1962 Stanley Cup Finals

1962 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Chicago Black Hawks 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 3 0 1 8 2 4
Location(s)	Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2, 5) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
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)
Stanley Cup Finals

The 1962 Stanley Cup Finals 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 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.

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		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			Johnny Bower

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)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Glenn Hall

Toronto won series 4–2

Game one

April 10

Chicago Black Hawks

1–4 1 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference
	Glenn Hall	Goalies	Johnny Bower	Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: Ron Wicks George Hayes
	3:35 – Bobby Hull 5 (Pierre Pilote, Stan Mikita) (PP) 1 – 0 1 – 1 Dave Keon 4 (George Armstrong) – 1:32 1 – 2 Frank Mahovlich (Red Kelly, Ron Stewart) (PP) – 13:54 1 – 3 George Armstrong 5 (Dick Duff) – 6:03 1 – 4 Tim Horton 3 (George Armstrong, Dave Keon) – 14:32
	8:24 – Jack Evans 11:49 – Bobby Hull 11:49 – Jack Evans 11:55 – Eric Nesterenko 4:22 – Murray Balfour 13:43 – Eric Nesterenko 17:33 – Pierre Pilote 3:26 – Reggie Fleming min	Penalties	Tim Horton – 3:20 (Dick Duff) – 3:44 Bob Baun – 11:49 Carl Brewer – 11:49 Tim Horton – 11:55 Carl Brewer – 10:38 Frank Mahovlich – 19:29 Bob Baun – 17:22 min
	26	Shots	37

Game two

April 12

Chicago Black Hawks

2–3 0 – 1, 0 – 0, 2 – 2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference
	Glenn Hall	Goalies	Johnny Bower	Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: George Hayes Ron Wicks
	0 – 1 Billy Harris 1 (Tim Horton, Ron Stewart) (PP) – 2:35 8:47 – Stan Mikita 3 (Ken Wharram, Ab McDonald) 1 – 1 1 – 2 Frank Mahovlich 4 (Ron Stewart, Red Kelly) – 9:47 1 – 3 George Armstrong 6 (Dick Duff, Allan Stanley) – 16:08 18:27 – Stan Mikita 4 (Pierre Pilote, Bobby Hull) 2 – 3
	1:19 – Murray Balfour 12:34 – Eric Nesterenko 17:31 – Pierre Pilote 2:17 – Jack Evans 4:03 – Elmer Vasko 17:04 – Bill Hay min	Penalties	Dick Duff – 3:57 Carl Brewer – 12:34 Carl Brewer – 15:33 Bob Nevin – 6:25 Carl Brewer – 17:04 min
	31	Shots	29

Game three

April 15

Toronto Maple Leafs

0–3 0 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1

Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Stadium

Game reference
	Johnny Bower	Goalies	Glenn Hall	Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: Neil Armstrong Matt Pavelich
	0 – 1 Stan Mikita 5 (Pierre Pilote, Ab McDonald) – 4:35 0 – 2 Ab McDonald 4 (Pierre Pilote, Bill Hay) (PP) – 8:33 0 – 3 Bronco Horvath 4 (Eric Nesterenko) – 19:21
	7:06 – Bob Baun 2:03 – Tim Horton 7:15 – Carl Brewer 14:55 – Eddie Shack 2:42 – Eddie Shack 16:14 – Eddie Shack 19:21 – Dick Duff (10-minute misconduct) min	Penalties	Bobby Hull – 2:41 Reggie Fleming – 2:03 Dollard St. Laurent – 8:51 Gerry Melnyk – 2:42 min
	33	Shots	19

