Champion Detroit Red Wings | Start date April 11, 1950 | |
Location(s) Detroit, MI (Detroit Olympia) (1,4,5,6,7)
Toronto, ON (Maple Leaf Gardens) (2,3) Coaches Detroit: Tommy Ivan
New York: Lynn Patrick Captains Detroit: Sid Abel
New York: Frank Eddolls Dates April 11 to April 23, 1950 Series-winning goal Pete Babando (8:31, second OT) Similar 1937 Stanley Cup Finals, 1936 Stanley Cup Finals, 1933 Stanley Cup Finals, 1940 Stanley Cup Finals, 1929 Stanley Cup Finals | ||
The 1950 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings. It was the Rangers' first appearance in the Final since their Stanley Cup victory in 1940. The Red Wings would win the series 4–3 to mark their franchise's fourth Cup win, and first since 1943.
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This was the last Stanley Cup Final to feature a team that did not host any games and also the last to feature neutral site games, which were held in Toronto on account of scheduling conflicts at Madison Square Garden.
Paths to the Final
New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 to reach the Finals. Detroit defeated the three-time defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs (who had swept the Red Wings in the Finals two years running) 4–3 to reach the final.
The series
Two games were played in Toronto as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden in New York. New York's Don Raleigh scored two overtime winners and Pete Babando scored the Cup-winning goal in double overtime of game seven, the first time ever in which the Stanley Cup was won in extra frames in game seven. Detroit won the Cup without Gordie Howe, injured in the first game of the playoffs. As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers would be awarded the O'Brien Cup, the last team to win the trophy, at one time the National Hockey Association championship trophy, which was retired after the season.
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† Left off the cup, but qualified to be on it.
a Played his only NHL game in Finals.
b Played his only NHL game in Semi-Finals.