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1962 Stanley Cup Final

1962 ice hockey championship series


1962 ice hockey championship series

FieldValue
year1962
team1[Chicago Black Hawks](1961-62-chicago-black-hawks-season)
team1_shortChicago
team1_captainPierre Pilote
team1_coachRudy Pilous
team2**[Toronto Maple Leafs](1961-62-toronto-maple-leafs-season)**
team2_shortToronto
team2_captainGeorge Armstrong
team2_coachPunch Imlach
team1_11
team1_22
team1_3**3**
team1_4**4**
team1_54
team1_61
team1_tot2
team2_1**4**
team2_2**3**
team2_30
team2_41
team2_5**8**
team2_6**2**
team2_tot4
datesApril 10–22, 1962
location1Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2, 5)
location2Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
team2_winner1
series_winnerDick Duff (14:14, third)
hofers**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)
**Black Hawks:**
Glenn Hall (1975)
Bill Hay (2015, builder)
Bobby Hull (1983)
Stan Mikita (1983)
Pierre Pilote (1975)
**Coaches:**
Punch Imlach (1984)
Rudy Pilous (1985)

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) Black Hawks: Glenn Hall (1975) Bill Hay (2015, builder) Bobby Hull (1983) Stan Mikita (1983) Pierre Pilote (1975) Coaches: Punch Imlach (1984) Rudy Pilous (1985) The 1962 Stanley Cup Final 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.

|1-1-1 =Bobby Hull (5) - pp - 3:35 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =1:32 - Dave Keon (4) 13:54 - pp - Frank Mahovlich (3) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =6:03 - George Armstrong (5) 14:32 - Tim Horton (3) |goalie1-1 =Glenn Hall 33 saves / 37 shots |goalie1-2 =Johnny Bower 25 saves / 26 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =2:35 - pp - Billy Harris (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Stan Mikita (4) - 8:47 Stan Mikita (5) - 18:27 |2-3-2 =9:47 - Frank Mahovlich (4) 16:08 - George Armstrong (6) |goalie2-1 =Glenn Hall 31 saves / 34 shots |goalie2-2 =Johnny Bower 29 saves / 31 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =4:35 - Stan Mikita (6) 8:33 - pp - Ab McDonald (4) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =19:21 - en - Bronco Horvath (4) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Glenn Hall 19 saves / 19 shots |goalie3-2 =Johnny Bower 34 saves / 36 shots

|4-1-1 =10:35 - Bobby Hull (6) 15:41 - Reg Fleming (1) |4-1-2 =Red Kelly (4) - pp - 18:08 |4-2-1 =00:46 - pp - Bobby Hull (7) 7:31 - Reg Fleming (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Glenn Hall 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2 =Johnny Bower 11 saves / 12 shots Don Simmons 18 saves / 21 shots

|5-1-1 =Murray Balfour (1) - 18:05 |5-1-2 =00:17 - Bob Pulford (5) 17:45 - Bob Pulford (6) |5-2-1 =Ab McDonald (5) - 00:59 Ab McDonald (6) - pp - 3:07 |5-2-2 =8:31 - Billy Harris (2) 9:50 - pp - Dave Keon (5) 13:24 - Frank Mahovlich (5) |5-3-1 =Bob Turner (1) - sh - 10:31 |5-3-2 =4:41 - George Armstrong (7) 6:31 - Frank Mahovlich (6) 13:51 - pp - Bob Pulford (7) |goalie5-1 =Glenn Hall 36 saves / 44 shots |goalie5-2 =Don Simmons 26 saves / 30 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =8:56 - Bobby Hull (8) |6-3-2 =Bob Nevin (2) - 10:29 Dick Duff (3) - pp - 14:14 |goalie6-1 =Glenn Hall 35 saves / 37 shots |goalie6-2 =Don Simmons 20 saves / 21 shots

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

1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs

  • 1-30 Don Simmons
  • 3 Al Arbour
  • 7 Miles Tim Horton
  • 21 Bob Baun
  • 22 Larry Hillman*
  • 26 Allan Stanley
  • 14 Dave Keon
  • 15 Billy Harris
  • 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 |non-players=
  • Stafford Smythe (President/Owner), Conn Smythe (Chairman)
  • Harold Ballard (Exe Vice President/Owner), John W. H. 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) |engraving-notes=
    • 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 |

Notes

References

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before = Chicago Black Hawks 1961 | after = Toronto Maple Leafs 1963 | title = Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup champions | years = 1962|

References

  1. Diamond, p. 51
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