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2 History In The 1942 Stanley Cup Finals The Maple Leafs Were Down Three Games To None In The Best-of-seven Series Against Detroit Fourth-line Forward Don Metz Then Galvanized The Team To Score A Hat-trick In Game Four And The Game-winner In Game Five. Goalie Turk Broda Shut Out The Wings In Game Six And Sweeney Schriner Scored Two Goals In The Third Period To Win The Seventh Game 3�1 Completing The Reverse-sweep The Leafs Remain The Only Team To Have Successfully Performed A Reverse-sweep In The Stanley Cup Finals. Captain Syl Apps Won The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy That Season Not Taking One Penalty And Finished His Ten-season Career With An Average Of 5 Minutes 36 Seconds In Penalties A Season Red Wings And Maple Leaf Game During The 1942 Stanley Cup Finals With Maple Leafs Players Celebrating Moments After Scoring A Goal The Leafs Score Against Detroit During The 1942 Cup Finals The Leafs Went On To Win The Series Performing The Only Reverse-sweep In The Finals Smythe Who Reenlisted In The Canadian Army At The Outbreak Of World War II Was Given Leave From Military Duty To View The Final Game Of The 1942 Finals He Arrived At The Game In Full Military Regalia. Earlier At The Outbreak Of War Smythe Arranged For Many Of His Maple Leafs Players And Staff To Take Army Training With The Toronto Scottish Regiment Most Notably The Leafs Announced A Large Portion Of Their Roster Had Enlisted Including Apps And Broda, Who Did Not Play On The Team For Several Seasons Due To Their Obligations With The Canadian Forces. During This Period The Leafs Turned To Lesser-known Players Such As Rookie Goaltender Frank McCool And Defenceman Babe Pratt The Maple Leafs Beat The Red Wings In The 1945 Finals They Won The First Three Games With Goaltender McCool Recording Consecutive Shutouts However In A Reverse Of The 1942 Finals The Red Wings Won The Next Three Games The Leafs Were Able To Win The Series Winning The Seventh Game By The Score Of 2�1 To Prevent A Complete Reversal Of The Series Played Three Years Ago Ice Hockey Players In A Locker Room Two Are Sitting On A Locker Room Bench With Another Two Players Standing Behind Them Maple Leafs Players During The 1946�47 Season The Team Would Win Its Sixth Stanley Cup That Season After The End Of The War Players Who Had Enlisted Were Beginning To Return To Their Teams. With Apps And Broda Regaining Their Form The Maple Leafs Beat The First-place Canadiens In The 1947 Finals In An Effort To Bolster Their Centre Depth The Leafs Acquired Cy Thomas And Max Bentley In The Following The Off-season With These Key Additions The Leafs Were Able To Win A Second Consecutive Stanley Cup Sweeping The Red Wings In The 1948 Finals. With Their Victory In 1948 The Leafs Moved Ahead Of Montreal As The Team Having Won The Most Stanley Cups In League History Apps Announced His Retirement Following The 1948 Finals With Ted Kennedy Replacing Him As The Team's Captain. Under A New Captaincy The Leafs Managed To Make It To The 1949 Finals Facing The Red Wings Who Had Finished The Season With The Best Overall Record However The Leafs Went On To Win Their Third Consecutive Cup Sweeping The Red Wings In Four Games This Brought The Total Of Detroit's Play Off Game Losses Against The Leafs To Eleven The Red Wings Were Able To End This Losing Streak In The Following Post-season Eliminating Toronto In The 1950 NHL Playoffs The Barilko Curse (1950s)