1954 Stanley Cup Finals
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| Location(s) |
Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Olympia) (1,2,5,7) Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (3,4,6) |
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| Coaches | Detroit: Tommy Ivan Montreal: Dick Irvin |
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| Captains | Detroit: Ted Lindsay Montreal: Emile Bouchard |
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| Dates | April 4 to April 16, 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Tony Leswick (4:29, OT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1954 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, in their fourth-straight Finals. It was the third Detroit–Montreal Final series of the 1950s. The Wings would win the series 4–3 to win their first Stanley Cup since 1952, and sixth overall.
Montreal defeated the Boston Bruins 4–0 to reach the final. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the final.
Tony Leswick scored the series-winning goal at 4:29 of overtime in the seventh game. In fact, Leswick's goal was one of the strangest Stanley Cup-winning goals in history, as Leswick's shot was deflected off the glove of Montreal's Doug Harvey and into the net. The Canadiens immediately skated off the ice without shaking hands with the Red Wings. This was the second time in NHL history that a Stanley Cup Final Game Seven was decided in overtime; the previous time it happened, in 1950, Detroit had beat the New York Rangers in the Finals. As of 2017[update], it is the most recent time that the Cup Final Game Seven has gone to overtime.
Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens
Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3
&-Name was left off the Stanley Cup.
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