Tony Leswick Tony Joseph Leswick ( March 17 , 1923 , in Humboldt , Saskatchewan , Canada – July 1 , 2001 , in Coquitlam , British Columbia , Canada ) was a former forward who played mostly for the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings of the NHL . Nicknamed " Tough Tony " and " Mighty Mouse " , he was known also as a little pest . Little , because he stood just 5 ' 7 " tall and weighed 160 lbs . He is most famous for scoring the final goal in overtime of game seven of the 1954 Stanley Cup final . Playing career . Minor league hockey . Leswick played his junior hockey in Saskatoon with the ( junior ) Dodgers and the ( senior and junior ) Quakers , and quickly started turning heads . In 1942 , Leswick jumped into the AHL with the Cleveland Barons and scored 40 points in only 52 games . He split the following season between the PCHL ' s New Westminster Royals and the Saskatchewan senior League ' s Saskatoon Navy . Scoring 36 points in 19 games with the Royals and 52 points in 18 games with Navy , he followed up his great season by joining Winnipeg HMCS Chippewa ( Navy ) , where he helped to win the 1944 – 1945 Basil Baker trophy for inter - service hockey in the 1944 - 45 Manitoba Senior Playoffs . The New York Rangers ( who acquired his rights in June 1945 ) had seen enough and brought him into their lineup for the 1945 – 46 season . Professional career . Leswick delivered . He scored 15 goals in his rookie season for the Rangers and quickly established himself as one of the few bright spots in New York . He loved getting under peoples skin , including that of Montreal Canadiens ' Rocket Richard , and Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings . Leswick recorded consecutive 20 - goal seasons in 1947 and 1948 , but the Rangers continued to miss the playoffs or get knocked out in the early rounds . After scoring 44 points in 1949 – 50 , he was named to the NHL second all - star team . During this time , he formed a successful combination with Edgar Laprade and Dunc Fisher . Detroit had seen the way that Leswick would go after Howe and knew that took guts . They decided to trade for Leswick after the 1950 – 51 season . On June 8 , Tony Leswick became a Detroit Red Wing after a blockbuster trade that saw Gaye Stewart going to New York . Leswick would continue his pestering ways and was inserted on a line with Marty Pavelich and Glen Skov . He would help lead Detroit to Stanley Cup s in 1952 , 1954 , and 1955 . He is probably most remembered for his winning goal in game seven of the 1954 Stanley Cup finals against the Montreal Canadiens . Following his third Stanley Cup victory in 1955 , Leswick was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks along with Glen Skov , Johnny Wilson and Benny Woit for Jerry Toppazzini , John McCormack , Dave Creighton and Gord Hollingworth , on May 27 . He would score 11 goals and 11 assists in the 1955 – 56 season for Chicago before going to the WHL . The Edmonton Flyers welcomed his 53 points in the 1956 – 57 season and he was invited to another All - Star team . After a brief 22 games for Detroit in 1957 , Leswick would again join the Edmonton Flyers until the close of the 1959 season . He would play 9 games the following season for the Vancouver Canucks of the WHL before retiring from playing hockey . Leswick the coach . Leswick tried his hand at coaching starting in 1958 . He replaced the current coach of the Edmonton Flyers midseason in 1957 – 58 and would continue until midseason of 1958 – 59 . He felt he was more of a help to the team on the ice . He would try his hand at coaching one more time with the Indianapolis Capitols / Cincinnati Wings of the Central Hockey League in the 1963 – 64 season . They would finish last in the league with a 12 – 53 – 7 record and Leswick would retire from the world of hockey .