1959 Stanley Cup Finals

1959 Stanley Cup Finals
	* 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 – April 18
Series-winning goal	Marcel Bonin (9:55, second)

The 1959 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by 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 would win the series four games to one to win 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

Montreal Canadiens 1959 Stanley Cup champions

Players

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

1 Jacques Plante
1 Charlie Hodge (Sub)

Coaching and administrative staff:

Hartland Molson (President/Owner)
Frank Selke Sr. (Manager), Ken Reardon (Vice President)
Sam Pollock (Personnel Director), Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
Hector Dubois (Trainer, Larry Aubut (Asst. Trainer)
Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.

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.

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

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