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

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 10 9 7 26 8 15 14 27

Game two

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 9 12 10 31 10 10 14 34

Game three

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 5 8 6 19 8 13 15 36

Game four

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 10 7 14 31 15 13 5 33

Game five

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 13 11 6 31 10 15 19 44

Game six

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 13 14 10 37 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

See also 1961–62 NHL season

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