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1962 Stanley Cup Finals

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1962 Stanley Cup Finals
123456 Total
Chicago Black Hawks 123441 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 430182 4
Location(s)Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2, 5)
Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
CoachesChicago: Rudy Pilous
Toronto: Punch Imlach
CaptainsChicago: Pierre Pilote
Toronto: George Armstrong
DatesApril 10–22, 1962
Series-winning goalDick Duff (14:14, third, G6)
Hall of FamersBlack Hawks:
Glenn Hall (1975)
Bill Hay (2015, builder)
Bobby Hull (1983)
Stan Mikita (1983)
Pierre Pilote (1975)
Maple Leafs:
Al Arbour (1996, builder)
George Armstrong (1975)
Johnny Bower (1976)
Dick Duff (2006)
Tim Horton (1977)
Red Kelly (1969)
Dave Keon (1986)
Frank Mahovlich (1981)
Bert Olmstead (1985)
Bob Pulford (1991)
Allan Stanley (1981)
Coaches:
Punch Imlach (1984)
Rudy Pilous (1985)
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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

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Toronto defeated the New York Rangers to advance to the finals and Chicago defeated the Montreal Canadiens.

Game summaries

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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, Don Simmons 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 Don Simmons
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)
Don Simmons Goalie stats Glenn Hall
Toronto won series 4–2


Stanley Cup engraving

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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

1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs

Players

  Centres

Coaching and administrative staff

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.
  • *Harold Ballard won his first of 4 Stanley Cups as (Vice President/Owner). Ballard would later become the fifth person to get on his name on Stanley Cup & Grey Cup. In 1986 Ballard was President/Owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when they won the Grey Cup. (See Joe Miller, Lionel Conacher, Carl Voss, Leo Dandurand, Norman Kwong & Wayne Gretzky other persons who won both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.)
  • Dr. Karl Elieff (Physiotherapist), Dr. Jame Murphy, Dr. Hugh Smythe (Team Doctors) - left off[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Diamond, p. 51

References

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  • "All-Time NHL Results".
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2008). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Dan Diamond and Associates.
Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup Champions

1962
Succeeded by