1962 Stanley Cup Finals

1962 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 Games Chicago Black Hawks  1 2 3 4 4 1 2 Toronto Maple Leafs  4 3 0 1 8 2 4
Location: Toronto, ON (Maple Leaf Gardens) (1,2,5) Chicago, IL (Chicago Stadium) (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven 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)
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The 1962 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs who had last appeared in the Final in 1960. The Maple Leafs would win the best-of-seven series four games to two to win the Stanley Cup, their first since 1951.

Paths to the Final

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

The series

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.

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 10	Chicago	1	Toronto	4
April 12	Chicago	2	Toronto	3
April 15	Toronto	0	Chicago	3
April 17	Toronto	1	Chicago	4
April 19	Chicago	4	Toronto	8
April 22	Toronto	2	Chicago	1

Toronto Maple Leafs 1962 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres

• 4 Leonard Red Kelly
• 10 George Armstrong (Captain)
• 14 Dave Keon
• 12 Ron Stewart
• 15 Billy Harris

  Wingers

• 8 John MacMillan
• 9 Dick Duff(A)
• 11 Bob Nevin
• 16 Bert Olmstead(A)
• 20 Bob Pulford
• 23 Eddie Shack
• 25 Ed Litzenberger
• 27 Frank Mahovlich

  Defencemen

• 2 Carl Brewer
• 3 Al Arbour
• 7 Tim Horton
• 21 Bob Baun
• 22 Larry Hillman*
• 26 Allan Stanley

  Goaltenders

• 1 Johnny Bower
• 1 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 5 regular-season games, and spent most of the year in the minors. His name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup.

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1961–62 NHL season

References

• 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