1961 Stanley Cup Finals
1961 ice hockey championship series
The 1961 Stanley Cup Final was played by the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago had not been in the Final since 1944, and Detroit had last played in the Final in 1956. The Blackhawks won the best-of-seven series four games to two, winning their third Stanley Cup. This ended up being the last time Chicago won the Cup until 2010, a 49-year drought.
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| Location(s) | Chicago, IL (Chicago Stadium) (1,3,5) Detroit, MI (Detroit Olympia) (2,4,6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Chicago: Rudy Pilous Detroit: Sid Abel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Chicago: Ed Litzenberger Detroit: Gordie Howe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 6 to April 16, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Ab McDonald (18:49, second, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The series
change| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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| April 6 | Detroit | 2 | Chicago | 3 | |
| April 8 | Chicago | 1 | Detroit | 3 | |
| April 10 | Detroit | 1 | Chicago | 3 | |
| April 12 | Chicago | 1 | Detroit | 2 | |
| April 14 | Detroit | 2 | Chicago | 6 | |
| April 16 | Chicago | 5 | Detroit | 1 |
Chicago Blackhawks 1961 Stanley Cup Champions
changeRoster
- Centers
- 11 Bill Hay
- 12 Ed Litzenberger (Captain)
- 17 Ken Wharram
- 21 Stan Mikita
- 9 Tod Sloan
- Wingers
- 6 Reg Fleming
- 8 Murray Balfour
- 8 Wayne Hicks
- 16 Bobby Hull
- 14 Alvin Ab McDonald
- 15 Eric Nesterenko
- 10 Ron Murphy (A. Capt.)
- 16 Ronald Chico Maki
- 20 Earl Balfour
- Defensemen
- 2 Al Arbour
- 3 Pierre Pilote (A. Capt.)
- 4 Elmer Vasko
- 5 Jack Evans
- 18 Wayne Hillman
- 19 Dollard St. Laurent
- Goaltenders
- 1 Glenn Hall
- 1 Denis DeJordy (spare/did not play)
- Allan Roy Edwards (spare/did not play)
- Non-players
- Arthur Wirtz Sr. (President/Owner), Arthur Wirtz Jr. (Vice President/Owner)
- James D. Norris Jr. (Chairman/Owner), Tommy Ivan (Manager)
- Rudy Pilous (Coach), Nick Garen (Trainer),
- Walter Humenick (Ass’t Trainer), Michael Wirtz (Vice President)†
- John Gottselig (Publicity Director)†
† Left off the cup, but included on the team picture.
Stanley Cup engraving
- Allan Roy Edwards was engraved as Allan R. Edwards. He never played for Chicago. Roy Edwards first NHL game was during the 1967–68 season with Detroit.
- Denis DeJordy first NHL game was during the 1962–63 season, when he replaced Glenn Hall. This ended Hall's record of 502 consecutive complete games.
- Ronald Robert Murphy was engraved as Robert Murphy.
- Tod Aloysius Martin Sloan was engraved as Martin A. Sloan. He was engraved on the cup was Tod Sloan in 1951 with Toronto.
Notes
changeReferences
change- 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