1959 Stanley Cup Finals

1959 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 Total Montreal Canadiens 5 3 2* 3 5 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 1 3* 2 3 1
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)	Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3, 4)
Coaches	Montreal: Toe Blake Toronto: Punch Imlach
Captains	Montreal: Maurice Richard Toronto: George Armstrong
Dates	April 9–18, 1959
Series-winning goal	Marcel Bonin (9:55, second)
Hall of Famers	Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972; did not play) Bernie Geoffrion (1972) Doug Harvey (1973) Tom Johnson (1970) Dickie Moore (1974) Jacques Plante (1978) Henri Richard (1979) Maurice Richard (1961) Maple Leafs: George Armstrong (1975) Johnny Bower (1976) Dick Duff (2006) Tim Horton (1977) Frank Mahovlich (1981) Bert Olmstead (1985) Bob Pulford (1991) Allan Stanley (1981) Coaches: Toe Blake (1966, player) Punch Imlach (1984)
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The 1959 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1958–59 season, and the culmination of the 1959 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the three-time defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Montreal was making its ninth consecutive appearance in the Final series. It was Toronto's first appearance since their 1951 win over Montreal. The Canadiens won the series, four games to one, for their fourth straight Cup victory.

Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in six games to reach the finals. Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins in seven games to reach the finals.

Game summaries

Maurice Richard, hampered by injuries, had no points during the playoffs.

April 9	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–5		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Dick Duff (3) - sh - 4:53 Billy Harris (1) - 6:24		First period			00:36 - Henri Richard (3) 15:41 - Ralph Backstrom (1)
Ron Stewart (2) - 18:26		Second period			16:28 - Andre Pronovost (2)
No scoring		Third period			11:59 - Marcel Bonin (8) 15:02 - pp - Dickie Moore (4)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Jacques Plante

April 11	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–3		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:12 - pp - Tom Johnson (1)
Ron Stewart (3) - 11:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			5:02 - Claude Provost (5) 18:33 - Claude Provost (6)
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Jacques Plante

April 14	Montreal Canadiens		2–3	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Marcel Bonin (9) - pp - 17:31		First period			16:29 - Billy Harris (2)
No scoring		Second period			17:11 - Bert Olmstead (3)
Dickie Moore (5) - 1:30		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			10:06 - Dick Duff (4)
Jacques Plante		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 16	Montreal Canadiens		3–2		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ab McDonald (1) - 9:54 Ralph Backstrom (2) - 13:01 Bernie Geoffrion (3) - 15:56		Third period			3:45 - Billy Harris (3) 18:36 - Frank Mahovlich (5)
Jacques Plante		Goalie stats			Johnny Bower

April 18	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–5		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:13 - pp - Ralph Backstrom (3) 13:42 - Bernie Geoffrion (4) 16:26 - Tom Johnson (2)
Bob Pulford (4) - pp - 4:27		Second period			9:55 - Marcel Bonin (10) 19:25 - pp - Bernie Geoffrion (5)
Frank Mahovlich (6) - 12:07 Bert Olmstead (4) - 16:19		Third period			No scoring
Johnny Bower		Goalie stats			Jacques Plante

Montreal won series 4–1

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1959 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Maurice Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 5–3 win over the Maple Leafs in game five.

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

1958–59 Montreal Canadiens

Players

Stanley Cup engravings

• Ken Reardon name was spelt KEN READON VICE PRES missing an "R". Mistake was corrected on the replica cup created in 1992–93.

See also

• 1958–59 NHL season

Notes

References

• "All-Time NHL Results".
• 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

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1958

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1959

Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1960