1967 Stanley Cup Finals

	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	2	3	3	2	4	3	4
Montreal Canadiens	6	0	2	6	1	1	2

* indicates periods of overtime.

Location(s)

Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5)
Toronto, ON (Maple Leaf Gardens) (3,4,6)

Coaches

Toronto: Punch Imlach
Montreal: Toe Blake

Captains

Toronto: George Armstrong
Montreal: Jean Beliveau

Dates

April 20 to May 2, 1967

MVP

Dave Keon

Series-winning goal

Jim Pappin (19:24, second, G6)

The 1967 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series played between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs ended up winning the series, four games to two. In doing this, they won their thirteenth Stanley Cup. To date, this is Toronto's most recent Stanley Cup championship, most recent appearance in the championship final, and is tied for the longest-active championship drought in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues (who have never won since joining the NHL in 1967) at 49 seasons. The 1967 Stanley Cup Final was also the last Stanley Cup Final in the Original Six Era.

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

The average age of the Leafs' players was 31, the oldest lineup to win the Cup.Johnny Bower was 42 and Allan Stanley was 41. Dave Keon won the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Montreal won the opener 6–2 Toronto. For the second game, Terry Sawchuk was replaced with Bower and provided the Leafs with a shutout win, 3–0. Bower was in net for game three and won 3–2 on Bob Pulford's overtime goal. This game has been described as "one of the most exciting games ever played".

Bower was injured before game four and Sawchuk had to replace him. Al Smith was called up from the minors to serve as back-up for the fourth and fifth games. The Canadiens defeated the Leafs 6–2 again, this time in Toronto to even the series. Sawchuk would play well in the next two games, backstopping the Leafs to the Cup.

In the sixth game Bower returned to the line-up as back up. Jim Pappin scored his seventh goal of the playoffs and Sawchuk stopped 41 shots helping Toronto win the Cup. Pappin had four goals and four assists in the final series. Captain George Armstrong scored the 3-1 empty-net insurance goal to put Game 6 out of reach.

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