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1967 Stanley Cup playoffs
NHL postseason tournament
NHL postseason tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Stanley Cup playoffs |
| year | 1967 |
| dates | April 6 – May 2, 1967 |
| num_teams | 4 |
| defending_champions | [Montreal Canadiens](1966-67-montreal-canadiens-season) |
| winners | [Toronto Maple Leafs](1966-67-toronto-maple-leafs-season) |
| second | [Montreal Canadiens](1966-67-montreal-canadiens-season) |
| prev_season | [1966](1966-stanley-cup-playoffs) |
| next_season | [1968](1968-stanley-cup-playoffs) |
The 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1966–67 season, and the final postseason before the expansion from six to twelve teams. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the defending champions the Montreal Canadiens, in six games to win the Stanley Cup. The Leafs squad was the oldest ever to win a Cup final; the average age of the team was well more than 30, and four players were more than 40. Toronto has not won the Cup or been to the Finals since.
Playoff seeds
The top four out of the six teams in the league qualified for the playoffs:
- Chicago Black Hawks – 94 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 77 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 75 points
- New York Rangers – 72 points
Playoff bracket
In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). In the semifinals, the first-place team played the third-place team, while the second-place team played the fourth-place team. The winners of the semifinals then played for the Stanley Cup.
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Chicago | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=Toronto | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Montreal | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=New York | RD1-score4=0 | RD2-seed1=3 | RD2-team1=Toronto | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Montreal | RD2-score2=2
Semifinals
(1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs
The Chicago Black Hawks was the best regular season team with 94 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned the third seed with 75 points. This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams, with Toronto winning three of their five previous series. Their most recent series had come in the 1962 Stanley Cup Finals, which Toronto won in six games. Chicago earned eighteen of twenty-eight points in this year's regular season series.
Despite Chicago's impressive regular season marks, the third seed Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.
|1-1-1 =Frank Mahovlich (1) - pp - 7:12 |1-1-2 =5:21 - pp - Kenny Wharram (1) 11:49 - Pierre Pilote (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =1:57 - pp - Bobby Hull (1) 13:44 - Stan Mikita (1) |1-3-1 =Jim Pappin (1) - pp - 19:52 |1-3-2 =9:41 - Lou Angotti (1) |goalie1-1 =Terry Sawchuk 37 saves / 42 shots |goalie1-2 =Denis DeJordy 42 saves / 44 shots
|2-1-1 =Pete Stemkowski (1) - 8:07 Dave Keon (1) - sh - 18:33 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =George Armstrong (1) - pp - 8:24 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =8:45 - Stan Mikita (2) |goalie2-1 =Terry Sawchuk 33 saves / 34 shots |goalie2-2 =Denis DeJordy 22 saves / 25 shots
|3-1-1 =11:10 - Ron Ellis (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =10:22 - pp - Frank Mahovlich (2) 19:15 - Jim Pappin (2) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Bobby Hull (2) - pp - 16:30 |goalie3-1 =Terry Sawchuk 35 saves / 36 shots |goalie3-2 =Glenn Hall 33 saves / 36 shots
|4-1-1 =3:42 - Dave Keon (2) 10:14 - pp - Tim Horton (1) |4-1-2 =Kenny Wharram (2) - 00:09 Pierre Pilote (2) - 8:32 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =2:31 - Eric Nesterenko (1) 8:42 - Bobby Hull (3) |4-3-2 =Mike Walton (1) - 17:37 |goalie4-1 =Terry Sawchuk 22 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Denis DeJordy 2 saves / 3 shots Glenn Hall 28 saves / 30 shots
|5-1-1 =Mike Walton (2) - pp - 6:16 Frank Mahovlich (3) - pp - 14:14 |5-1-2 =9:31 - Lou Angotti (2) 11:01 - Bobby Hull (4) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =Pete Stemkowski (2) - 2:11 Jim Pappin (3) - 17:14 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 = Johnny Bower 10 saves / 12 shots Terry Sawchuk 37 saves / 37 shots |goalie5-2 =Denis DeJordy 27 saves / 31 shots
|6-1-1 =5:06 - Brian Conacher (1) |6-1-2 =Pat Stapleton (1) - sh - 14:38 |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =4:47 - Brian Conacher (2) 13:06 - Pete Stemkowski (3) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Terry Sawchuk 34 saves / 35 shots |goalie6-2 =Glenn Hall 34 saves / 37 shots
(2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Rangers
Montreal earned the second seed with 77 points. New York earned the fourth seed with 72 points. This was the eighth playoff series between these two teams, with New York winning four of their seven previous series. Their most recent series had come in the 1957 semifinals, where Montreal defeated New York in five games. Montreal earned sixteen out of twenty-eight points in this year's regular season series.
