Down 0-2 in the Finals

The patron saints of finals comebacks, few expected the Leafs to defeat the Red Wings after losing the first three games of the Stanley Cup. Looking to change the pace of the series, Toronto coach Hap Day benched his regulars for Game 4 and inserted a number of rookies, who responded with a win. The rest of the series belonged to goaltender Turk Broda, who shut out Detroit 3--0 in Game 6 and stoned them again in Game 7 (a 3--1 victory in front of nearly 17,000 people in Maple Leaf Gardens, at the time the largest crowd ever to see a hockey game).