1962 Stanley Cup Final

1962 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1962 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Pierre Pilote Rudy Pilous Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto George Armstrong Punch Imlach 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 4 3 0 1 8 2 4 April 10–22, 1962 Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2, 5) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) 1 Dick Duff (14:14, third) 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)Officials:Neil Armstrong (1991)George Hayes (1988)Matt Pavelich (1987)Frank Udvari (1973) 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.Diamond, p. 51 Game one Chicago Black Hawks Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens April 10 1–4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-tor/1962/04/10/1961030211#game=1961030211,game_state=final George Armstrong recorded 3 points in a 4–1 victory for Toronto as they took a 1–0 series lead. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Bobby Hull (3) – pp Pierre Pilote (4) and Stan Mikita (11) 03:35 1–0 CHI 2nd TOR Dave Keon (4) Dick Duff (7) and George Armstrong (2) 01:32 1–1 TOR Frank Mahovlich (3) – pp Tim Horton (8) and Ron Stewart (2) 13:54 2–1 TOR 3rd TOR George Armstrong (5) Dick Duff (8) 06:03 3–1 TOR TOR Tim Horton (3) George Armstrong (3) and Dave Keon (3) 14:32 4–1 TOR Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st TOR Tim Horton Holding 03:20 2:00 TOR Dick Duff Boarding 03:44 2:00 CHI Jack Evans Holding 08:24 2:00 CHI Jack Evans Roughing 11:49 2:00 CHI Bobby Hull Roughing 11:49 2:00 TOR Bobby Baun Roughing 11:49 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer Roughing 11:49 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko Holding 11:55 2:00 TOR Tim Horton Holding 11:55 2:00 2nd CHI Murray Balfour Holding 04:22 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer High-sticking 10:38 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko Roughing 13:43 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko High-sticking 14:30 2:00 CHI Pierre Pilote Hooking 17:36 2:00 TOR Frank Mahovlich Holding 19:29 2:00 3rd CHI Reg Fleming Hooking 03:26 2:00 TOR Bobby Baun Holding 17:22 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Chicago 10 9 7 26 Toronto 8 15 14 27 Game two Chicago Black Hawks Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens April 12 2–3 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-tor/1962/04/12/1961030212 Although Stan Mikita scored twice for Chicago in game two, the Maple Leafs would win the game by a score of 3–2, giving them a 2–0 lead in the series. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st TOR Billy Harris (3) – pp Pierre Pilote (4) and Stan Mikita (11) 02:35 1–0 TOR 2nd None 3rd CHI Stan Mikita (4) Ab McDonald (5) and Kenny Wharram (4) 08:47 1–1 TOR Frank Mahovlich (4) Ron Stewart (4) and Red Kelly (5) 09:47 2–1 TOR TOR George Armstrong (6) Dick Duff (9) and Allan Stanley (3) 16:08 3–1 TOR CHI Stan Mikita (5) Pierre Pilote (5) and Bobby Hull (3) 18:27 3–2 TOR Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Murray Balfour Boarding 01:19 2:00 TOR Dick Duff Cross-checking 03:57 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko High-sticking 12:34 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer High-sticking 12:34 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer Boarding 15:33 2:00 CHI Pierre Pilote Cross-checking 17:31 2:00 2nd CHI Jack Evans Hooking 02:17 2:00 TOR Bob Nevin Holding 06:25 2:00 3rd CHI Elmer Vasko Tripping 04:03 2:00 CHI Bill Hay High-sticking 17:04 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer High-sticking 17:04 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Chicago 9 12 10 31 Toronto 10 10 14 34 Game three Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium April 15 0–3 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-chi/1962/04/15/1961030213 Glenn Hall made 19 saves in game three to record his second shutout of the postseason. The Black Hawks won the game 3–0 and cut the series lead in half. