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The 1967 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1966–67 season, and the culmination of the 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs. A best-of-seven series, it was contested between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs .
The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. [1]
The 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) was the conclusion of the 1966–67 NHL season, and the final playoffs before the expansion from six to twelve teams. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the defending champion Montreal Canadiens in six games to win the Stanley Cup. The Leafs squad was the oldest ever to win a Cup ...
This season saw the debut of one of the greatest players in hockey history, defenceman Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens four games to two in the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals to win their thirteenth Stanley Cup in franchise history; to date this is the Leafs' last Stanley Cup victory.
The Stanley Cup playoffs saw the first- and second-place teams play against each other in a best-of-seven series for one berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, while the third- to sixth-place teams battled in a series of best-of-three matches for the other berth (with the third-place team taking on the fourth-place team, and the fifth-place team ...
Between 1979 and 2017, Joe Louis Arena hosted eight game sevens, including one in the 2009 finals. In the National Hockey League (NHL), a game seven is the final game in a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Based on the playoffs format arrangement, [a] it is played in the venue of the team holding home-ice advantage for the ...
The top two seeds played each other for one berth in the Cup finals, while the other four playoff teams battled in a series of rounds for the other berth. Period of the seven-team NHL 1943–1967 The first and third-place teams played for one berth in the Cup finals, while the second and fourth-place teams played for the other berth.
1967–68 — West: 3rd 74 27 31 16 — 70 177 191 18 8 10 — 42 50 Won in quarterfinals, 4–3 Won in semifinals, 4–3 (North Stars) Lost Stanley Cup Finals, 0–4 1968–69: 1968–69 — West↑ 1st 76 37 25 14 — 88 204 157 12 8 4 — 36 20 Won in quarterfinals, 4–0 (Flyers) Won in semifinals, 4–0 Lost Stanley Cup Finals, 0–4 ...