1954 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1954 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, in their fourth-straight Finals. It was the third Detroit-Montreal Final series of the 1950s. The Wings won the series 4–3 to win their first Stanley Cup since 1952, and sixth-overall.
==Paths to the Final==
Montreal defeated the Boston Bruins 4–0 while Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the final.
==The Series==
Tony Leswick scored the series-winning goal at 4:29 of overtime in the seventh game, for only the second time in NHL history that a game seven was decided in overtime, and the last time an NHL game seven has gone to overtime. 
Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 4 	Montreal	1 	Detroit 	3 	
April 6 	Montreal	3 	Detroit 	1 	
April 8 	Detroit 	5 	Montreal	2 	
April 10	Detroit 	2 	Montreal	0 	
April 11	Montreal	1 	Detroit 	0 	OT
April 13	Detroit 	1 	Montreal	4 	
April 16	Montreal	1 	Detroit 	2 	OT
Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3
==Detroit Red Wings 1954 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Game Ads==
54SCupMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
==Video==
Nearly 25 minutes of highlights featuring all goals and many penalties from all seven games of the 1954 Finals.
1954 Stanley Cup Finals
Ten minutes of narrated highlights of all seven games of the 1954 Finals featuring nearly all goals.
1954 NHL STANLEY CUP WINNERS ARE THE DETROIT RED WINGS DEFEATING THE MONTREAL CANADIENS
==References==
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* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1–55168–261–3. 
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