| 1962 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2, 5) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Chicago: Rudy Pilous Toronto: Punch Imlach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Chicago: Pierre Pilote Toronto: George Armstrong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 10 to April 22, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Dick Duff (14:14, third, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1962 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1961–62 season, and the culmination of the 1962 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs who had last appeared in the Final in 1960. The Maple Leafs won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to win the Stanley Cup, their first since 1951.
Paths to the Finals
Toronto defeated the New York Rangers to advance to the finals and Chicago defeated the Montreal Canadiens.
Game summaries
Stan Mikita broke Gordie Howe's 1955 playoff record of 20 points, finishing with 21, but it was not enough as the Leafs would defeat the Black Hawks. Dave Keon, making his playoff debut, scored two goals and an assist in the Final.[1]
| April 10 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Bobby Hull (5) - pp - 3:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:32 - Dave Keon (4) 13:54 - pp - Frank Mahovlich (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:03 - George Armstrong (5) 14:32 - Tim Horton (3) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower | ||||||
| April 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:35 - pp - Billy Harris (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stan Mikita (4) - 8:47 Stan Mikita (5) - 18:27 | Third period | 9:47 - Frank Mahovlich (4) 16:08 - George Armstrong (6) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower | ||||||
| April 15 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0–3 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:35 - Stan Mikita (6) 8:33 - pp - Ab McDonald (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:21 - Bronco Horvath (4) | ||||||
| Johnny Bower | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall | ||||||
| April 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Red Kelly (4) - pp - 18:08 | First period | 10:35 - Bobby Hull (6) 15:41 - Reg Fleming (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:46 - pp - Bobby Hull (7) 7:31 - Reg Fleming (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johnny Bower | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall | ||||||
| April 19 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Murray Balfour (1) - 18:05 | First period | 00:17 - Bob Pulford (5) 17:45 - Bob Pulford (6) | ||||||
| Ab McDonald (5) - 00:59 Ab McDonald (6) - pp - 3:07 | Second period | 8:31 - Billy Harris (2) 9:50 - pp - Dave Keon (5) 13:24 - Frank Mahovlich (5) | ||||||
| Bob Turner (1) - sh - 10:31 | Third period | 4:41 - George Armstrong (7) 6:31 - Frank Mahovlich (6) 13:51 - pp - Bob Pulford (7) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower | ||||||
| April 22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bob Nevin (2) - 10:29 Dick Duff (3) - pp - 14:14 | Third period | 8:56 - Bobby Hull (8) | ||||||
| Johnny Bower | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–2 | |
Stanley Cup engraving
The 1962 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 2–1 win over the Black Hawks in game six.
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1962 Toronto Maple Leafs
Players
- 4 Leonard Red Kelly
- 14 Dave Keon
- 15 Billy Harris
- 8 John MacMillan
- 9 Dick Duff (A)
- 10 George Armstrong (Captain)
- 11 Bob Nevin
- 12 Ron Stewart
- 16 Bert Olmstead (A)
- 20 Bob Pulford
- 23 Eddie Shack
- 25 Ed Litzenberger
- 27 Frank Mahovlich
- 2 Carl Brewer
- 3 Al Arbour
- 7 Miles Tim Horton
- 21 Bob Baun
- 22 Larry Hillman*
- 26 Allan Stanley
- 1 Johnny Bower
- 1-30 Don Simmons
Coaching and administrative staff
- Stafford Smythe (President/Owner), Conn Smythe (Chairman)
- Harold Ballard (Exe Vice President/Owner), John Bassett (Vice President/Owner)
- George Punch Imlach (Manager-Coach), Frank King Clancy (Asst. Manager-Coach)
- Bob Davidson (Chief Scout), Bob Haggart (Trainer)
- Tom Nayler (Asst. Trainer), Hugh Holton (Asst. Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- *Larry Hillman played only 3 regular-season games, and spent most of the year in the minors. His name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup.
- Dr. Karl Elieff (Physiotherapist), Dr. Jame Murphy, Dr. Hugh Smythe (Team Doctors) - left off[1]
See also
- 1961–62 NHL season
Notes
References
- "All-Time NHL Results".
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2008). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Dan Diamond and Associates.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.
| Preceded by Chicago Black Hawks 1961 | Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions 1962 | Succeeded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1963 |