1950 Stanley Cup Finals

1950 Stanley Cup Finals

Teams	1	2	3	4*	5*	6	7**	Games
Detroit Red Wings	4	1	4	3	1	5	4	4
New York Rangers	1	3	0	4	2	4	3	3

* – Denotes overtime period(s)


Location:	Detroit, MI (Detroit Olympia) (1,4,5,6,7) Toronto, ON (Maple Leaf Gardens) (2,3)
Format:	Best-of-seven
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)

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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.

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.

Game one

April 11

New York Rangers

1–4
(1–0, 0–4, 0–0)

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Olympia

Game reference

Goalies

Buddy O'Connor 1 (Jack Gordon, Nick Mickoski) – 5:58	1 – 0
	1 – 1	4:43 – Joe Carveth 2 (George Gee, Pete Babando)
	1 – 2	9:32 – George Gee 2 (Johnny Wilson)
	1 – 3	10:06 – Jim McFadden 1 (Gerry Couture)
	1 – 4	13:56 – Gerry Couture 2 (Marcel Pronovost, Jim McFadden)

Game two

April 13

Detroit Red Wings

1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

New York Rangers

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:
George Gravel

Gerry Couture 3 (Marty Pavelich) – 2:05	1 – 0
	1 – 1	10:39 – Pat Egan 3
	1 – 2	3:01 – Edgar Laprade 1 (Allan Stanley)
	1 – 3	11:20 – Edgar Laprade 2

Game three

April 15

Detroit Red Wings

4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

New York Rangers

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference

Goalies

Gerry Couture 4 (Red Kelly) – 11:13	1 – 0
George Gee 3 (Al Dewsbury) – 19:08	2 – 0
Sid Abel 2 – 19:15	3 – 0
Marty Pavelich 2 (Red Kelly) – 16:55	4 – 0

Game four

April 18

New York Rangers

4 – 3 OT
(0–2, 1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Olympia

Game reference

Goalies

	0 – 1	6:31 – Ted Lindsay 1 (Jack Stewart)
	0 – 2	16:49 – Sid Abel 3 (Ted Lindsay)
Buddy O'Connor 2 (Alex Kaleta, Nick Mickoski) – 19:59	1 – 2
	1 – 3	3:22 – Marty Pavelich 3 (Jimmy Peters, Jack Stewart)
Edgar Laprade 3 (Dunc Fisher, Tony Leswick) – 8:09	2 – 3
Gus Kyle 1 (Alex Kaleta) – 10:26	3 – 3
Don Raleigh 3 (Ed Slowinski) – 8:34	4 – 3

Game five

April 20

New York Rangers

2 – 1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Olympia

Game reference

Goalies

Dunc Fisher 2 (Tony Leswick) – 7:15	1 – 0
	1 – 1	18:10 – Ted Lindsay 2 (Joe Carveth, Sid Abel)
Don Raleigh 4 (Ed Slowinski, Pentti Lund) – 1:38	2 – 1

Game six

April 22

New York Rangers

4–5
(2–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Olympia

Game reference

Goalies

Allan Stanley 1 (Nick Mickoski, Alex Kaleta) – 3:45	1 – 0
Dunc Fisher 3 (Edgar Laprade, Tony Leswick) – 7:36	2 – 0
	2 – 1	19:18 – Ted Lindsay 3 (Jack Stewart)
Pentti Lund 5 (Pat Egan, Ed Slowinski) – 3:18	3 – 1
	3 – 2	5:38 – Sid Abel 4 (Ted Lindsey, Joe Carveth)
	3 – 3	15:07 – Gerry Couture 5 (Pete Babando, George Gee)
Tony Leswick 1 (Edgar Laprade, Dunc Fisher) – 1:54	4 – 3
	4 – 4	4:23 – Ted Lindsay 4 (Sid Abel)
	4 – 5	10:34 – Sid Abel 5 (Joe Carveth, Al Dewsbury)

Game seven

April 23

New York Rangers

3 – 4 2OT
(2–0, 1–3, 0–0,
0–0, 0–1)

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Olympia

Game reference

Goalies

Allan Stanley 2 (Tony Leswick) – 11:14	1 – 0
Tony Leswick 2 (Edgar Laprade, Buddy O'Connor) – 12:18	2 – 0
	2 – 1	5:09 – Pete Babando 1 (Red Kelly, Gerry Couture)
	2 – 2	5:39 – Sid Abel 6 (Al Dewsbury)
Buddy O'Connor 3 (Nick Mickoski) – 11:18	3 – 2
	3 – 3	15:57 – Jim McFadden 2 (Jimmy Peters)
	3 – 4	8:31 – Pete Babando 2 (George Gee)

Detroit Red Wings 1950 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

1 Harry Lumley
Harry MacQuestion (Spare-did not play)

† 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.

Coaching and administrative staff

James E. Norris Sr. (President/Owner), James D. Norris Jr. (Vice President/Owner)
Arthur Wirtz Sr. (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner). Jack Adams (Manager)
Tommy Ivan (Coach), Fred Hubert Jr (Publicity Director)
Carson Cooper (Chief Scout), Carl Mattson (Trainer)
Walter Humenick (Asst. Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

Terry Sawchuk played seven NHL games in 1950, because Harry Lumley was injured. Sawchuk was not available for the playoffs, because he was helping the AHL Indianapolis Capitals win the Calder Cup. Instead, Harry MacQuestion was called up as the spare goalie for the playoffs. MacQuestion's name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, but he never played in the NHL. MacQuestion was removed from the Stanley Cup when it was re-done during 1957–58 season.
Detroit did not engrave Gordon Haidy and Doug McKay on the Stanley Cup, even though they each played one playoff game and qualified to be on the cup. Both players also won the Calder with Terry Sawchuk that season.

See also

1949–50 NHL season

Notes

References

Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1949	Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 1950	Succeeded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1951

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