1967 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Final

Main article: 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs

This was the last Stanley Cup before the 1967 expansion, which meant there were only two rounds and three series in total played in the playoffs. Montreal defeated New York to advance to the Final and Toronto defeated Chicago.

Game summaries

The average age of the Leafs' players was 31, the oldest lineup to win the Cup. Johnny Bower was 42 and Allan Stanley was 41. Dave Keon won the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Montreal won the opener 6–2, with Henri Richard recording a hat trick and an assist, and Yvan Cournoyer scoring twice. For the second game, Terry Sawchuk was replaced with Bower and provided the Leafs with a shutout win, stopping all 31 shots in a 3–0 victory. Bower was in net for game three, making 61 saves in the contest and winning the game 3–2 on Bob Pulford's double-overtime goal. This game has been described as "one of the most exciting games ever played".

Bower was injured before game four and Sawchuk had to replace him. Al Smith was called up from the minors to serve as back-up for the fourth and fifth games. The Canadiens defeated the Leafs 6–2 again, this time in Toronto to even the series, with Jean Beliveau and Ralph Backstrom both recording two goals for Montreal. Sawchuk would play well in game five, making 37 saves in a 4–1 victory.

In the sixth game Bower returned to the line-up as back up for Toronto. Gump Worsley would also replace Rogie Vachon for Montreal, who had been pulled in game five. Jim Pappin scored his seventh goal of the playoffs and Sawchuk stopped 40 shots helping Toronto win the Cup. Pappin had four goals and four assists in the final series. Captain George Armstrong scored the 3–1 empty-net insurance goal to put game six out of reach.

|1-1-1 = Larry Hillman (1) – 6:40 |1-1-2 = 6:25 – pp – Yvan Cournoyer (1) 11:19 – Henri Richard (1) |1-2-1 = Jim Pappin (4) – pp – 12:59 |1-2-2 = 5:03 – pp – Yvan Cournoyer (2) 6:36 – Jean Beliveau (3) |1-3-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = 4:53 – Henri Richard (2) 8:21 – Henri Richard (3) |goalie1-1 = Terry Sawchuck 30 saves / 35 shots Johnny Bower 8 saves / 9 shots |goalie1-2 = Rogie Vachon 24 saves / 26 shots

|2-1-1 = Pete Stemkowski (4) – pp – 12:14 |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = Mike Walton (3) – pp – 9:12 Tim Horton (2) – 16:57 |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = Johnny Bower 31 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 = Rogie Vachon 40 saves / 43 shots

|3-1-1 = 8:39 – pp – Pete Stemkowski (5) |3-1-2 = Jean Beliveau (4) – pp – 2:27 |3-2-1 = 10:34 – Jim Pappin (5) |3-2-2 = John Ferguson (4) – 19:10 |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = No scoring |3-4-1 = 8:26 – Bob Pulford (1) |3-4-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Johnny Bower 61 saves / 63 shots |goalie3-2 = Rogie Vachon 51 saves / 54 shots

|4-1-1 = No scoring |4-1-2 = Ralph Backstrom (4) – 12:25 Jean Beliveau (5) – pp – 13:08 |4-2-1 = 2:09 – pp – Mike Walton (4) 12:16 – Tim Horton (3) |4-2-2 = Henri Richard (4) – 2:26 Jean Beliveau (6) – 13:41 Ralph Backstrom (5) – 15:58 |4-3-1 = No scoring |4-3-2 = Jim Roberts (1) – 15:17 |goalie4-1 = Terry Sawchuk 34 saves / 40 shots |goalie4-2 = Rogie Vachon 35 saves / 37 shots

|5-1-1 = Jim Pappin (6) – pp – 15:06 |5-1-2 = 6:03 – Leon Rochefort (1) |5-2-1 = Brian Conacher (3) – 3:07 Marcel Pronovost (1) – sh – 12:02 Dave Keon (3) – 19:27 |5-2-2 = No scoring |5-3-1 = No scoring |5-3-2 = No scoring |goalie5-1 = Terry Sawchuk 37 saves / 38 shots |goalie5-2 = Rogie Vachon 15 saves / 19 shots Gump Worsley 10 saves / 10 shots

|6-1-1 = No scoring |6-1-2 = No scoring |6-2-1 = 6:25 – Ron Ellis (2) 19:24 – Jim Pappin (7) |6-2-2 = No scoring |6-3-1 = 19:13 – en – George Armstrong (2) |6-3-2 = Dick Duff (2) – 5:28 |goalie6-1 = Terry Sawchuk 40 saves / 41 shots |goalie6-2 = Gump Worsley 33 saves / 35 shots

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1967 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Canadiens in game six.

The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup.

1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs

• 30 Terry Sawchuk
• 3 Marcel Pronovost
• 7 Miles Tim Horton
• 21 Bob Baun
• 24 Aut Erickson*
• 26 Allan Stanley (A)
• 12 Pete Stemkowski
• 14 Dave Keon
• 16 Mike Walton
• 22 Brian Conacher
• 25 Milan Marcetta*
• 10 George Armstrong (Captain)
• 15 Larry Jeffrey
• 18 Jim Pappin
• 20 Bob Pulford (A)
• 23 Eddie Shack
• 27 Frank Mahovlich |player-notes=
• • Did not play in the regular season. |non-players=
• Stafford Smythe (President/Owner), Harold Ballard (Exe. Vice President/Owner)
• John W. H. Bassett (Chairman/Owner), George Punch Imlach (Manager-Coach)
• Frank King Clancy (Asst. Manager-Coach), Bob Davidson (Chief Scout)
• John Anderson (Business Manager)
• Bob Haggert (Trainer), Tom Nayler (Asst. Trainer)
• Dr. Karl Elieff (Physiotherapist)
• Richard Smythe (Mascot) |engraving-notes=
• The first "K" in Peter Stemkowski's name was engraved backwards.
• Stafford Smythe's name was misspelled C. ST FFORD SMYTHE PRESIDENT missing an "A". Both mistakes were corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
• The job title for John Anderson was misspelled BUISS MANN (sic)
• Leonard "Red" Kelly won 8 Stanley Cups. He was engraved as Leonard Kelly in 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964. Kelly was engraved as Red Kelly in 1950, 1952, 1967.
• #25 Milan Marcetta (C) played 3 games in the Final and #24 Aut Erickson (D) played 1 game in the Final, qualifying to be on the Stanley Cup engraving. Neither player played a game for Toronto in regular season.
• #1 Johnny Bower (G) was 42 years old when he won his fourth and final Stanley Cup. Bower missed 2 games in the series with an injury. #1 Al Smith (G) was dressed in his place. Smith's name was left off the Cup, because he only played 1 regular season game, and did not play in the playoffs. Al Smith qualified to be on the Cup, because he was dressed in the series.
• Dr. Hugh Symthe (Team Physician) – Also left (His name is on cup 1942 with Toronto as mascot).}}

Won all 4 Stanley Cups in 6 Years with Toronto 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967

• George Armstrong, Bob Baun, Johnny Bower, Larry Hillman, Tim Horton, Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Allan Stanley (11 players), Stafford Smythe, Harold Ballard, John Bassett, Punch Imlach, King Clancy, Bob Haggert, Tom Nayler (7 non-players), Bob Davidson, Karl Elieff (were part of all 4 cups, but were not included on the cup each season.)

Notes

References

References

1. "Stanley Cup".
2. McFarlane (1973), pg. 171