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd CHI Stan Mikita (4) Pierre Pilote (6) and Ab McDonald (6) 04:35 1–0 CHI CHI Ab McDonald (4) – pp Pierre Pilote (7) and Bill Hay (4) 08:33 2–0 CHI 3rd CHI Bronco Horvath (4) – en Eric Nesterenko (2) 19:21 3–0 CHI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Bobby Hull High-sticking 02:41 2:00 TOR Bob Baun Charging 07:06 2:00 2nd CHI Reg Fleming Roughing 02:03 2:00 TOR Tim Horton Roughing 02:03 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer Holding 07:15 2:00 CHI Dollard St. Laurent Holding 08:51 2:00 TOR Eddie Shack Tripping 14:55 2:00 3rd CHI Gerry Melnyk Roughing 02:42 2:00 TOR Eddie Shack Roughing 02:42 2:00 TOR Eddie Shack Charging 16:14 2:00 TOR Dick Duff Misconduct 19:21 10:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Toronto 5 8 6 19 Chicago 8 13 15 36 Game four Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium April 17 1–4 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-chi/1962/04/17/1961030214 Bobby Hull and Reg Fleming both scored twice for Chicago in game four, and the Black Hawks won the game 4–1 and tied the series. Toronto also lost goaltender Johnny Bower during the first period to an injury, and he would not return for the remainder of the series. Late in the third period, Frank Mahovlich and Stan Mikita both received major penalties for slashing and were ejected from the game. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Bobby Hull (6) Stan Mikita (12) 10:35 1–0 CHI CHI Reg Fleming (1) Eric Nesterenko (3) 15:41 2–0 CHI TOR Red Kelly (4) – pp George Armstrong (4) and Dick Duff (10) 18:08 2–1 CHI 2nd CHI Bobby Hull (7) – pp Bill Hay (5) and Stan Mikita (13) 00:46 3–1 CHI CHI Reg Fleming (2) Eric Nesterenko (3) and Bronco Horvath (1) 07:31 4–1 CHI 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Murray Balfour Fighting – major 00:17 5:00 TOR Bobby Baun Fighting – major 00:17 5:00 TOR Frank Mahovlich High-sticking 01:46 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko Roughing 07:08 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer Roughing 07:08 2:00 CHI Kenny Wharram Tripping 17:37 2:00 2nd TOR Frank Mahovlich Charging 00:29 2:00 TOR Allan Stanley Charging 05:21 2:00 TOR Bob Pulford Misconduct 07:31 10:00 CHI Reg Fleming Roughing 10:53 2:00 TOR Ron Stewart Roughing 10:53 2:00 CHI Dollard St. Laurent Holding 12:42 2:00 3rd TOR Carl Brewer Holding 00:33 2:00 CHI Murray Balfour Roughing 08:54 2:00 TOR Eddie Shack Roughing 08:54 2:00 CHI Reg Fleming Roughing 14:30 2:00 TOR Tim Horton Roughing 14:30 2:00 CHI Reg Fleming Cross-checking 17:24 2:00 CHI Stan Mikita Slashing – major 17:24 5:00 CHI Stan Mikita Game misconduct 17:24 10:00 TOR Frank Mahovlich Slashing – major 17:24 5:00 TOR Frank Mahovlich Game misconduct 17:24 10:00 CHI Jack Evans Hooking 19:31 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Toronto 10 7 14 31 Chicago 15 13 5 33 Game five Chicago Black Hawks Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens April 19 4–8 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-tor/1962/04/19/1961030215 With Johnny Bower being injured in game four, Don Simmons would have to take his place in net for Toronto. In game five, Bobby Hull recorded three points and Ab McDonald scored twice for Chicago. However, the Maple Leafs would emerge victorious, with Bob Pulford recording a hat trick, and Frank Mahovlich recording 4 points in an 8–4 victory to take a 3–2 lead in the series. