From the Archives: How the Leafs Got Their Revenge on the Habs

Montreal Canadiens won the 1947 Stanley Cup. Turk Broda was the star player for Montreal. Toronto finished second in the league. Hap Day's team won three games in a row to take the series. Dick Irvin's men extended the final with a 3-1 victory. The game at Maple Leaf Gardens was standing room only. It was a standing-room-only crowd. Montreal won. They won 3 to 2. In the end, the Canadiens took the Cup, but Toronto won it. There were five rookie defensemen in their team. Jim Thomson, Gus Mortson, Garth Boesch, Bill Barilko and Bob Goldham were the starting defense.

The Maple Leaf team won the Stanley Cup. Jim Coleman believes they were the better team. Happy Day won his third world championship as coach of the Maple Leafs.   The team was two years ahead of schedule. The critics had doubts about their young and inexperienced team, but they surprised their employers.

Coleman's joke about the Leafs' record is funny.