Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Game #7

Saturday 18th May 1968
Stanley Cup Finals
Philadelphia Flyers @ Montreal Canadiens

It took until game seven - a third for Montreal this postseason and a first for Philadelphia - for the Canadiens to finally get under the skin of the Flyers and go to town on the powerplay. Three goals on the man advantage through two periods saw Montreal take a commanding 3-0 lead as Beliveau (13) scored for the third game running. Lamaire (2) and Ferguson (5), who had not scored since games two and three respectively of the Toronto series, made it a happy time in Montreal with Beliveau and Rousseau coming away with two points each in the game.

It was 4-0 in the third peiord when Grant (2) scored, adding to his empty netter that sealed the series win against the Leafs, as he marched up the ice after Worsley stoned the Flyers on a rebound chance at the end of their powerplay. After control of the match was firmly dictated by the Habs the final frame was a wild encounter with chances galore for both teams, but only a goal was scored on either netminder with JC Watson (4) grabbing his only goal since way back in the Kings series.

Philadelphia had as many chances as the hosts on the powerplay but they faild to score on any them, including a 5-on-3 late in the game. And that lack of discipline means that the Montreal Canadiens are Stanley Cup Champions.

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
PHI	@	0	0	1		1
MON		1	2	1		4

PHI Parent (8-8 .904 2.88) 32/36, Powerplay 0/9
MON Worsley (11-8 .902 2.79) 24/25, Powerplay 3/9

Goalscorers:
First Period
MON PPG Beliveau (13) Rousseau 15:34
Second Period
MON PPG Lamaire (2) unassisted 8:48
MON PPG Ferguson (5) Beliveau, Rousseau 16:37
Third Period
MON Grant (2) unassisted 8:32
PHI JC Watson (4) Hoesktra, Miszuk 13:27

The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup; taking the best-of-seven series 4-3

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Game #6

Wednesday 15th May 1968
Stanley Cup Finals Game #6
Montreal Canadiens @ Philadelphia Flyers

It took them three chances to see out the series against the Penguins and, in another game six scenario, Philadelphia and their hometown fans felt good after the first period as the Flyers held a 2-1 lead thanks to goals from LaForge (5) for his first in eight games and Miszuk (4) for his second point of the night. Montreal got on the board in between when Beliveau (12) scored his second in as many games, but it was a period that belonged to the Flyers as they out-shot their opponents 14-5.

A more defensive and even second period saw Van Impe fight Montreal's Laperriere again, but there would no more goals scored until 5:14 of the final period when the Canadiens leveled the game through Provost (2) on the powerplay. His first goal since game three of the Leafs series.

In a complete turnaround Montreal enjoyed the lion's share of opportunities in the third frame and they took the lead when Cournoyer (8) scored a few minutes later then game seven was guaranteed when Duff (7) tapped the puck into an empty net as Philadelphia desperately threw everything forward. After blowing a 3-0 series lead twice in the postseason Montreal claim their first game six victory.

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
MON	@	1	0	3		4
PHI		2	0	0		2

MON Worsley (10-8 .900 2.89) 24/26, Powerplay
PHI Parent (8-7 .905 2.80) 24/27, Powerplay

Goalscorers:
First Period
PHI LaForge (5) JC Watson, Miszuk 7:56
MON Beliveau (12) Savard, Rousseau 15:36
PHI Miszuk (4) Sutherland 18:55
Second Period
FIGHT MON Laperriere vs PHI Van Impe 18:22
Third Period
MON PPG Provost (2) G Tremblay, Backstrom 5:14
MON Cournoyer (8) Laperriere, JC Tremblay 8:11
MON ENG Duff (7) Lamaire, T Harris 19:00

The best-of-seven series is tied 3-3

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup FInals Game #5

Monday 13th May 1968
Stanley Cup Finals Game #5
Philadelphia Flyers @ Montreal Canadiens

As in the previous game neither side has won a game five during the playoffs, and not for the first time in the series the Montreal Canadiens have the upper hand in the first period and this time they manage to take full advantage with a 3-1 lead after twenty minutes. Cournoyer (7) scored his first of the SCF before Rochefort (11) scored his fourth of the series 2:25 later. The Habs' lead was restored when Beliveau (11) scored his first goal since game two, and then Rousseau (6) finished Beliveau's dandy move on the powerplay.

