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1961 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL
1 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 92 v. 3 CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 75
Tuesday, March 21
CHICAGO 2 @ MONTREAL 6
FIRST PERIOD
1. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 1 (Jean Béliveau, Gilles Tremblay) 2:56
2. CHICAGO, Tod Sloan 1 (Eric Nesterenko, Dollard St. Laurent) 11:06
Penalties – Harvey M 6:05, Hay C Johnson M 6:47, Nesterenko C 14:20
SECOND PERIOD
3. MONTREAL, Gilles Tremblay 1 (Jean Béliveau, Bernie Geoffrion) 1:25
4. CHICAGO, Pierre Pilote 1 (unassisted) 19:23 PPG
Penalties – Hull C 3:22, Talbot M 6:52, M. Balfour C Harvey M 9:46, Hay C 10:20, Harvey M 17:56
THIRD PERIOD
5. MONTREAL, Claude Provost 1 (Don Marshall, Phil Goyette) 3:23 GWG
6. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 1 (Henri Richard) 6:10
7. MONTREAL, Phil Goyette 1 (Claude Provost, Doug Harvey) 7:57
8. MONTREAL, Jean-Guy Talbot 1 (Henri Richard) 10:06 PPG
Penalties – St. Laurent C 1:20, Fleming C 8:34, M. Balfour C 10:33, Talbot M 13:33, Litzenberger C 16:06,
Moore M 18:30
Shots on goal by
BLACK HAWKS 3 8 10 21
CANADIENS 11 8 6 25
CHICAGO, Glenn Hall; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante
Power play – CHI – 0 for 5, MTL – 1 for 7
Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
At Montreal Forum
Sunday, March 26
MONTREAL 1 @ CHICAGO 2 TRIPLE OT
GM FRANK J. SELKE, HC HECTOR ‘TOE’ BLAKE v. GM TOMMY IVAN, HC RUDY PILOUS
BLACK HAWKS WIN SERIES IN 6
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – Langlois M 1:16, M. Balfour C 6:44, Richard M Fleming C 7:18, Gendron M Hay C 11:04,
Backstrom M St. Laurent C 18:06
SECOND PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Murray Balfour 1 (Bill Hay, Bobby Hull) 18:33
Penalties – M. Balfour C 7:47, St. Laurent C 8:12, Johnson M 12:49, Provost M Murphy C 14:07
THIRD PERIOD
2. MONTREAL, Henri Richard 2 (Phil Goyette) 19:24 PPG
Penalties – Hicke M (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Mikita C (major, 10-minute misconduct) 13:09,
Talbot M 17:06, Hay C 18:40
Penalties – None
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
NO SCORING
SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – Talbot M 4:20, St. Laurent C 10:21, Langlois M 14:18
THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD
3. CHICAGO, Murray Balfour 2 (Stan Mikita, Pierre Pilote) 12:12 PPG GWG
Penalties – Murphy C 0:08, Moore M 11:44
Shots on goal by
CANADIENS NA
BLACK HAWKS NA
MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; CHICAGO, Glenn Hall
Power play – MTL – 1 for 6, CHI – 1 for 7
Referee: Dalton McArthur Linesmen: George Hayes, Ron Wicks
At Chicago Stadium
Saturday, April 1
CHICAGO 3 @ MONTREAL 0
Penalties – None
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
SECOND PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Elmer Vasko 1 (Pierre Pilote, Bobby Hull) 3:34 GWG
Penalties – Sloan C 4:12, Murphy C 6:56, Provost M 7:35, Talbot M 8:10
THIRD PERIOD
2. CHICAGO, Ab McDonald 1 (Ken Wharram, Pierre Pilote) 13:17
3. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 3 (Ken Wharram) 15:40
Penalties – Wharram C 13:32, Richard M (10-minute misconduct, game misconduct) 15:40, Vasko C 17:39
Shots on goal by
BLACK HAWKS 9 6 17 32
CANADIENS 14 6 12 32
CHICAGO, Glenn Hall; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante
