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1948 Stanley Cup playoffs
NHL postseason tournament
NHL postseason tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Stanley Cup playoffs |
| year | 1948 |
| dates | March 24 – April 14, 1948 |
| num_teams | 4 |
| defending_champions | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| winners | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| second | Detroit Red Wings |
| prev_season | 1947 |
| next_season | 1949 |
The 1948 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1947–48 season. It began on March 24, 1948. It concluded on April 14, with the Toronto Maple Leafs defeating the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
Playoff seeds
The top four out of the six teams in the league qualified for the playoffs:
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 77 points
- Detroit Red Wings – 72 points
- Boston Bruins – 59 points
- New York Rangers – 55 points
Playoff bracket
In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). In the semifinals, the first-place team played the third-place team, while the second-place team played the fourth-place team. The winners of the semifinals then played for the Stanley Cup.
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Toronto | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=Boston | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Detroit | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=New York | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Toronto | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Detroit | RD2-score2=0
Semifinals
(1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (3) Boston Bruins
Toronto beat Boston 4 games to 1. Although Boston kept it close. Three of the five games were decided by one goal.
|1-1-1 =Murray Henderson (1) - 1:18 |1-1-2 =11:29 - Bill Ezinicki (1) |1-2-1 =Ed Harrison (1) - 8:39 |1-2-2 =17:33 - Max Bentley (1) |1-3-1 =Pat Egan (1) - 2:35 Ken Smith (1) - 8:38 |1-3-2 =12:03 - Syl Apps (1) 15:34 - Jimmy Thomson (1) |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =17:03 - Nick Metz (1) |goalie1-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie1-2 =Turk Broda
|2-1-1 =Johnny Peirson (1) - pp - 8:39 |2-1-2 =5:41 - Ted Kennedy (1) 19:54 - pp - Ted Kennedy (2) |2-2-1 =Pete Babando (1) - pp - 2:16 |2-2-2 =6:34 - Ted Kennedy (3) 12:24 - Ted Kennedy (4) |2-3-1 =Milt Schmidt (1) - 10:43 |2-3-2 =7:37 - Max Bentley (2) |goalie2-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie2-2 =Turk Broda
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Howie Meeker (1) - 3:40 Bill Barilko (1) - 12:28 |3-2-1 =1:10 - Milt Schmidt (2) |3-2-2 =Ted Kennedy (5) - 9:24 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Garth Boesch (1) - 7:00 Nick Metz (2) - 17:49 |goalie3-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie3-2 =Turk Broda
|4-1-1 =2:47 - Ed Sandford (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =7:31 - Johnny Peirson (2) |4-2-2 =Bill Ezinicki (2) - 1:36 |4-3-1 =13:24 - Johnny Peirson (3) |4-3-2 =Syl Apps (2) - 15:08 |goalie4-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie4-2 =Turk Broda
|5-1-1 =Jimmy Peters (1) - pp - 5:20 |5-1-2 =8:41 - Vic Lynn (1) 16:13 - Les Costello (1) |5-2-1 =Ken Smith (2) - 12:08 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =5:52 - Ted Kennedy (6) |goalie5-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie5-2 =Turk Broda
(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers
It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Wings Production line got lazy. But wingers, Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe chose follow Lindsay's recent quote:
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =15:04 - Ted Lindsay (1) 19:06 - pp - Jim Conacher (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Tony Leswick (1) - 3:35 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie1-2 =Harry Lumley
|2-1-1 =Edgar Laprade (1) - 14:53 |2-1-2 =4:00 - Jim McFadden (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =4:57 - Jim McFadden (2) 8:18 - pp - Marty Pavelich (1) |2-3-1 =Neil Colville (1) - 10:51 |2-3-2 =10:04 - Leo Reise (1) 14:49 - Marty Pavelich (2) |goalie2-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie2-2 =Harry Lumley
|3-1-1 =3:32 - Phil Watson (1) 10:35 - Phil Watson (2) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Ted Lindsay (2) - 19:40 |3-3-1 =9:02 - Tony Leswick (2) |3-3-2 =Jack Stewart (1) - 16:03 |goalie3-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie3-2 =Harry Lumley
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jim McFadden (3) - 3:41 |4-2-1 =10:08 - pp - Bryan Hextall (1) 10:41 - Eddie Kullman (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =13:32 - Tony Leswick (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie4-2 =Harry Lumley
|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =4:02 - pp - Red Kelly (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =14:13 - pp - Pete Horeck (1) |5-3-1 =Buddy O'Connor (1) - 12:49 |5-3-2 =13:55 - Red Kelly (2) |goalie5-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie5-2 =Harry Lumley
|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =Red Kelly (3) - pp - 13:46 Gordie Howe (1) - pp - 14:30 Pat Lundy (1) - 17:51 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =12:49 - Don Raleigh (1) 19:08 - Don Raleigh (2) |6-3-2 =Jim McFadden (4) - 10:49 |goalie6-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie6-2 =Harry Lumley
Finals
Main article: 1948 Stanley Cup Finals
Detroit appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals for the fourth time in six years, while Toronto was trying to repeat as Cup champpions.
|1-1-1 =Jim McFadden (5) - 7:20 |1-1-2 =8:21 - Harry Watson (1) 9:04 - Joe Klukay (1) 18:24 - Syl Apps (3) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:31 - Gus Mortson (1) 19:21 - Howie Meeker (2) |1-3-1 =Jim Conacher (2) - 4:28 Ted Lindsay (3) - 5:25 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie1-2 =Turk Broda
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =13:31 - Max Bentley (3) |2-2-1 =Pete Horeck (2) - 18:18 |2-2-2 =3:38 - pp - Bill Ezinicki (3) 17:16 - pp - Max Bentley (4) 18:50 - Harry Watson (2) |2-3-1 =Fern Gauthier (1) - pp - 17:18 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie2-2 =Turk Broda
|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Harry Watson (3) - 19:42 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Vic Lynn (2) - 15:16 |goalie3-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie3-2 =Turk Broda
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Ted Kennedy (7) - pp - 2:51 Garth Boesch (2) - sh - 5:03 Harry Watson (4) - 11:13 |4-2-1 =2:41 - Leo Reise (2) |4-2-2 =Syl Apps (4) - 4:26 Ted Kennedy (8) - 9:42 Harry Watson (5) - sh - 11:38 |4-3-1 =18:48 - Pete Horeck (3) |4-3-2 =Les Costello (2) - pp - 14:37 |goalie4-1 =Harry Lumley |goalie4-2 =Turk Broda
Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Kennedy | Toronto Maple Leafs | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Max Bentley | Toronto Maple Leafs | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Pete Horeck | Detroit Red Wings | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Jim McFadden | Detroit Red Wings | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Syl Apps | Toronto Maple Leafs | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Harry Watson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Milt Schmidt | Boston Bruins | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
References
before = 1947 Stanley Cup playoffs | after = 1949 Stanley Cup playoffs | title = Stanley Cup playoffs | years = |
References
- Liebman, Glenn. (1996). "Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the Game's Funniest One Liners". Contemporary Books.
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