day Primeau Clancy Meeker Reay Imlach McLellan Kelly Neilson Smith Duff Crozier Nykoluk Maloney Brophy Armstrong Carpenter Watt Burns Beverley Murphy Quinn Maurice Wilson Carlyle Horachek Babcock

Media	TV Leafs TV Sportsnet Ontario TSN4 Radio Sportsnet 590 The Fan TSN Radio 1050

Championships	1918 1922 1932 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1962 1963 1964 1967

Culture/Lore	Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Square 2014 NHL Winter Classic NHL Centennial Classic Fifty Mission Cap J. P. Bickell Memorial Award Carlton the Bear The Kid Line The Love Guru

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