Power play – CHI – 0 for 2, MTL – 0 for 4
Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
At Montreal Forum
Thursday, March 23
CHICAGO 4 @ MONTREAL 3
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FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – Bonin M 2:59, Mikita C 5:14, Evans C Bonin M 10:53, Pilote C 12:06, Nesterenko C Johnson M 15:20
SECOND PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 1 (Ken Wharram, Ed Litzenberger) 9:02 PPG
2. CHICAGO, Ken Wharram 1 (unassisted) 15:18
3. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 2 (Tom Johnson, Jean Béliveau) 16:02
4. MONTREAL, Henri Richard 1 (Marcel Bonin, Dickie Moore) 18:36
Penalties – Talbot M 8:44, Fleming C 9:20
THIRD PERIOD
5. CHICAGO, Bobby Hull 1 (Ken Wharram, Bill Hay) 8:23
6. MONTREAL, Phil Goyette 2 (Claude Provost, Jean-Guy Talbot) 10:26
7. CHICAGO, Ed Litzenberger 1 (Eric Nesterenko, Pierre Pilote) 17:05 GWG
Penalties – Harvey M 6:19
Shots on goal by
BLACK HAWKS 8 11 6 25
CANADIENS 9 4 6 19
CHICAGO, Glenn Hall; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante
Power play – CHI – 1 for 3, MTL – 0 for 3
At Montreal Forum
Tuesday, March 28
MONTREAL 5 @ CHICAGO 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. MONTREAL, Phil Goyette 3 (Claude Provost) 4:02
2. CHICAGO, Dollard St. Laurent 1 (Ken Wharram, Jack Evans) 4:24
3. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 2 (Don Marshall, Jean Béliveau) 17:57 PPG
Penalties – Evans C 1:15, Backstrom M Mikita C 4:02, Bonin M (major, double 10-minute misconduct)
Vasko C (major, 10-minute misconduct) 13:43, E. Balfour C (major, double 10-minute misconduct) 15:44
SECOND PERIOD
4. MONTREAL, Bill Hicke 1 (Henri Richard, Gilles Tremblay) 5:00 GWG
5. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 2 (Pierre Pilote, Bobby Hull) 9:28 PPG
6. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 3 (Phil Goyette, Jean Béliveau) 14:18 PPG
Penalties – Hicke M 8:13, Fleming C 12:33
THIRD PERIOD
7. MONTREAL, Bill Hicke 2 (Henri Richard) 4:24
Penalties – Pilote C 1:11, J.C. Tremblay M 7:27, Hay C 15:06
Shots on goal by
CANADIENS 3 10 6 19
BLACK HAWKS 24 24 7 55
MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; CHICAGO, Glenn Hall
Power play – MTL – 2 for 5, CHI – 1 for 2
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: George Hayes, Ron Wicks
At Chicago Stadium
Tuesday, April 4
MONTREAL 0 @ CHICAGO 3
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – Johnson M Hay C 4:22, M. Balfour C 12:02, Pilote C 12:20, Plante M (served by Goyette) 16:15
SECOND PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Bill Hay 1 (Bobby Hull, Murray Balfour) 1:15 GWG
2. CHICAGO, Bobby Hull 2 (Pierre Pilote, Murray Balfour) 5:59 PPG
3. CHICAGO, Eric Nesterenko 1 (Bobby Hull, Ed Litzenberger) 15:58
Penalties – St. Laurent C 1:37, Langlois M 5:04
Penalties – None
Shots on goal by
CANADIENS 7 5 12 24
BLACK HAWKS 12 7 5 24
MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; CHICAGO, Glenn Hall
THIRD PERIOD
NO SCORING
Power play – MTL – 0 for 3 4 for 28 in series, CHI – 1 for 2 4 for 21 in series
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
At Chicago Stadium
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1961 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL
2 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 90 v. 4 DETROIT RED WINGS 66
Wednesday, March 22