Game four

April 17

Toronto Maple Leafs

1–4 1 – 2, 0 – 2, 0 – 0

Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Stadium

Game reference
	Johnny Bower, Don Simmons (14:40 of first period)	Goalies	Glenn Hall	Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Matt Pavelich Neil Armstrong
	0 – 1 Bobby Hull 6 (Stan Mikita) – 10:35 0 – 2 Reggie Fleming 1 (Eric Nesterenko) – 15:41 18:06 – Red Kelly 4 (Dick Duff, George Armstrong) (PP) 1 – 2 1 – 3 Bobby Hull 7 (Stan Mikita, Bill Hay) – 0:46 1 – 4 Reggie Fleming 2 (Bronco Horvath, Eric Nesterenko) – 7:31
	0:17 – Bob Baun (major) 1:46 – Frank Mahovlich 7:08 – Carl Brewer 5:21 – Allan Stanley 7:08 – Bob Pulford (10-minute misconduct) 10:53 – Ron Stewart 0:33 – Carl Brewer 8:54 – Eddie Shack 14:30 – Tim Horton 14:30 – Frank Mahovlich (major, game misconduct) min	Penalties	Murray Balfour – 0:17 (major) Bronco Horvath – 7:08 Eric Nesterenko – 12:05 Kenny Wharram – 17:37 Murray Balfour – 10:53 Dollard St. Laurent – 12:52 Murray Balfour – 8:54 Reggie Fleming – 14:30 Stan Mikita (major, game misconduct) – 14:30 Reggie Fleming – 17:24 Jack Evans – 19:31 min
	29	Shots	30

Game five

April 19

Chicago Black Hawks

4–8 1 – 2, 2 – 3, 1 – 3

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference
	Glenn Hall	Goalies	Don Simmons	Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: Ron Wicks George Hayes
	0 – 1 Bob Pulford 5 (Bert Olmstead, Bob Nevin) – 0:17 0 – 2 Bob Pulford 6 (unassisted) – 17:45 18:05 – Murray Balfour 1 (Bill Hay, Bobby Hull) 1 – 2 0:59 – Ab McDonald 5 (Stan Mikita, Dollard St. Laurent) 2 – 2 3:07 – Ab McDonald 6 (Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita) (PP) 3 – 2 3 – 3 Billy Harris 2 (Tim Horton, Frank Mahovlich) – 8:31 3 – 4 Dave Keon 5 (Tim Horton, Frank Mahovlich) (PP) – 9:50 3 – 5 Frank Mahovlich 5 (Red Kelly, Ron Stewart) – 13:24 3 – 6 George Armstrong 6 (Carl Brewer, Bob Baun) – 4:41 3 – 7 Frank Mahovlich 6 (Ron Stewart, Bob Baun) – 6:31 10:31 – Bob Turner 1 (Eric Nesterenko, Dollard St. Laurent) (SH) 4 – 7 4 – 8 Bob Pulford 7 (Billy Harris, Tim Horton) (PP) – 13:51
	5:44 – Bill Hay 10:56 – Jack Evans 8:11 – Reggie Fleming 8:51 – Kenny Wharram 15:15 – Dollard St. Laurent 16:39 – Reggie Fleming 10:12 – Reggie Fleming 12:40 – Pierre Pilote 14:07 – Bronco Horvath min	Penalties	Bob Nevin – 0:51 Eddie Shack – 3:47 Carl Brewer – 8:12 Bob Pulford – 16:39 Dick Duff – 1:53 Eddie Shack – 8:11 Bob Baun – 1:10 min
	36	Shots	26

Game six

April 22

Toronto Maple Leafs

2–1 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 2 – 1

Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Stadium

Game reference
	Don Simmons	Goalies	Glenn Hall	Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Neil Armstrong Matt Pavelich
	0 – 1 Bobby Hull 8 (Stan Mikita, Bill Hay) – 8:56 10:29 – Bob Nevin 2 (Bob Baun, Frank Mahovlich) 1 – 1 14:14 – Dick Duff 3 (Tim Horton, George Armstrong) (PP) 2 – 1
	12:09 – Bob Pulford 11:46 – Bob Baun 4:30 – Tim Horton 19:02 – Tim Horton min	Penalties	Jack Evans – 2:57 Bobby Hull – 6:08 Reggie Fleming – 5:19 Eric Nesterenko – 7:42 Dollard St. Laurent – 18:07 Eric Nesterenko – 13:27 min
	20	Shots	35

Toronto Maple Leafs 1962 Stanley Cup Champions

Players

  Centres

  Wingers

• 8 John MacMillan
• 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

  Defencemen

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

  Goaltenders

• 1 Johnny Bower
• 1-30 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 3 regular-season games, and spent most of the year in the minors. His name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup.
• Dr. Karl Elieff (Physiotherapist), Dr. Jame Murphy, Dr. Hugh Smythe (Team Doctors) - left off

See also

• 1961–62 NHL season

References

• "All-Time NHL Results".
• 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.