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1964 Stanley Cup Finals
1964 Stanley Cup Finals
	* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)	Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (1, 2, 5, 7); Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4, 6)
Coaches	Detroit: Sid Abel; Toronto: Punch Imlach
Captains	Detroit: Alex Delvecchio; Toronto: George Armstrong
Dates	April 11–25, 1964
Series-winning goal	Andy Bathgate (3:04, first, G7)
Hall of Famers	Red Wings:; Alex Delvecchio (1977); Bill Gadsby (1970); Gordie Howe (1972); Marcel Pronovost (1978); Terry Sawchuk (1971); Norm Ullman (1982); Maple Leafs:; Al Arbour (1996, builder); George Armstrong (1975); Andy Bathgate (1978); Johnny Bower (1976); Tim Horton (1977); Red Kelly (1969); Dave Keon (1986); Frank Mahovlich (1981); Bob Pulford (1991); Allan Stanley (1981); Coaches:; Sid Abel (1969, player); Punch Imlach (1984)

The 1964 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1963–64 season, and the culmination of the 1964 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings for the second straight year. The Maple Leafs overcame a 3-2 series deficit to defeat the Red Wings in seven games for their third-straight championship. It was the second Stanley Cup three-peat by the Maple Leafs.

As of 2023, this was the last time the Stanley Cup Finals had ended before the month of May. There would not be another game seven at Maple Leaf Gardens for almost three decades.

Paths to the Finals

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

Game summaries

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 played on a fractured ankle.^[1]

Until the 2008–09 Final, 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.^[2]

April 11	Detroit Red Wings		2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Bruce MacGregor (3) - 4:31 Gordie Howe (6) - pp - 10:25		First period		4:44 - George Armstrong (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		4:02 - pp - George Armstrong (3) 19:58 - sh - Bob Pulford (3)
Terry Sawchuck		Goalie stats		Johnny Bower

April 14	Detroit Red Wings		4–3	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Norm Ullman (7) - 12:43		First period			4:41 - Allan Stanley (1)
Eddie Joyal (1) - 3:19 Floyd Smith (2) - pp - 16:15		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:57 - Red Kelly (3) 19:17 - Gerry Ehman (1)
Larry Jeffrey (1) - 7:52		First overtime period			No scoring
Terry Sawchuck		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 16	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–4	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:40 - Floyd Smith (3) 3:38 - Bruce MacGregor (4) 14:47 - pp - Floyd Smith (4)
Andy Bathgate (3) - pp - 4:16		Second period		No scoring
Dave Keon (4) - 7:34 Don McKenney (4) - 18:47		Third period		19:43 - Alex Delvecchio (3)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats		Terry Sawchuck

April 18	Toronto Maple Leafs		4–2	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Dave Keon (5) - 5:45		First period		No scoring
Dave Keon (6) - pp - 16:09		Second period		5:57 - Bruce MacGregor (5) 13:05 - pp - Gordie Howe (7)
Andy Bathgate (4) - 10:55 Frank Mahovlich (4) - 18:09		Third period		No scoring
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats		Terry Sawchuck

April 21	Detroit Red Wings		2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Gordie Howe (8) - 10:52		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Eddie Joyal (2) - 7:50		Third period		14:57 - pp - George Armstrong (4)
Terry Sawchuck		Goalie stats		Johnny Bower

April 23	Toronto Maple Leafs		4–3	OT	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Bob Pulford (4) - sh - 17:01		First period			No scoring
Bob Pulford (5) - 14:36 Billy Harris (1) - 17:48		Second period			4:20 - Paul Henderson (2) 10:56 - pp - Pit Martin (1) 15:56 - Gordie Howe (9)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Bob Baun (2) - 1:43		First overtime period			No scoring
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Terry Sawchuck

April 25	Detroit Red Wings		0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		3:04 - Andy Bathgate (5)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		4:26 - Dave Keon (7) 5:53 - Red Kelly (4) 15:26 - George Armstrong (5)
Terry Sawchuck		Goalie stats		Johnny Bower

Toronto won series 4–3

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1964 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 4–0 win over the Red Wings in game seven.

The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs

Players

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

1 Johnny Bower
1 Don Simmons

Coaching and administrative staff

Stafford Smythe (President/Owner), Harold Ballard (Exe. Vice President/Owner)
John W. H. Bassett (Chairman/Owner)
George Punch Imlach (Manager-Coach), Frank King Clancy (Asst. Manager-Coach)
Bob Haggert (Trainer)
Tom Nayler (Asst. Trainer)
Hugh Hoult (Stickboy/Asst. Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

Frank "King" Clancy name was misspelled on the Stanley Cup as FRANK KING CLANCE ASST COACH GEN MAN. In 1992–93 the mistake was corrected on the newly created Replica Cup.
† Played in the Stanley Cup Finals qualifying to be on the cup, but name was left off the Stanley Cup. Players spent most of season in the minors.
†† #19 Kent Douglas played 43 games for Toronto. He name was left off the Stanley Cup, because he played in the minors during the playoffs.
Bob Davidson (Chief Scout), Dr. Karl Elieff (Physiotherapist), Dr. Jame Murphy, Dr. Hugh Smythe (Team Doctors) - left off
(Also see 1965 Montreal about Toronto 1962-63-64 engravings).

Notes

^ Fischler, Stan (May 22, 2018). "Baun was unlikely hero of Maple Leafs' run to Cup in 1964". nhl.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^ Dater, Adrian (March 29, 2009). "Red Wings are a formidable foe". The Denver Post. Retrieved June 17, 2024.

References

Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
"All-Time NHL Results".