Rousseau (7) did it again on the man advantage early in the second period for 4-1 and the Canadiens were on their way to their first game five victory this season. The Flyers were offensively limited for the second game running, but this time Worsley was big in goal for Montreal, condemning Philadelphia to a third game five defeat in the playoffs.

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
PHI	@	1	0	0		1
MON		3	1	0		4

PHI Parent (8-6 .906 2.79) 25/29, Powerplay 0/0
MON Worsley (9-8 .898 2.94) 19/20, Powerplay 2/5

Goalscorers:
First Period
MON Cournoyer (4) Duff 3:44
PHI Rochefort (11) unassisted 7:19
MON Believau (11) Ferguson, Rousseau 13:56
MON PPG Rousseau (6) Beliveau, Ferguson 18:08
Second Period
No Scoring
Third Period
MON PPG Rousseau (7) Ferguson 6:14
FIGHT PHI Van Impe vs MON Laperriere 7:30

Philadelphia Flyers leads the best-of-seven series 3-2

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Game #4

Saturday 11th May 1968
Stanley Cup Finals Game #4
Montreal Canadiens @ Philadelphia Flyers


With neither team winning a game four in the playoffs something had to give. Worsley returned in goal for Montreal and his team should have had a first period lead when Backstrom was hauled down shorthanded leaving the referee no choice but to give him a penalty shot. Parent, starting his sixth straight game, was able to deny that opportunity and the other eleven shots Montreal put on him through the opening twenty minutes.

At the other end, Worsley faced just nineteen shots throughout the game (3-9-7) as the teams only generated a combined five scoring chances with the Flyers edging the stat 3-2. After H Richard (3) scored his third goal in two games it was Philadelphia who started to look the more dangerous, out-shooting the Habs nine to eight in the middle period, earning their game-tying goal when Zeidel (1) finished off a slick passing move.

The momentum remained with the hosts in the third frame and, after a very disciplined match, scored the game-winning goal ten minutes from time when Hoekstra (6) grabbed his second of the Finals on Sutherland's second helper of the game.

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
MON	@	0	1	0		1
PHI		0	1	1		2

MON Worsley (8-8 .896 3.06) 17/19, Powerplay 0/0
PHI Parent (8-5 .910 2.69) 23/24, Powerplay 0/3

Goalscorers:
First Period
MON Missed Penalty Shot Backstrom 15:34
Second Period
MON H Richard (3) Savard, Grant 6:06
PHI Zeidel (1) Sutherland, Van Impe 12:37
Third Period
PHI Hoekstra (6) JC Watson, Sutherland 10:03

Philadelphia Flyers leads the best-of-seven series 3-1

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Game #3

Thursday 9th May 1968
Stanley Cup Finals Game #3
Montreal Canadiens @ Philadelphia Flyers

So far in the postseason Montreal is 2-for-2 in game three's while the Flyers are 1-and-1 and for this game netminder Vachon was handed his second start of the postseason to try and jump start the Canadiens in the series.

With three goals in the game Philadelphia's Rochefort (10) takes over the scoring lead with seventeen points. His first two tallies came in the opening period with 1:08 and 1:08 left; Lacroix picking up his first playoff point by assisting on the second. Montreal scored through Lapierriere (2) on the powerplay midway through the frame and tied it up early in the second as H Richard (1) scored the first of his three points on the night.

Duff (6) scored his fifth powerplay goal of these playoffs to make it 3-3 with JC Tremblay earning his third assist of the game after the Flyers restored their lead on Miszuk's (3) first of the series, and the teams remained locked together after regulation as H Richard (2) and Rochefort exchanged goals in the third period to take them into overtime in back-to-back games.

While the regulation periods saw both teams playing an even game, albeit with Philadelphia taking a 34-26 advantage in shots into OT, the Canadiens had almost total control of the extra frame and on their tenth shot in less than five minutes Montreal took their fourth overtime victory in six attempts, with Philadelphia holding a 2-2 record in OT, to halve the Flyers series lead to 2-1. H Richard was again instrumental as it was his pass that Redmond (3) turned home for the game-winner. 

