The1947 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between theToronto Maple Leafs and thedefending championMontreal Canadiens. This was the first Finals meeting in the history of theCanadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens four games to two. This was the first all-Canadian Finals since1935, when the since-foldedMontreal Maroons defeated the Maple Leafs.

Montreal defeated theBoston Bruins 4–1 to advance to the Finals. Toronto defeated theDetroit Red Wings 4–1 to advance to the Finals.

The Montreal Canadiens finished first in the league with 78 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs finished second with 72 points. This was the fifth playoff series between these two teams with each team winning two of the previous series. Their most recent series came in the1945 semifinals which Toronto won in six games. In the regular season series, there were five wins for Montreal, three wins for Toronto and four ties.

Ted Kennedy was the leader with three goals including the Cup winner. Toronto had several new players in its lineup, includingHowie Meeker,Bill Barilko andBill Ezinicki, as Toronto sported the youngest NHL team to win the Cup to that time.

The series continued a competition that had gone on all season, with Montreal and Toronto finishing 1–2. Montreal coachDick Irvin was mad at the beginning of the series, recalling a season-ending injury to Montreal forwardElmer Lach from a body check byDon Metz. Montreal started out strong in the series, defeating the Leafs 6–0 in the opener. Canadiens goaltenderBill Durnan reportedly asked "How did those guys get in the league?", although he denied saying those words later.^[1]

The second game was a rough game, withMaurice Richard knocking outVic Lynn and Bill Ezinicki with high-sticks to the head. Richard earned himself over 20 minutes in penalties and a game misconduct and a suspension for game three. The Leafs took advantage of the power plays and defeated Montreal 4–0. Richard would earn himself a further $250 fine imposed by presidentClarence Campbell.^[1]

Games three and four were played in Toronto, and Toronto won both to take a 3–1 series lead. Returning to the Forum for game five, Montreal won the game to extend the series. In the sixth game,Turk Broda showed outstanding goaltending, holding offKen Reardon on a late breakaway, and the Leafs won 2–1 to win theStanley Cup.^[2]

After the sixth game ended, the Cup was not presented to the Leafs. Clarence Campbell declined to present the Cup immediately, concerned over the spectre of fan violence.^[3]

The 1947 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Syl Apps byNHL PresidentClarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 2–1 win over the Canadiens in game six.

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

1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs

* Name mistakenly removed from the Stanley Cup when it was redone in the 1957–58 season.

• * #17Joe Klukay's (LW) name was removed by mistake from new version of 1947 Toronto's engraving created in 1957–58. (There is space where his name should have been included left of Don Metz)
• 1947 Toronto Maple Leafs were first Stanley Cup winning team to have the Captain(C), and Assistant Captain(A) marked on their sweaters on their Stanley Cup team picture.
• When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93 a new mistake happened. Robert J. Galloway's name was misspelled as P.J. Galloway with "P" instead of a "R". His name is spelled correctly the first 2 times 1947 Toronto members were engraved.
• Stanley Cup was full and 1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs members names were not engraved on the Stanley Cup until 1948.

• 1946–47 NHL season

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