1950 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

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 Finals.

Game summaries

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 7, the first time ever in which the Stanley Cup was won in extra frames in Game 7. Detroit won the Cup without Gordie Howe, injured in the first game of the playoffs.

As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers were awarded the O'Brien Cup, and they became the last team to win this trophy, which was retired after the season. Originally, the O'Brien Cup was the championship trophy of the National Hockey Association, the NHL's precursor, and later awarded to the NHL champion before the league took over control of the Stanley Cup in 1927.

Series

|1-1-1 =Buddy O'Connor (2) – 05:58 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =04:43 – pp – Joe Carveth (2) 09:32 – George Gee (2) 10:06 – Jim McFadden (1) 13:56 – pp – Gerry Couture (2) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie1-2 =Harry Lumley

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =10:39 – Pat Egan (3) |2-2-2 =Gerry Couture (3) – 03:05 |2-3-1 =03:04 – Edgar Laprade (1) 11:20 – Edgar Laprade (2) |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie2-2 =Harry Lumley

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Gerry Couture (4) – pp – 14:14 George Gee (3) – pp – 19:08 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Sid Abel (2) – 19:16 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Marty Pavelich (3) – 16:55 |goalie3-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie3-2 =Harry Lumley

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =06:31 – Ted Lindsay (1) 16:48 – Sid Abel (3) |4-2-1 =Buddy O'Connor (3) – 19:59 |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =Edgar Laprade (3) – 08:09 Gus Kyle (1) – 16:26 |4-3-2 =03:32 – Marty Pavelich (4) |4-4-1 =Don Raleigh (3) – 08:34 |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie4-2 =Harry Lumley

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Dunc Fisher (2) – 07:44 |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =18:10 – Ted Lindsay (2) |5-4-1 =Don Raleigh (4) – 01:38 |5-4-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie5-2 =Harry Lumley

|6-1-1 =Allan Stanley (1) – 03:45 Dunc Fisher (3) – 07:35 |6-1-2 =19:18 – Ted Lindsay (3) |6-2-1 =Pentti Lund (6) – pp – 03:18 |6-2-2 =05:38 – Sid Abel (4) 16:07 – Gerry Couture (5) |6-3-1 =Tony Leswick (1) – 01:54 |6-3-2 =04:13 – Ted Lindsay (4) 10:34 – Sid Abel (5) |goalie6-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie6-2 =Harry Lumley

|7-1-1 =Allan Stanley (2) – pp – 11:14 Tony Leswick (2) – pp – 12:18 |7-1-2 =No scoring |7-2-1 =Buddy O'Connor (4) – 11:42 |7-2-2 =05:09 – pp – Pete Babando (1) 05:30 – pp – Sid Abel (6) 15:57 – Jim McFadden (2) |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =No scoring |7-4-1 =No scoring |7-4-2 =08:31 – Pete Babando (2) |goalie7-1 =Chuck Rayner |goalie7-2 =Harry Lumley

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1950 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Sid Abel by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Red Wings 4–3 double overtime win over the Rangers in game seven.

The following Red Wings players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1949–50 Detroit Red Wings

• Harry MacQueston* (Spare-did not play)
• 3 Clare Martin
• 4 Leonard Red Kelly
• 5 Leo Reise, Jr. (A)
• 21 Lido Lee Fogolin, Sr.
• 22 Marcel Pronovost
• 22-3 Al Dewsbury
• 11 Max McNab
• 12 Sid Abel (Captain)
• 16 Jim McFadden
• 20 Larry Wilson
• 9 Gordie Howe
• 10 Jimmy Peters, Sr.
• 14 Pete Babando
• 15 Marty Pavelich
• 17 Joe Carveth
• 18 Gerry Couture
• 19 Steve Black
• 23 John Wilson

|non-players=

• 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 Humeniuk (Asst. Trainer)
• Wally Crossman (Stick Boy/Asst. Trainer) (on 1 of 3 team pictures) |player-notes= Name later removed when the Stanley Cup was redone in the 1957–58 season. |engraving-notes=
• • #1 Terry Sawchuk (G) – played in 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 MacQueston was called up as the spare goalie for the playoffs. MacQueston's name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, but he never played in the NHL. MacQueston was removed from the Stanley Cup when it was re-done during 1957–58 season.
• Detroit did not engrave the names of #20 Gordon Haidy (RW) and #27 Doug McKay (LW) on the Stanley Cup, even though they each played one playoff game and qualified to be on the cup. McKay played his only NHL game in the Finals, while Haidy played his only NHL game in the semifinals. Both players also won the Calder Cup with Al Dewsbury, Terry Sawchuk that season. |

Notes

References

before = Toronto Maple Leafs 1949 | after = Toronto Maple Leafs 1951 | title = Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup champions | years = 1950|

References

1. Fink, Mike. (2023-12-29). "NHL's History of Game 7 Overtime Series-Clinching Goals".
2. "Legends of Hockey - Historic Trophies - O'Brien Trophy".