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
MON	@	1	2	1	1	5
PHI		2	1	1	0	4

MON Vachon (1-1 .884 4.00) 33/37, Powerplay 2/4
PHI Parent (7-5 .906 2.83) 31/36, Powerplay 0/0

Goalscorers:
First Period
PHI Rochefort (8) Van Impe 1:08
MON PPG Laperriere (2) backstrom, JC Tremblay 10:49
PHI Rocheforst (9) J Johnson, Lacroix 18:52
Second Period
MON H Richard (1) JC Tremblay 4:50
PHI Miszuk (3) Angotti, Selby 5:25
MON PPG Duff (6) JC Tremblay 10:26
Third Period
MON H Richard (2) Grant 3:57
PHI Rochefort (10) Sutherland, Hoekstra 14:16
Overtime
MON Redmond (3) H Richard, Grant

Philadelphia Flyers leads the best-of-seven game series 2-1

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Game #2

Tuesday 7th May 1968

Stanley Cup Finals Game #2

Philadelphia Flyers @ Montreal Canadiens

A shocking turnaround in the third period saw Montreal blow a three goal lead as they get burned twice while on the powerplay that had another poor outing, only managing 1-for-10 on the night. Philadelphia are 2-1 in Game #2's this season and jumped out to a 2-0 lead in back-to-back games in the Finals when Sutherland (10) and Angotti (4) tallied up early on twenty-six seconds apart.

Montreal held a thirty-two to fourteen shot advantage after two periods and they made it count by scoring five unanswered goals to take a 5-2 lead into the final frame. G Tremblay (7,8) scored to tie the game with Provost and Backstrom assisting on both, then Duff (5) gave them the lead with their only powerplay goal of the game, his fourth of the playoffs.

Rousseau (5) and Beliveau (10) had the home fans in ecstasy but a late period incident that saw Habs' netminder Worsley skate away gingerly, that was largely ignored by the crowd, would change everything.

Gauthier (2), assisted by Selby who already has four points in the finals, scored at 8:$2 of the third period on the powerplay before ill-discipline reared it's head once more and Philadelphia used the penalty box like a revolving door. With Montreal struggling to make their numerical advantage count, despite several great goalscoring chances that were denied by Parent, the Flyers were desperate enough to pile on the pressure and scored a pair of shorthanded goals - Hoekstra (5) with Montreal on a two-man advantage, and the red hot Selby (5) nailing his second shortie this postseason - to tie the game with 1:17 to play in regulation

Overtime, like the third period, was a back and forth affair that came to and end halfway through when Rochefort (7) earned his third point of the finals and first goal after Sutherland found him open for the only real scoring chance of OT to give the Flyers a 2-0 series lead on the back of their second overtime win out of three. Montreal are 2-1 in game twos, 3-2 in OT.

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
PHI	@	2	0	3	1	6
MON		3	2	0	0	5

PHI Parent (7-4 .911 2.64) 43/48, Powerplay 1/3

MON Worsley (8-7 .896 3.13) 28/34, Powerplay 1/10

Goalscorers:

First Period

PHI Sutherland (10) Hoekstra 2:47

PHI Angotti (4) Selby 3:13

MON G Tremblay (7) Provost, Backstrom 7:05

MON G Tremblay (8) Provost, Backstrom 8:44

MON PPG Duff (5) Cournoyer 10:29

Second Period

MON Rousseau (5) Savard, Beliveau 2:21

MON Beliveau (10) unassisted 10:33

Third Period

PHI PPG Gauthier (2) Selby 8:42

PHI SHG Hoekstra (5) Rochefort 16:17

PHI SHG Selby (6) Dornhoefer 18:43

Overtime

PHI Rochefort (7) Sutherland 9:58

Philadelphia Flayers leads the best-of-seven series 2-0

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Game #1

Sunday 5th May 1968
Stanley Cup Finals Game #1
Philadelphia Flyers @ Montreal Canadiens

A very slow start for the Canadiens saw them out-shot ten to three after twenty minutes, nineteen to ten after forty, but worse still they fell behind at 8:11 when Sutherland (9) tied Beliveau for the scoring lead in the playoffs. The lead was doubled 1:29 later when Selby (5) beat Worsley in the Montreal net.

