1967 Stanley Cup Finals

Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=1967
team1=Toronto Maple Leafs
team1_1=2
team1_2=3
team1_3=3
team1_4=2
team1_5=4
team1_6=3
team1_tot=4
team2=Montreal Canadiens
team2_1=6
team2_2=0
team2_3=2
team2_4=6
team2_5=1
team2_6=1
team2_tot=2
dates=April 20 to May 2, 1967
location1=Montreal (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5)
location2=Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) (3,4,6)
mvp=Dave Keon
series_winner=Jim Pappin (19:24, 2nd)
coaches=Toronto: Punch Imlach Montreal: Toe Blake

The 1967 Stanley Cup Finals were played from April 20 to May 2, 1967 between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs would win the best-of-seven series 4–2 to win their thirteenth Stanley Cup. This is Toronto's most recent Stanley Cup championship, and most recent appearance in the championship final.

Paths to the Final

This was the last Stanley Cup before the 1967 expansion which meant only three series in total were played in the playoffs. Montreal defeated New York to advance to the finals and Toronto defeated Chicago.

The series

The average age of the Leafs' players was 31, the oldest lineup to win the Cup. [cite book|title=Stanley Cup|pages=pg.42] Johnny Bower was 42 and Allan Stanley was 41. Dave Keon won the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Montreal won the opener 6–2, soundly trouncing Toronto. Toronto came back and won the next two, with game three won 3–2 on Bob Pulford's overtime goal. This game has been described as "one of the most exciting games ever played". [McFarlane(1973), pg. 171]

Johnny Bower was injured before game four and Terry Sawchuk had to take over, and looked shaky. Sawchuk would play very well in the next two games, backstopping the Leafs to the Cup. In the seventh game, Jim Pappin scored his seventh goal of the playoffs and Sawchuk stopped 41 shots.

Toronto Maple Leafs 1967 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*1 Johnny Bower
*30 Terry Sawchuk
*1 Al Smith††
*35 Bruce Gamble†
defence=*3 Marcel Pronovost
*7 Miles Tim Horton
*16 Larry Hillman
*19 Kent Douglas†
*21 Bob Baun
*24 Aut Erickson
*26 Allan Stanley (A. Capt.)
centers=*4 Lenoard Red Kelly
*10 George Armstrong (Captain)
*12 Pete Stemkowski
*14 Dave Keon
*15 Mike Walton
*25 Milan Marcetta
wingers=*11 Ron Ellis
*18 Jim Pappin
*20 Bob Pulford (A. Capt.)
*22 Larry Jeffrey
*23 Eddie Shack
*24 John Brenneman†
*27 Frank Mahovlich
non-players=
* Stafford Smythe (President/Owner), Harold Ballard (Vice President/Owner)
*John Bassett (Chairman/Owner), George Punch Imlach (Manager-Coach)
* Frank King Clancy (Ass’t Manager-Coach), Bob Davidson (Chief Scout)
* John Anderson (Business Manager), Bob Haggert (Trainer)
* Tom Nayler (Ass’t Trainer), Dr. Karl Eliett (Physiotherapist)
* Richard Smythe (Mascot).† Bruce Gamble, Kent Douglas, and John Brenneman were sent to the minors before the trading deadline. Qualified to win the cup, but name was left off.†† Johnny Bower missed 2 games in the finals with an injury. Al Smith was dressed in his place. Smith name was left off the cup, because only played 1 regular season games, and did not play in the playoffs. Al Smith qualified to be on the cup, because he was dressed in the finals.
engraving-notes=
* The "K" in Peter Stemkowski name was engraved backwards.
* Stafford Smythe name was misspelled C. ST FFORD SMYTHE PRESIDENT missing an "A". Both mistakes were corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
* Leonard "Red" Kelly won 8 Stanley Cups. He was engraved as Leonard Kelly in 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964. Kelly was engraved as Red Kelly in 1950, 1952, 1967.
* Johnny Bower was 42 years old when won 4th and final Stanley Cup.

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;Non-players

Won all 4 Stanley Cups in 7 Years with Toronto 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967

George Armstrong, Bob Baun, Johnny Bower, Larry Hilliman, Tim Horton, Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Allan Stanley (11 players), Stafford Smythe, Harold Ballard, John Bassette, Punch Imlach, King Clancy, Bob Haggart, Tom Nayler (7 non-players)

tanley Cup engraving

ee also

* List of Stanley Cup champions
* 1966–67 NHL season

References

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*cite book|title=The History of the National Hockey League |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |year=1973 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |id=SBN 684-13424-1
* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1–55168–261–3.

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