DETROIT 2 @ TORONTO 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. DETROIT, Alex Delvecchio 1 (Gordie Howe) 0:14
Penalties – Pulford T 7:55, Nevin T 17:26
SECOND PERIOD
2. TORONTO, Bob Nevin 1 (Allan Stanley, Bert Olmstead) 2:20 PPG
Penalties – Godfrey D 2:05
THIRD PERIOD
3. DETROIT, Howie Young 1 (Leo Labine) 1:46
4. TORONTO, Ron Stewart 1 (Bert Olmstead, Allan Stanley) 14:26
Penalties – Johnson D 15:06, Godfrey D 17:14
Penalties – Young D 12:09
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
NO SCORING
SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD
5. TORONTO, George Armstrong 1 (Dick Duff, Allan Stanley) 4:51 GWG
Penalties – None
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 10 8 5 8 2 33
MAPLE LEAFS 6 5 9 16 1 37
DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; TORONTO, Cesare Maniago
Power play – DET – 0 for 2, TOR – 1 for 4
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: Ron Wicks, George Hayes
At Maple Leaf Gardens
Sunday, March 26
TORONTO 0 @ DETROIT 2
Penalties – Baun T 3:18, Godfrey D 7:03, Baun T 13:18
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
SECOND PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – Young D 4:00, Brewer T 10:10, Baun T 13:08, Johnson D 13:42
THIRD PERIOD
1. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 1 (Vic Stasiuk, Warren Godfrey) 4:51 GWG
2. DETROIT, Val Fonteyne 1 (Howie Glover) 6:15
Penalties – None
Shots on goal by
MAPLE LEAFS 11 9 10 30
RED WINGS 11 9 9 29
TORONTO, Johnny Bower; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk
Power play – TOR – 0 for 3, DET – 0 for 4
Referee: Vern Buffey Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
At Olympia Stadium
Saturday, April 1
DETROIT 3 @ TORONTO 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 3 (Alex Delvecchio) 4:36 SHG
2. DETROIT, Len Lunde 1 (Gordie Howe, Vic Stasiuk) 14:11 PPG
Penalties – Glover D 2:51, Pulford T 7:56, Duff T 13:35, Young D 17:20, Mahovlich T 19:13
SECOND PERIOD
3. DETROIT, Al Johnson 1 (Leo Labine, Marcel Pronovost) 5:27 GWG
4. TORONTO, Red Kelly 1 (unassisted) 16:17
Penalties – Shack T 8:38, Goegan D 14:18
THIRD PERIOD
5. TORONTO, Dave Keon 1 (unassisted) 13:51 SHG
Penalties – Young D Pulford T 1:16, Young D 9:26, Brewer T 12:10
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 9 6 10 25
MAPLE LEAFS 9 11 10 30
DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; TORONTO, Johnny Bower
Power play – DET – 1 for 5 2 for 14 in series, TOR – 0 for 4 2 for 18 in series
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: George Hayes, Bruce Sims
At Maple Leaf Gardens
GM PUNCH IMLACH, HC PUNCH IMLACH v. GM JACK ADAMS, HC SID ABEL
RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 5
Saturday, March 25
DETROIT 4 @ TORONTO 2
Penalties – Labine D 12:37
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FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
SECOND PERIOD
1. TORONTO, Billy Harris 1 (unassisted) 4:04
2. DETROIT, Marcel Pronovost 1 (unassisted) 7:49
3. DETROIT, Leo Labine 1 (Norm Ullman, Marcel Pronovost) 10:27 SHG
Penalties – Goegan D 8:40, Melnyk D 15:23
THIRD PERIOD
4. DETROIT, Gerry Melnyk 1 (Val Fonteyne, Howie Glover) 5:34 GWG
5. DETROIT, Vic Stasiuk 1 (Gordie Howe) 8:02
6. TORONTO, Frank Mahovlich 1 (Dave Keon, George Armstrong) 9:49
Penalties – Godfrey D 15:24
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 5 8 5 18
MAPLE LEAFS 7 9 4 20
DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; TORONTO, Cesare Maniago