It was a surprising 3-0 lead when Dornhoefer (6) and Selby grabbed their second points of the night less than two minutes into the middle frame, but the Habs got a breakthrough at 5:55 of the same period through the powerplay when Redmond (2) scored unassisted.

Montreal turned it on for the third period with twelve shots against five from the Flyers but Parent was strong in goal and turned aside all challenges. This change in momentum came about when Philadelphia lost their discipline but Montreal only went 1-for-6 on the man advantage, dropping the opening game of a series this year while the Flyers are perfect in game ones.

		1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
PHI	@	2	1	0		3
MON		0	1	0		1

PHI Parent (6-4 .914 2.40) 21/22, Powerplay 0/0
MON Worsley (8-6 .902 2.93) 21/24, Powerplay 1/6
Goalscorers:
First Period
PHI Sutherland (9) Rochefort 8:12
PHI Selby (5) Dornhoefer 9:41
Second Period
PHI Dornhoefer (6) Angotti, Selby 1:51
MON PPG Redmond (2) unassisted 5:55
Third Period
No Scoring

Philadelphia Flyers leads the best-of-seven series 1-0

Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Stanley Cup Finals Preview

Montreal Canadiens (8-6) vs Philadelphia Flyers (8-5)
Nov. 4th 1967, Philadelphia 0-3 Montreal (Duff, Backstrom, T Harris)
Nov. 5th 1967, Montreal 1-3 Philadelphia (Duff;; Selby, Sutherland, Dornhoefer)
Jan. 11th 1968, Montreal 1-0 Philadelphia (Laperriere)
Feb. 7th 1968, Philadelphia 0-3 Montreal (Lamaire, Rousseau, Provost)

The teams are finally set and the very short history between the teams has been examined and then thrown away as the playoffs do not care how things went during the regular season as Montreal's hard road to the finals after running away with the league can show.

The Flyers had one less game in their playoff debut but managed to register more goals than the Canadiens with forty-nine to the Hab's forty-six. Against a rough and tumble team like Philadelphia the Canadiens will be hoping for plenty of opportunities to utilise a powerplay that has gone 9-for-48 (18.75%) in the postseason; the Flyers not too shabby at 5-for-31 (16.10%).

Both teams have a single shorthanded goal in the playoffs as the PK units of both teams shut down a lot of opponent PP chances with Philadelphia's percentage at 82.6% (38/46) and Montreal at 88.00% (44/50)

Both Flyer netminders earned a shutout while Montreal had no clean sheets in the previous rounds, and Philadelphia also bring a superior goals against average (2.38 vs 3.00) and save percentage (.914 vs .901) into the series.

Scoring leaders
Goals:
MON Beliveau (9)
PHI Sutherland (8)
MON Cournoyer (6)
MON G Tremblay (6)
PHI Rochefort (6)

Assists:
MON Lamaire (9)
MON Rousseau (9)
PHI Angotti (7)
PHI JC Watson (6)

Points:
MON Beliveau (15)
MON Rousseau (13)
PHI Sutherland (12)
PHI Rochefort (11)
PHI Angotti (10)
PHI Dornhoefer (10)
MON Ferguson (10)
MON Lamaire (10)

Penalty Minutes:
MON Ferguson (51)
PHI Dornhoefer (24)
PHI Van Impe (19)
MON Harper (18)

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #7

Tuesday April 23rd 1963
Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup Finals 4-3

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(4) DET	0	0	0	0
(3) TOR	3	0	1	4

There were several contributing factors to the result that allowed the Toronto Maple Leafs to lift Lord Stanley's cup for the eleventh time. Firstly, the Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 lead with barely seven minutes played despite the Wings outshooting the home team 15-11 in the first period. The second major factor was special teams. Detroit were 0-for-5 on the powerplay with four consecutive opportunities with the man-advantage and almost two full minutes of 5-on-3 before the first intermission.

