1955 Stanley Cup Finals

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NHL championship series Stanley Cup Finals

The 1955 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series in which the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens to capture the NHL title, marking their last Cup win before a long drought that ended in 1997.

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1955 Stanley Cup Finals canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NHL championship series ⓘ
Stanley Cup Finals ⓘ
captainOfChampionTeam Ted Lindsay ⓘ
champion Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
championshipTrophy Stanley Cup ⓘ
chronologicalPosition 1955 ⓘ
cityOfChampionTeam Detroit ⓘ
cityOfRunnerUpTeam Montreal ⓘ
countryOfChampionTeam United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfRunnerUpTeam Canada ⓘ
decidingGame Game 7 ⓘ
endDate 1955-04-14 ⓘ
era Original Six era ⓘ
featuredRivalry Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens rivalry ⓘ
featuredTeam Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
followedBy 1956 Stanley Cup Finals ⓘ
game7LosingGoaltender Jacques Plante ⓘ
game7Score Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
game7WinningGoaltender Terry Sawchuk ⓘ
homeArenaForDetroitGames Olympia Stadium ⓘ
homeArenaForMontrealGames Montreal Forum ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
locationOfGame Detroit ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
losingCoach Toe Blake ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Terry Sawchuk ⓘ
notableFact last Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup win before 42-year drought ending in 1997 ⓘ
notablePlayerOnChampion Gordie Howe ⓘ
Red Kelly ⓘ
notablePlayerOnRunnerUp Jean Béliveau ⓘ
Maurice Richard ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
partOf history of the Stanley Cup ⓘ
precededBy 1954 Stanley Cup Finals ⓘ
radioCoverageCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
radioNetwork Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ
runnerUp Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
seasonChampion Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
seasonOfLeague 1954–55 NHL season ⓘ
seriesResult Detroit Red Wings won 4–3 ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
startDate 1955-04-05 ⓘ
televisionCoverageCountry Canada ⓘ
televisionNetwork CBC Television ⓘ
wasLastStanleyCupWinForTeamUntil Detroit Red Wings – 1997 ⓘ
winningCoach Jimmy Skinner ⓘ

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1997 Stanley Cup Finals → DetroitRedWingsPreviousStanleyCupWin → 1955 Stanley Cup Finals ⓘ