1949 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Detroit defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the Finals. Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 4–1 to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

The Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in three straight seasons. The Leafs also won nine straight Finals games (beating Montreal in game six of the Finals, plus consecutive sweeps of the Wings in and this year).

|1-1-1 =Max Bentley (3) - 13:15 |1-1-2 =4:15 - pp - George Gee (1) |1-2-1 =Jimmy Thomson (1) - pp - 16:02 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =13:56 - Bill Quackenbush (1) |1-4-1 =Joe Klukay (2) - 17:13 |1-4-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Turk Broda |goalie1-2 =Harry Lumley

|2-1-1 =Sid Smith (3) - pp - 8:50 Sid Smith (4) - pp - 9:56 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Sid Smith (5) - pp - 17:58 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =5:50 - Pete Horeck (1) |goalie2-1 =Turk Broda |goalie2-2 =Harry Lumley

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Jack Stewart (1) - 4:57 |3-2-1 =Bill Ezinicki (1) - 11:02 Ted Kennedy (2) - 12:40 Gus Mortson (2) - 16:18 |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Turk Broda |goalie3-2 =Harry Lumley

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Ted Lindsay (2) - 2:59 |4-2-1 =10:10 - pp - Ray Timgren (3) 19:45 - Cal Gardner (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =15:10 - Max Bentley (4) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Turk Broda |goalie4-2 =Harry Lumley

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1949 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Ted Kennedy by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game four.

The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs

• 3 Gus Mortson
• 5 Garth Boesch
• 18 Bill Juzda
• 19 Bill Barilko
• 21-23 Bob Dawes
• 9 Ted Teeder Kennedy (Captain)
• 16 Fleming Mackell
• 17 Cal Gardner
• 21 Harry Taylor
• 8 Joe Klukay
• 11 Howie Meeker
• 12 Bill Ezinicki*
• 14 Vic Lynn
• 15 Don Metz
• 22 Ray Timgren
• 23-24 Sid Smith

|non-players=

• Conn Smythe (President/Manager/Owner),George McGillach (Vice President)
• John Murdoch (Vice President), Jack Bickell (Director/Owner)
• Ed Bickle (Director/Owner), George Walker (Chief Scout)
• William MacBrien (Chairman/Owner), Tim Daly (Trainer)
• Clarence Hap Day (Coach)
• Kerry Day (Mascot)
• Archie Campbell* (Ass't Trainer), Ed Fitkin* (Publicity Director),
• Norman Delarue*, Robert Galloway*, Horance MacIntyre* (Team Doctors) |engraving-notes=
• • The following members were engraved on the original Stanley Cup in 1949, but removed from the Stanley Cup when it was redone during 1957-58 season. #12 Bill Ezinicki (player-by mistake-played in the finals), Archie Campbell, Ed Fitkin, Norman Delarue, Horance MacIntyre, James Murphy (non players). There is room for 5 more names to be included on the cup.
• #20 Tod Sloan name was not included on the cup in 1949, but was included on the team picture. Sloan only played 29 games, and did not play in the playoffs. Sloan's name was engraved on the cup in 1951, 1961.
• William A.H. MacBrien's last name was spelt wrong. W.A.H. MacBRIAN with an "E" instead of an "A". Mistake was corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93. |

References and notes

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50.

before = Toronto Maple Leafs 1948 | after = Detroit Red Wings 1950 | title = Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup champions | years = 1949|

References

1. Dierberger, Tom. (June 10, 2024). "Looking Back at Every Sweep in Stanley Cup Final History".