But surely the most important reason that Toronto won out in the end was Johnny Bower who earned his third shutout of the postseason, all of them coming after a defeat. He won all five games that came after a loss this postseason, and in the other two bounceback efforts he conceded just twice against Chicago in the deciding game six and only allowed the one goal against Detroit in game five.

Frank Mahovlich had a slow start to the playoffs as Chicago were able to keep the top Leafs' top line pretty quiet, but he has since gone on to score six times in the Finals with his last of the year coming only two minutes into game seven. The Toronto third line has also had a good posteseason - Duff - Litzenberger - Stewart combining for six goals and fourteen points; Dick Duff scoring his first since game one of the round.

Another area the Maple Leafs have pride in is offensive output from the blueline. With Carl Brewer, who is more renowned for his physical play than anything else, scoring his third of the postseason, the Toronto defence has managed six goals and a mammoth thirty-four points. Compare that with Detroit who managed to hit the net four times as part of their twenty-one points.

The game was not over heading into the second period. Detroit registered the first fourteen shots on goal after the interval, ultimately outshooting the Leafs 21-6; 36-17 through two periods. After a wealth of penalties, with Detroit to their credit not losing their cool until late in the game, Bob Pulford finished off the scoring early in the third period to round out the team effort with all three lines contributing to tonight's scoring.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  2:00 TOR Mahovlich (7) Armstrong, Horton
  6:31 TOR Duff (3) Litzenberger, Stewart
  7:04 TOR Brewer (3) Mahovlich
3rd Period
  3:24 TOR Pulford (4) Stanley, Harris

POWERPLAY
DET 0/5
TOR 0/3

SAVES
DET Sawchuk 35/39
TOR Bower 47/47

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #6

Sunday April 21st 1963
Best-of-seven series tied 3-3

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(3) TOR	0	0	2	2
(4) DET	2	2	0	4

Detroit had their second four-goal advantage of the Finals just 22:58 into the game and, unlike game one where the Leafs were allowed to come back and threaten the tying goal, the Red Wings stood their ground better this time by surviving another third period onslaught.

The Wings held a 31-14 shot advantage through two periods and it was Norm Ullman who got the ball rolling with the opening goal; Carl Brewer serving a double-minor for slashing, four of his six minutes in the first period. After Alex Delvecchio added a second goal, his first since the previous round, a mini-saga began between Kent Douglas of Toronto and Howie Young of Detroit. At the end of the first period they were both given four minutes in penalties for roughing, escalating to five a piece in the second period when they had a real scrap soon after Douglas was called for slashing on, you guessed it, Doug Young. 

Between chapters of this side story Doug Barkley grabbed his first of the postseason just over a minute after the restart and, 1:36 later it was 4-0, Floyd Smith's second of the round and first since game three. The Red Wings were up against it through the final period and did not help themselves when Gadsby and Young picked up four and two minutes of penalties respectively. The penalty killing units performed well and Terry Sawchuk was again strong in the face of a Blue & White wave.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  3:39 DET PPG Ullman (3) M. Pronovost
17:44 DET Delvecchio (3) Howe, P. MacDonald
2nd Period
  1:22 DET Barkley (1) P. MacDonald, Gadsby
  2:58 DET Smith (2) Fonteyne, Young
3rd Period
  6:50 TOR Pulford (3) Harris, Brewer
19:41 TOR Mahovlich (6) Brewer

POWERPLAY
TOR 0/3
DET 1/4

SAVES
TOR Bower 40/44
DET Sawchuk 30/32

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #5

Thursday April 18th 1963
Toronto Maple Leafs lead best-of-seven series 3-2

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(4) DET	0	0	1	1
(3) TOR	0	2	0	2

This was the third one-goal game in these Finals and only the second time that Toronto has outshot the Red Wings through the first five games. The series has also been one where the goaltenders have started out hot with only two goals scored in the first period over the four matches since Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening match.

This game was no exception and history continued to repeat itself in the second period as well where the Maple Leafs scored twice; bringing their total for the middle frame to eleven goals out of their fifteen scored all told. Frank Mahovlich scored his fourth of the SCF just a dozen seconds after the interval with Billy Harris scoring his first since game one to double the lead.