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st TOR Bob Pulford (5) Bob Nevin (4) and Bert Olmstead (1) 00:17 1–0 TOR TOR Bob Pulford (6) Unassisted 17:45 2–0 TOR CHI Murray Balfour (1) Bill Hay (4) and Bobby Hull (4) 18:05 2–1 TOR 2nd CHI Ab McDonald (5) Stan Mikita (14) and Bobby Hull (5) 00:59 2–2 CHI Ab McDonald (6) – pp Bobby Hull (6) and Stan Mikita (15) 03:07 3–2 CHI TOR Billy Harris (2) Frank Mahovlich (4) and Tim Horton (10) 08:31 3–3 TOR Dave Keon (5) – pp Tim Horton (11) and Frank Mahovlich (4) 09:50 4–3 TOR TOR Frank Mahovlich (5) Red Kelly (6) and Ron Stewart (5) 18:05 5–3 TOR 3rd TOR George Armstrong (7) Carl Brewer (2) and Bobby Baun (1) 04:41 6–3 TOR TOR Frank Mahovlich (6) Ron Stewart (6) and Bobby Baun (2) 06:31 7–3 TOR CHI Bob Turner (2) – sh Dollard St. Laurent (4) and Eric Nesterenko (5) 10:31 7–4 TOR TOR Bob Pulford (7) – pp Tim Horton (11) and Frank Mahovlich (4) 13:51 8–4 TOR Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st TOR Bob Nevin Boarding 00:31 2:00 TOR Eddie Shack Cross-checking 03:47 2:00 CHI Bill Hay High-sticking 05:44 2:00 TOR Carl Brewer Tripping 08:12 2:00 TOR Jack Evans Holding 10:56 2:00 2nd TOR Dick Duff Charging 01:53 2:00 CHI Reg Fleming Cross-checking 08:11 2:00 TOR Eddie Shack High-sticking 08:11 2:00 CHI Kenny Wharram Holding 08:51 2:00 CHI Dollard St. Laurent Tripping 15:15 2:00 CHI Reg Fleming Roughing 16:39 2:00 TOR Bob Pulford Roughing 16:39 2:00 3rd TOR Bobby Baun Cross-checking 01:10 2:00 CHI Reg Fleming High-sticking 10:12 2:00 CHI Pierre Pilote Cross-checking 12:43 2:00 CHI Bronco Horvath Tripping 14:07 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Chicago 13 11 6 31 Toronto 10 15 19 44 Game six Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium April 22 2–1 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-chi/1962/04/22/1961030216 Game six remained scoreless until Bobby Hull gave the Black Hawks the game's first lead in the third period. One minute and thirty-three seconds later, Bob Nevin would score to tie the game again. Dick Duff scored a power-play goal with 5:46 remaining whilst the Maple Leafs would win their first Stanley Cup in 11 years. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd None 3rd CHI Bobby Hull (8) Murray Balfour (1) and Bill Hay (7) 08:56 1–0 CHI TOR Bob Nevin (2) Bobby Baun (3) and Frank Mahovlich (6) 10:29 1–1 TOR Dick Duff (3) – pp Tim Horton (13) and George Armstrong (5) 14:14 2–1 CHI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Jack Evans Holding 02:57 2:00 CHI Bobby Hull Boarding 06:08 2:00 TOR Bob Pulford High-sticking 12:09 2:00 2nd CHI Reg Fleming Tripping 05:19 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko High-sticking 07:42 2:00 TOR Bobby Baun Holding 11:46 2:00 CHI Dollard St. Laurent Holding 18:07 2:00 3rd TOR Tim Horton Tripping 04:30 2:00 CHI Eric Nesterenko Hooking 13:27 2:00 TOR Tim Horton Tripping 19:02 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Toronto 13 14 10 37 Chicago 4 8 9 21 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 Johnny Bower 1-30 Don Simmons *2 Carl Brewer 3 Al Arbour 7 Miles Tim Horton 21 Bob Baun 22 Larry Hillman* 26 Allan Stanley *4 Leonard Red Kelly 14 Dave Keon 15 Billy Harris *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 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) * 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 See also 1961–62 NHL season Notes References http://www.nhl.com/info/all-time-nhl-playoff-results https://web.archive.org/web/20170724171920/https://www.nhl.com/info/all-time-nhl-playoff-results dead July 24, 2017 All-Time NHL Results Diamond, Dan Total Stanley Cup 2008 Dan Diamond and Associates Toronto Podnieks Andrew Lord Stanley's Cup 2004 Bolton, Ont. 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