Power play – DET – 0 for 0, TOR – 0 for 4
Referee: Dalton McArthur Linesmen: George Hayes, Ron Wicks
At Maple Leaf Gardens
Tuesday, March 28
TORONTO 1 @ DETROIT 4
FIRST PERIOD
1. TORONTO, Bert Olmstead 1 (Frank Mahovlich) 12:52 PPG
2. DETROIT, Leo Labine 2 (Gordie Howe) 19:08 PPG
Penalties – Pulford T Young D 6:05, Mahovlich T Labine D 7:10, Baun T 8:52, Howe D 12:08, Bower T (served by
Olmstead) 15:36, Stewart T Olmstead T (10-minute misconduct) 17:49
SECOND PERIOD
3. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 2 (Vic Stasiuk) 11:20 GWG
Penalties – Mahovlich T Ullman D 18:30
THIRD PERIOD
4. DETROIT, Marcel Pronovost 2 (Alex Delvecchio, Howie Young) 3:24
5. DETROIT, Val Fonteyne 2 (Pete Goegan, Norm Ullman) 19:55
Penalties – Young D 7:28, Johnson D 17:17
Shots on goal by
MAPLE LEAFS 9 12 11 32
RED WINGS 11 10 11 32
TORONTO, Johnny Bower; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk
Power play – TOR – 1 for 3, DET – 1 for 3
Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich
At Olympia Stadium
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Thursday, April 6
DETROIT 2 @ CHICAGO 3
FIRST PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Bobby Hull (Murray Balfour, Stan Mikita) 9:39 PPG
2. CHICAGO, Ken Wharram (Ab McDonald, Stan Mikita) 10:10
3. CHICAGO, Bobby Hull (Murray Balfour, Pierre Pilote) 13:15 GWG
Penalties – Young D 7:54
SECOND PERIOD
4. DETROIT, Len Lunde 2 (Gordie Howe) 16:14 PPG
1961 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
3 CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 75 v. 4 DETROIT RED WINGS 66
Penalties – Young D 3:13, Evans C 5:27, Fleming C 9:55, Godfrey D 13:28, Hay C 15:42, Stasiuk D 17:29
THIRD PERIOD
5. DETROIT, Al Johnson 2 (Gordie Howe, Norm Ullman) 19:18
Penalties – Pilote C 1:14, Godfrey D 1:53, Goegan D (10-minute misconduct) 14:03, Young D Hay C 16:08
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 8 13 8 29
BLACK HAWKS 8 13 13 34
DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk, Hank Bassen (0:00 of second period); CHICAGO, Glenn Hall
Power play – DET – 1 for 4, CHI – 1 for 5
Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: George Hayes, Bruce Sims
At Chicago Stadium
Monday, April 10
DETROIT 1 @ CHICAGO 3
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – Godfrey D 5:29, Wharram C 11:12, Mikita C 19:09
SECOND PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 3 (Pierre Pilote, Bobby Hull) 11:54
2. CHICAGO, Ron Murphy 1 (Pierre Pilote, Ed Litzenberger) 14:19 GWG
3. CHICAGO, Murray Balfour 3 (Bobby Hull, Bill Hay) 18:17
Penalties – None
THIRD PERIOD
4. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 4 (Alex Delvecchio, Howie Young) 9:28
Penalties – Howe D M. Balfour C 0:07, Wharram C Godfrey D 2:02, Young D 5:33
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 14 15 7 36
BLACK HAWKS 11 13 11 35
DETROIT, Hank Bassen; CHICAGO, Glenn Hall
Power play – DET – 0 for 2, CHI – 0 for 2
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich
At Chicago Stadium
Friday, April 14
DETROIT 3 @ CHICAGO 6
FIRST PERIOD
1. DETROIT, Leo Labine 3 (Al Johnson, Norm Ullman) 2:14
2. CHICAGO, Murray Balfour 4 (Bill Hay, Bobby Hull) 9:36
3. CHICAGO, Ron Murphy 2 (Eric Nesterenko, Dollard St. Laurent) 10:04
4. DETROIT, Howie Glover 1 (Bruce MacGregor, Val Fonteyne) 15:35 PPG
Penalties – Vasko C 14:44
SECOND PERIOD
