1951 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 4–1 to reach the Finals. Montreal defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 4–2 to reach the Finals.

Game summaries

Every game went into overtime in this series. Bill Barilko scored the Cup-winning overtime goal, his last goal in the NHL as he would die in a plane crash during the summer.

|1-1-1 =Maurice Richard (5) - 15:27 |1-1-2 =00:15 - Sid Smith (3) 15:42 - Tod Sloan (2) |1-2-1 =Paul Masnick (1) - 4:02 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =No scoring |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =5:51 - Sid Smith (4) |goalie1-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie1-2 =Turk Broda

|2-1-1 =Paul Masnick (2) - 3:44 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Billy Reay (3) - 9:24 |2-2-2 =16:31 - pp - Sid Smith (5) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =8:16 - pp - Ted Kennedy (3) |2-4-1 =Maurice Richard (6) - 2:55 |2-4-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie2-2 =Turk Broda

|3-1-1 =2:18 - pp - Maurice Richard (7) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Sid Smith (6) - pp - 5:58 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Ted Kennedy (4) - 4:47 |goalie3-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie3-2 =Turk Broda

|4-1-1 =14:41 - Maurice Richard (8) |4-1-2 =Sid Smith (7) - 00:38 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Howie Meeker (1) - 1:27 |4-3-1 =13:49 - Elmer Lach (2) |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Harry Watson (1) - 5:15 |goalie4-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie4-2 =Turk Broda

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =Maurice Richard (9) - 8:56 |5-2-2 =12:00 - Tod Sloan (3) |5-3-1 =Paul Meger (1) - 4:47 |5-3-2 =19:28 - Tod Sloan (4) |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =2:53 - Bill Barilko (3) |goalie5-1 =Gerry McNeil |goalie5-2 =Turk Broda

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1951 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Ted Kennedy by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–2 overtime win over the Canadiens in game five.

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

1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs

• 23 Al Rollins
• 3 Gus Mortson
• 5 Bill Barilko
• 12 Fern Flaman
• 18 Bill Juzda
• 19 Hugh Bolton †
• 9 Ted Kennedy (Captain)
• 14 Cal Gardner
• 16 Fleming Mackell
• 20 John McCormack*
• 25 Bob Hassard †
• 8 Joe Klukay
• 11 Howie Meeker
• 15 Tod Sloan
• 21 Danny Lewicki
• 22 Ray Timgren
• 24 Sid Smith |non-players=
• Conn Smythe (President/Manager/Owner), Clarence Hap Day (Asst. Manager)
• George McGillach (Vice President), John Murdoch (Vice President)
• Ed Bickle (Director/Owner), Jack Bickell (Director/Owner)
• Tim Daly (Trainer), Ed Fitkin (Publicity Director)
• Archie Campbell (Asst. Trainer), Tom Nayler (Asst. Trainer), George Walker (Chief Scout)
• Joe Primeau (Coach), William MacBrien (Chairman/Owner)
• Norman Delarue ‡, Robert Galloway ‡, Horance MacIntyre ‡ (Team Doctors) |engraving-notes=
• • #20 John McCormack (C) – played in 46 regular season games. He was sent to the minors midseason. His name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup.
• † Three players who did not play in at least half of the regular season games had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup despite not officially qualifying.
  • #19 Hugh Bolton (D) – played in 13 regular season games
  • #25 Bob Hassard (C) – played in 12 regular season games
• ‡ Included on the original ring in 1951. There was no room left for the 3 team doctors the way that the Toronto Maple Leafs 1951 members were engraved on the new ring during the 1957–58 season.
• Joe Primeau was the 7th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
• Joe Primeau (Coach), William MacBrien (Chairman/Owner) were listed last on the Stanley Cup. Tradition has them listed before the players.}}

Engraving mistakes

• Several mistakes happened in the engraving of the names:
  • Gus Mortson's last name was misspelled WORTSON with a "W" instead a "M".
  • Danny Lewicki's last name was misspelled LEWESKI, with two "E"s instead of two "I"s and an "S" instead of a "C".
  • Ted Kennedy's name was misspelled KENNEDYY with an extra "Y". His position as Captain was also left off the Stanley Cup.
  • William A. H. MacBrien's last name was misspelled as McBrien, missing an "A"
  • Elwin "Al" Rollins' first name was misspelled ELVIN with a "V" instead of a "W". The Rollins mistake was not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93. The other 4 mistakes were corrected on the Replica Cup.

Members of Toronto Maple Leafs that won 4 cups in 5 years 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 dynasty

• Bill Barilko, Turk Broda, Ted Kennedy §, Joe Klukay, Howie Meeker, Gus Mortson, Jimmy Thomson, Harry Watson (8 players),
• Ed Bickle §, John Bickell §, Conn Smythe §, John Mordoch §, William MacBrien, Hap Day §, Tim Daly §, George Walker, Ed Finkin, Horance McIntre (10 non-players).

§ also won the Stanley Cup in 1945.

Notes

References

References

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