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1949 ice hockey championship series
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.
Paths to the Finals
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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
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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.
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Stanley Cup engraving
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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
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.
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Stanley Cup awarded on challenge basis 1893?1914, by prearranged inter-league competitions 1915?1926, to NHL playoff champion since 1927
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