Detroit struggled to gain much momentum as wave after wave of Leaf attacks swept over them with only Terry Sawchuk keeping forty-eight shots at bay to keep his team in it. The game was played fairly and the referee kept his whistle clean for long stretches of time until things started to get feisty in the third. Neither side managed to make their numerical advantage on the ice count leading to another tight finish when Andre Pronovost scored his first Stanley Cup goal with seven minutes remaining.

SCORING SUMMARY
2nd Period
  0:12 TOR Mahovlich (5) Keon, Horton
  8:58 TOR Harris (5) Pulford, Stanley
3rd Period
13:01 DET A. Pronovost (2) MacGregor, Stasiuk

POWERPLAY
DET 0/1
TOR 0/3

SAVES
DET Sawchuk 48/50
TOR Bower 29/30

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #4

Tuesday April 16th 1963
The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(3) TOR	1	0	1	2
(4) DET	0	2	1	3

With Toronto doing a good job containing the Detroit line of Delvecchio - P. MacDonald - Howe the Red Wings turned to the supporting cast to find goals. Despite continuing to struggle on the powerplay - nine minutes of 5-on-4, including a five minute major to Kent Douglas in the first period - Detroit managed to score inside the first minute of the game, Bill Gadsby scoring just forty-two seconds in. The Leafs then tied it at 1-1 with an early goal of their own in the second period through Dave Keon who has scored all three of his goals on the powerplay.

Then the third lines battled for supremacy and it was the home side unit that started to take control of the game with goals from Bruce MacGregor and Vic Stasiuk, their first of of the postseason after combining for sixteen throughout the regular season. George Armstrong is tied for second in the playoffs with Parker MacDonald on seven goals, one behind Gordie Howe, as the goals continued to be scored early in periods; Armstrong's the latest with over six minutes played in the third. The Leafs pulled Bower for the extra skater but Detroit ties up the series with their second one-goal win of the finals.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  0:42 DET Gadsby (2) Barkley
2nd Period
  0:50 TOR PPG Keon (3) Mahovlich
  4:26 DET MacGregor (1) Stasiuk, Goegan
3rd Period
  5:11 DET Stasiuk (1) Jeffrey, MacGregor
  6:20 TOR Armstrong (7) Keon, Horton

POWERPLAY
TOR 1/3
DET 0/3

SAVES
TOR Bower 43/46
DET Sawchuk 31/33

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #3

Sunday April 14th 1963
Toronto Maple Leafs lead best-of-seven series 2-1

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(3) TOR	0	3	0	3
(4) DET	0	1	0	1

Johnny Bower concedes just his second goal in the last eighty-four shots faced as Detroit pepper him with rubber without much joy. The lone Red Wings goal came at a crucial time, tying the game at 1-1, when Floyd Smith jumped on a loose pass and raced in alone on goal. Dave Keon had given the Leafs a 1-0 lead midway through the second period on their only powerplay of the game after Detroit squandered three chances with the man advantage through the first frame.

Terry Sawchuk was determined to make up for his recent form and robbed a couple of Leafs players, not least of all Bob Pulford on his own breakaway during a frantic middle period. Then, with the referee ready to blow on a delayed penalty to Detroit, Carl Brewer stepped up to score his second goal in as many games. Thiryt-two seconds later and it was 3-1 in favour of Toronto when Pulford made up for his early missed chance by sending Bob Nevin's cross-ice pass into the top corner.

SCORING SUMMARY
2nd Period
10:59 TOR PPG Keon (2) Mahovlich, Armstrong
14:22 DET Smith (1)
17:42 TOR Brewer (2) Harris, Mahovlich
18:16 TOR Pulford (2) Nevin, Douglas

POWERPLAY
TOR 1/1
DET 0/5

SAVES
TOR Bower 44/45
DET Sawchuk 24/27

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #2

Thursday April 11th 1963
The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(4) DET	0	0	0	0
(3) TOR	1	3	0	4

Johnny Bower bounces back with his second shutout of the playoffs, stopping thirty-one shots, while Terry Sawchuk has conceded eight goals over two goals; this after Montreal only managed to get ten pucks past him through their four game series.

