The 1962 Stanley Cup Finals was the

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of the

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's (NHL) 1961–62 season, and the culmination of the 1962 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion

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and the

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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

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, their first since 1951.

Paths to the Finals

Toronto defeated the

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to advance to the finals and Chicago defeated the

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Game summaries

Stan Mikita Stanley Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth; May 20, 1940 – August 7, 2018) was a Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 2017, he was n ...

broke

Gordie Howe Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seaso ...

's 1955 playoff record of 20 points, finishing with 21, but it was not enough as the Leafs would defeat the Black Hawks.

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, making his playoff debut, scored two goals and an assist in the Final.Diamond, p. 51

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1962 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong by NHL President

Clarence Campbell Clarence Sutherland Campbell, (July 9, 1905 – June 24, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey executive, referee, and soldier. He refereed in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1930s, served in the Canadian Army during World War II, then s ...

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

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Paths to the Finals

Game summaries

Stanley Cup engraving

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