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Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1935-36

The Stanley Cup is one of the most-recognized symbols in North American sports. It is the championship trophy of the NHL, National Hockey League which is won by one of the teams that have qualified for the championship finals after playing a series of playoff matches. It is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved upon it. The Cup winners keep it until the new champion is crowned.

The 1935 to 1936 season Stanley Cup match was played between the most rival teams of the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Both the teams had sustained the best winning forms in that season and kept the desire to win the title at the Stanley Cup. However, the Detroit Red Wings team proved to be more dominating and compiled the most famous and memorable victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs team.

Earlier to the Stanley Cup Finals, the series was virtually anticlimactic after the show that the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Maroons had put up. In the first game, of best of five semifinal series, the Red Wings and Maroons played a six overtime game that saw the Detroit’s team to win with 1-0 when rookie Mud Bruneteau scored at the 16 minute mark in the sixth overtime. It was drafted as the longest game in NHL history later and that win gave Detroit a 1-0 lead in a series it would finally sweep.

In the finals, Detroit played against the Toronto, which was making its second consecutive appearance at the finals. The Red Wings won the first game by a 3-1 score. The second game, however, was a blowout as Detroit blasted the Maple Leafs by impressive 9-4 mark. Toronto staved off exclusion in the third game when Buzz Boll scored an overtime goal to lead the Leafs to a 4-3 victory. Ultimately, the Red Wings capped their thrilling postseason by securing their first Stanley Cup by winning the fourth game of the finals by 3-2 record.

Pete Kelly compiled the game winning performance for Detroit team that season. The Stanley Cup was finally into the team’s hands through several years of consistent perseverance and desire.

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