The 1951 Stanley Cup Final NHL

National Hockey League

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 championship series was contested by the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

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 and the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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. The Maple Leafs would win the series 4–1. It was the Toronto franchise's ninth Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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 win and the last in a series of six wins starting in 1942. It was the first appearance in a string of ten consecutive appearances by the Canadiens.

Paths to the final

Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins

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 4–1 to reach the final. Montreal defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

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 4–2 to reach the final.

The series

Every game went into overtime in this series. Bill Barilko

Bill Barilko

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 scored the Cup-winning goal, his last goal in the NHL as he would die in a plane crash during the summer.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 11	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT
April 14	Montreal	3	Toronto	2	OT
April 17	Toronto	2	Montreal	1	OT
April 19	Toronto	3	Montreal	2	OT
April 21	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT

Toronto wins best-of-seven series four games to one

Toronto Maple Leafs 1951 Stanley Cup champions

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 a "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.
• Elwin "Al" Rollins' first name was misspelled ELVIN with a "V" instead 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.
• ** John McCormack played more than half the regular season games, he was sent to the minors to play in the playoffs. McCormack was still included on the Stanley Cup.

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

Bill Bariko, 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.