Detroit were unable to provide much support for their goaltender as they were in the penalty box on six occasions, two of the resulting powerplays led to goals in the second period after Frank Mahovlich gave the Leafs a first period led. Mahovlich added his third goal in the finals on the man advantage, this after just one tally in the previous round, in between goals from George Armstrong on the powerplay and Carl Brewer even strength.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  7:19 TOR Mahovlich (3) Armstrong
2nd Period
  7:38 TOR PPG Armstrong (6) Horton, Keon
16:39 TOR PPG Mahovlich (4) Armstrong, Brewer
17:26 TOR Brewer (1) Horton

POWERPLAY
DET 0/5
TOR 2/6

SAVES
DET Sawchuk 39/43
TOR Bower 31/31

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Game #1

Tuesday April 9th 1963
Detroit Red Wings lead the best-of-seven series 1-0

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
(4) DET	3	1	1	5
(3) TOR	0	2	2	4

The Red Wings have won nine games in a row going back to the regular season but the third line of Toronto gave them a late scare in game one of the Finals. Detroit jumped out to a 4-0 lead early in the second period as the Maple Leafs found themselves in penalty trouble resulting in two powerplay goals for the visiting team. Norm Ullman, who only registered an assist against Montreal, scored twice in the opening ten minutes; Gordie Howethen followed up with a pair of his own to lead the playoffs in goals.

Toronto found some momentum before the second interval with Bill Harris scoring his fourth goal of the postseason after managing only nine in the regular season, and a very late goal from Frank Mahovlich had Maple Leaf Gardens alive again. Detroit then started the third period by cancelling out the momentum that Toronto had been building through Parker MacDonald before the Leafs third unit made life difficult for the Wings to set up a nail biting finish.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  3:03 DET Ullman (1) Smith, Fonteyne
  8:56 DET PPG Ullman (2) Fonteyne, Young
16:15 DET PPG Howe (7) P. MacDonald, Gadsby
2nd Period
  6:04 DET Howe (8) Gadsby, P. MacDonald
15:26 TOR PPG Harris (4) Nevin
19:43 TOR Mahovlich (2) Brewer
3rd Period
  1:59 DET P. MacDonald (7) Delvecchio, Gadsby
  4:40 TOR Duff (2) Litzenberger, Kelly
11:39 TOR Kelly (1) Baun, Litzenberger

POWERPLAY
DET 2/3
TOR 1/5

SAVES
DET Sawchuk 31/35
TOR Bower 32/37

DICE Hockey - Stanley Cup Finals Preview

Head to Head (DET won season series 9-4-1)
Oct. 20th: Toronto 4 - 2 Detroit
Nov. 3rd:  Detroit 2 - 0 Toronto
Nov. 17th: Detroit 5 - 3 Toronto
Dec. 2nd:  Toronto 2 - 5 Detroit
Dec. 9th:  Toronto 3 - 5 Detroit
Dec. 25th: Toronto 1 - 0 Detroit
Dec. 26th: Detroit 5 - 1 Toronto
Jan. 12th: Detroit 2 - 1 Toronto
Jan. 20th: Toronto 3 - 4 Detroit
Feb 10th: Toronto 3 - 2 Detroit
Feb. 13th: Detroit 0 - 4 Toronto
Mar. 9th:  Detroit 1 - 1 Toronto
Mar. 23rd: Detroit 5 - 1 Toronto
Mar. 24th: Toronto 1 - 3 Detroit

Road to the Stanley Cup Finals
(3) Toronto Maple Leafs def. (1) Chicago Blackhawks 4-2
Game #1: Toronto 4 - 1 Chicago
Game #2: Toronto 1 - 4 Chicago
Game #3: Chicago 0 - 4 Toronto
Game #4: Chicago 2 - 3 Toronto
Game #5: Toronto 1 - 3 Chicago
Game #6: Chicago 2 - 5 Toronto

(4) Detroit Red Wings def. (2) Montreal Canadiens 4-0
Game #1: Detroit  5 - 2 Montreal
Game #2: Detroit 5 - 3 Montreal
Game #3: Montreal 1 - 2 Detroit
Game #4: Montreal 4 - 5 Detroit