Toronto Maple Leafs: The headline obviously is that the Leafs beat the Red Wings 4-3 on Saturday night, but did so having blown a 3-0 lead and getting outshot 40-18.
This was also Toronto's first playoff series win over Detroit since the Leafs beat the Wings in the seven-game 1964 Stanley Cup Finals.
The Leafs beat the Seattle Totems in a seven game semi-final, but lost to the Portland Buckaroos in 5 games for the championship.
In spoiling Gretzky's final appearance at the arena where he attended games as a child, the Leafs beat the Rangers for the first time in 11 games and chased Mike Richter from goal with 13 minutes left to play.
George Hainsworth continued hot and the Leafs beat the Bruins to advance to the finals.
The Leafs have beaten them by 5-3 at Toronto and tied them, 4-4, at Continental Arena previously this season.
Leafs forward Travis Green beat Blackburn with a nifty backhand at 11:26 of the second period to give Toronto a 4-1 lead.
After the Leafs beat Ottawa, Thomas said he felt as if he were 26 again.
The Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings in seven games and McCool set a franchise record for most shutouts in the postseason.
He delivered on his promise in game 6, but Ottawa goaltender Patrick Lalime turned in a lacklustre performance in the series finale, allowing the Leafs to beat the Senators in the series.