5. CHICAGO, Murray Balfour 5 (Pierre Pilote, Bill Hay) 16:25
6. DETROIT, Vic Stasiuk 2 (Gordie Howe, Marcel Pronovost) 18:49
Penalties – Young D 6:20, Wharram C 12:29, Geogan D Hay C (majors) 19:13
THIRD PERIOD
7. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 5 (Pierre Pilote, Elmer Vasko) 2:51 PPG GWG
8. CHICAGO, Pierre Pilote 3 (Ken Wharram, Stan Mikita) 7:02
9. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 6 (Ron Murphy) 13:27
Penalties – Young D 2:22, Vasko C 4:17, Odrowski D 8:15, Vasko C 16:27, Howe D 18:18
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 6 11 21 38
BLACK HAWKS 12 10 11 33
DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; CHICAGO, Glenn Hall
Power play – DET – 1 for 4, CHI – 1 for 4
Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: George Hayes, Bruce Sims
At Chicago Stadium
GM TOMMY IVAN, HC RUDY PILOUS v. GM JACK ADAMS, HC SID ABEL
BLACK HAWKS WIN SERIES IN 6
Saturday, April 8
CHICAGO 1 @ DETROIT 3
FIRST PERIOD
1. DETROIT, Howie Young 2 (Vic Stasiuk, Alex Delvecchio) 8:10
2. DETROIT, Alex Delvecchio 2 (Gordie Howe, Al Johnson) 17:39 PPG GWG
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Penalties – Odrowski D 0:33, Wharram C 0:45, Stasiuk D 3:13, Young D 8:27, Wharram C 12:15, Godfrey D 15:15,
St. Laurent C 17:27
SECOND PERIOD
3. CHICAGO, Pierre Pilote 2 (unassisted) 0:41
Penalties – Evans C 2:42, Evans C 10:50, Young D 15:31, Evans C 20:00
THIRD PERIOD
4. DETROIT, Alex Delvecchio 3 (Vic Stasiuk, Gordie Howe) 19:22
Penalties – Hay C Young D 4:55, Howe D 13:19
Shots on goal by
BLACK HAWKS 7 12 16 35
RED WINGS 2 12 12 26
CHICAGO, Glenn Hall; DETROIT, Hank Bassen
Power play – CHI – 0 for 6, DET – 1 for 6
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: George Hayes, Bruce Sims
At Olympia Stadium
Wednesday, April 12
CHICAGO 1 @ DETROIT 2
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties – M. Balfour C 7:12, MacGregor D 12:22, Nesterenko C 15:30
SECOND PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Bill Hay 2 (Murray Balfour, Bobby Hull) 7:34
2. DETROIT, Alex Delvecchio 4 (Bruce MacGregor, Gordie Howe) 8:48 PPG
Penalties – Hull C 8:12, Ullman D 17:17
THIRD PERIOD
3. DETROIT, Bruce MacGregor 1 (Val Fonteyne, Warren Godfrey) 13:10 GWG
Penalties – None
Shots on goal by
BLACK HAWKS 14 9 5 28
RED WINGS 6 10 10 26
CHICAGO, Glenn Hall; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk
Power play – CHI – 0 for 2, DET – 1 for 3
Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
At Olympia Stadium
Sunday, Saturday, April 16
CHICAGO 5 @ DETROIT 1
FIRST PERIOD
1. DETROIT, Parker MacDonald 1 (Alex Delvecchio, Gordie Howe) 15:24 PPG
Penalties – Howe D 7:17, Evans C 11:16, Arbour C 13:34
SECOND PERIOD
2. CHICAGO, Reg Fleming 1 (unassisted) 0:25
3. CHICAGO, Ab McDonald 2 (Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull) 18:19 GWG
Penalties – Goegan D 1:24, Hicks C 6:06, Sloan C 14:17
THIRD PERIOD
4. CHICAGO, Eric Nesterenko 2 (Tod Sloan, Pierre Pilote) 0:57
5. CHICAGO, Jack Evans 1 (unassisted) 6:27
6. CHICAGO, Ken Wharram 3 (unassisted) 18:00
Penalties – MacGregor D 3:28, MacGregor D 10:55, Sloan C 18:23
Shots on goal by
BLACK HAWKS 7 8 6 21
RED WINGS 4 8 8 20
CHICAGO, Glenn Hall; DETROIT, Hank Bassen
Power play – CHI – 0 for 4 2 for 23 in series, DET – 1 for 5 5 for 24 in series
Referee: Eddie Powers Linesmen: George Hayes, Bruce Sims
At Olympia Stadium
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