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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 1941-42

NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams. The league was established in 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and it is composed of 30 teams out of which 24 teams based in U.S. and 6 in Canada. They have a regular season and playoffs leading to the Stanley Cup, which is the NHL Championship final.

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.

After all, the club was down three games to none to the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals. Toronto entered the finals, though, as heavy favorites over the middling Red Wings. But Detroit won games 1, 2 and 3 by a combined score of 12-6 for a secure lead. Or so everyone thought. After falling behind 2-0 in game 4, Toronto rallied for a 4-3 win to keep hope alive.

Toronto returned home for game 5 and got a hat trick from Don Metz as it routed the Wings 9-2. The series shifted back to Detroit for game 6, but the momentum stayed with the Leafs, who got a shutout from goalie Turk Broda. Detroit took a 1-0 lead into the third period, but a power-play goal by Sweeney Schriner tied the score. Minutes later, the Leafs scored again, this time off the stick of Pete Langelle. That proved to be the game-winner. Schriner added an insurance goal to seal the greatest comeback in NHL history.

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