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The 1936 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was Detroit's second appearance in the Final and Toronto's sixth. Detroit would win the series 3–1 to win their first Stanley Cup.
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Detroit defeated the defending champion Montreal Maroons in a best-of-five 3–0 to advance to the final. The Leafs had to play a total-goals series; 8–6 against Boston Bruins, and win a best-of-three 2–1 against the New York Americans.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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| April 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | |
| April 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 9 | |
| April 9 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | OT |
| April 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 |
Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–1.
When the Lions won the 1935 NFL Championship Game, the City of Detroit was mired in the Great Depression, which had hit Detroit and its industries particularly hard. But with the success of the Lions and other Detroit athletes in 1935, Detroit's luck appeared to be changing, as the City was dubbed the "City of Champions."[1] The Detroit Tigers also won the 1935 World Series, and when the Detroit Red Wings won the 1935–36 Stanley Cup championship, the city had seen three major league championships in less than a year. Detroit's "champions" included Detroit's "Brown Bomber," Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion; native Detroiter Gar Wood who was the champion of unlimited powerboat racing and the first man to go 100 miles per hour on water; Eddie "the Midnight Express" Tolan, a black Detroiter who won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| Preceded by Montreal Maroons 1935 |
Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 1936 |
Succeeded by Detroit Red Wings 1937 |
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