| Year: | 1950 |
| Team1: | Detroit Red Wings |
| Team1 Short: | Detroit |
| Team1 Captain: | Sid Abel |
| Team1 Coach: | Tommy Ivan |
| Team1 1: | 4 |
| Team1 2: | 1 |
| Team1 3: | 4 |
| Team1 4: | 3* |
| Team1 5: | 1* |
| Team1 6: | 5 |
| Team1 7: | 4** |
| Team1 Tot: | 4 |
| Team2: | New York Rangers |
| Team2 Short: | New York |
| Team2 Captain: | Frank Eddolls |
| Team2 Coach: | Lynn Patrick |
| Team2 1: | 1 |
| Team2 2: | 3 |
| Team2 3: | 0 |
| Team2 4: | 4* |
| Team2 5: | 2* |
| Team2 6: | 4 |
| Team2 7: | 3** |
| Team2 Tot: | 3 |
| Gm4 Ot: | |gm5_ot=* |
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| Dates: | April 11–23, 1950 |
| Location1: | Detroit Olympia Stadium (1, 4–7) |
| Location2: | Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens (2, 3) |
| Series Winner: | Pete Babando (8:31, second OT) |
| Hofers: | Red Wings: Sid Abel (1969) Gordie Howe (1972; did not play) Red Kelly (1969) Ted Lindsay (1966) Harry Lumley (1980) Marcel Pronovost (1978) Jack Stewart (1964) Rangers: Edgar Laprade (1993) Buddy O'Connor (1998) Chuck Rayner (1973) Fred Shero (2013, builder) Allan Stanley (1981) Coaches: Tommy Ivan (1974) Lynn Patrick (1980, player) |
The 1950 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings. It was the Rangers' first appearance in the Finals since their Stanley Cup victory in 1940. This was a rematch of the 1937 Stanley Cup Finals, which the Red Wings won in five games. The Red Wings once again defeated the Rangers, this time in seven games, to mark their franchise's fourth Cup win, and first since 1943.
This was the last Stanley Cup Finals to feature a team that did not host any games and also the last to feature neutral site games until . The neutral site games were held in Toronto on account of scheduling conflicts at Madison Square Garden.
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.
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.[1] [2]
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.
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