Montreal defeated the Rangers in a four-game sweep.
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Bernie Geoffrion (1) - pp - 3:46 Rod Gilbert (1) - pp - 16:06 |1-2-2 =9:34 - Ralph Backstrom (1) |1-3-1 =Rod Gilbert (2) - pp - 1:49 Vic Hadfield (1) - 5:18 |1-3-2 =9:12 - Claude Provost (1) 9:34 - J.C. Tremblay (1) 11:03 - John Ferguson (1) 14:55 - Ralph Backstrom (2) 18:07 - Jean Beliveau (1) |goalie1-1 =Eddie Giacomin 30 saves / 36 shots |goalie1-2 =Rogie Vachon 22 saves / 26 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =8:55 - pp - Dick Duff (1) |2-2-1 =Bernie Geoffrion (2) - pp - 12:03 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =7:46 - pp - John Ferguson (2) 13:25 - Ralph Backstrom (3) |goalie2-1 =Eddie Giacomin 28 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Rogie Vachon 26 saves / 27 shots
|3-1-1 =15:51 - pp - Jim Neilson (1) |3-1-2 =Claude Larose (1) - 00:13 Jean Beliveau (2) - 3:09 |3-2-1 =4:34 - Earl Ingarfield (1) |3-2-2 =Bobby Rousseau (1) - pp - 2:05 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Eddie Giacomin 35 saves / 38 shots |goalie3-2 =Rogie Vachon 28 saves / 30 shots
|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =J.C. Tremblay (2) - 10:46 |4-2-1 =17:56 - pp - Phil Goyette (1) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =John Ferguson (3) - 6:28 |goalie4-1 =Eddie Giacomin 27 saves / 29 shots |goalie4-2 =Rogie Vachon 33 saves / 34 shots
Finals
Main article: 1967 Stanley Cup Finals
The Montreal Canadiens were the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. In the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals, Montreal defeated Detroit in six games. This was their 24th Stanley Cup Finals overall, having won the championship fourteen times previously. This was the Toronto Maple Leafs' twenty-first and most recent Stanley Cup Finals, having won twelve championships previously. This was the thirteenth playoff series between these two teams, and they split their twelve previous series. Their most recent series came in the 1966 semifinals, where Montreal won in a four-game sweep. These teams split their fourteen-game regular season series.
After splitting the first four games, the Maple Leafs won games five and six to win the series to date this is the last Time the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup or went to the Stanley Cup Finals and the last team from Ontario to do so until The Ottawa Senators in 2007.
|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 Sawchuk 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 =Jimmy 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
Statistical leaders
Leading scorers
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Pappin | Toronto | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Pete Stemkowski | Toronto | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Jean Beliveau | Montreal | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Bob Pulford | Toronto | 12 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Henri Richard | Montreal | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Frank Mahovlich | Toronto | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Leading goaltenders
| Player | Team | GP | GA | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Sawchuk | Toronto | 10 | 25 | 2.65 |
| Rogatien Vachon | Montreal | 9 | 22 | 2.38 |
Awards and records
- Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP) – Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
References
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