1964 Stanley Cup Finals

1964 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams12*3456*7Games
Detroit Red Wings 24422303
Toronto Maple Leafs  3 3 34 1 4 4 4

* indicates periods of overtime.

Location:Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) (1,2,5,7)
Detroit (Detroit Olympia) (3,4,6)
Format:Best-of-seven
Coaches:Detroit: Sid Abel
Toronto: Punch Imlach
Captains:Detroit: Alex Delvecchio
Toronto: George Armstrong
Dates:April 11 to April 25, 1964
Series-winning
goal:
Andy Bathgate (3:04, first, G7)
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The 1964 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings for the second straight year. The Maple Leafs would win the best-of-seven series four games to three to win the Stanley Cup, their third-straight championship. There would not be another Game 7 at Maple Leaf Gardens for almost three decades.

Paths to the Final

Toronto defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 to advance to the finals and Detroit defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–3.

The series

This series is famous for the courageous play of Bob Baun. In game six of the Final, he took a Gordie Howe slapshot on his ankle and had to leave play. He returned in overtime and scored the winning goal. He also played in game seven despite the pain and only after the series was over, was it revealed that he had broken the ankle.

Until 2008–09 finals, John MacMillan was the only player to play in back-to-back finals with different teams in successive series that pitted the same teams against each other. MacMillan won the Cup with the 1963 Toronto Maple Leafs in a five-game decision over Detroit, and then lost the 1964 Cup final to the Leafs as a member of the Red Wings.

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
April 11 Detroit 2 Toronto 3
April 14 Detroit 4 Toronto 3 OT
April 16 Toronto 3 Detroit 4
April 18 Toronto 4 Detroit 2
April 21 Detroit 2 Toronto 1
April 23 Toronto 4 Detroit 3 OT
April 25 Detroit 0 Toronto 4

Toronto wins Stanley Cup four games to three

Game 1

April 11 Detroit Red Wings 2–3
2 – 1, 0 – 0, 0 – 2
Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens

Toronto Maple Leafs 1964 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

Notes

    References

    Preceded by
    Toronto Maple Leafs
    1963
    Toronto Maple Leafs
    Stanley Cup Champions

    1964
    Succeeded by
    Montreal Canadiens
    1965
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