1954 Stanley Cup Finals


The 1954 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, in their fourth straight Finals. It was the second Detroit–Montreal Final series of the 1950s. The Wings won the series 4–3 to win their second Stanley Cup in four years and sixth overall.

Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the Boston Bruins 4–0 to reach the final. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the final.

Game summaries

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, Detroit beat the New York Rangers in the Finals., this is the most recent occasion where the seventh game of a Stanley Cup Finals was settled in overtime.

Broadcasting

of games 3-5 were joined in progress at 9:30 p.m.. Meanwhile, CBC joined game six in at 10 p.m.. Game seven was carried nationwide from opening the face off at 9 p.m. Since game seven was played on Good Friday night, there were no commercials.

Detroit Red Wings 1954 Stanley Cup champions