1962 NHL SCF Game 3 Toronto @ Chicago 4 15 1962

[@brian13105]

I was 10 years old and watched all this series from my Toronto home EXCEPT for the last period of the final game because I fell asleep on the couch . I was certainly mad at my dad the next morning for not waking me up .

[@marblox9300]

I was 3 in 1962. The best era of hockey was in the early to mid 70s when goalies started the mask thing. It was magical.

[@jln55]

The detail in the play by play reminds me of a radio broadcast.

[@stevenelief6784]

"Mr Goalie," "Pete Pilote," and "Swoop" Nesterenko. What a place the barn was. It literally rocked.

[@Edwardo485]

Mr. goalie Glenn Hall defenceman Pierre Pilote and of course Eric Nesterenko ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[@saywhat6704]

Don't you just love how Bill Hewitt kept stressing the time of the first goal...How many can still remember back then..the hockey pool tickets..some charity would be selling times and cash prizes were award for goals and penalties..usually the first goal winner got the princely sum of fifty dollars back then..

[@brian13105]

Yes and I remember one year some timekeeper in Montreal was arrested for letting the clock tick over one second in some cases because some pools were using odd or even times to determine winners .

[@saywhat6704]

@@brian13105 I remember that..but i just didin't know when so I looked it up on the internet..and it was 1969...lol..lol..thanks for the add on.

[@timrobinson7373]

AHHH the MADHOUSE ON MADISON was a bit more crazy back then when just scoring a goal all the hats and junk delaying the game

[@craignl]

Interesting - Scott Young (Neil's father) is featured in the 1st intermission. Neil's speaking voice sounds like his father's!

[@tomhallick419]

The Maple Leaf Forever was an interesting selection! But on the other hand, Mr. Izzo sang both anthems. At Leafs home games, it was O Canada only until about 1980.

[@FlintyCobblestone]

Bernard Izzo: RIP

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Hull wearing 7. I was at his last game in a Hawks uniform: game 4 of the 1972 semi finals at MSG when the Rangers finished off the Hawks in 4 game sweep. Next season he was in the WHA.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

What a SHAME, that Dollar Bill Wirtz DESTROYED what could have been a DYNASTY in Chicago! Hawks had TOP talent, but NO competent leadership from the Front Office! Hull, Mikita, Hall, Pilote, ONLY one Cup ring!?! That's most likely why Hull DESERTED Chicago!

[@FlintyCobblestone]

@@mr.blackhawk142 I'm pretty sure it was more Arthur Wirtz driving Bobby out of Chicago than Bill, though Bill certainly played a role.

[@russellmurray3964]

@@mr.blackhawk142 Not to mention that the Wirtz's also traded Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield to Boston for basically Pit Martin and nothing else in 1967. Probably the worst trade in NHL history. The Hawks would have won some cups with those guys in the lineup.

[@domenicdurante966]

@@russellmurray3964 No doubt. The Hawks would have been the powerhouse, not the Bruins.

[@buddmannable]

Announcer mentions that there is a capacity crowd "3 deep in the balconies" at Chicago Stadium. That was always a running joke in the old barn in the 60's and 70's. The attendance would be announced at 16,666 (capacity) for all Hawk games but in reality about 21,000 PLUS were jammed inside. I think the Chicago Fire Marshalls all got trips to Hawaii!!

[@stevenelief6784]

Excellent point. No health and safety and clouds of smoke. Nothing like the barn, by far the noisiest, rowdy place anywhere.

[@stevenelief6784]

Mr Goalie, Pete Pilote, Moose Vasko. I remember some fans from Toronto who couldn't believe the riotous atmosphere at the Stadium.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Yup! As a lad in 1960s Vancouver ALWAYS reading the box scores the next day, in the newspapers, I noticed the attendance was ALWAYS the EXACT same # (16,666). That was my only source of Hawk games info, plus The Hockey News! No 'satellite' TV, or internet back then.

[@donhuber9131]

Maybe the loudest building in hockey history!

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@donhuber9131 Maybe??? Which other barn was even close to the MADhouse??? Too bad they tore that HERITAGE House down!!!

[@lsmftymf]

That's the clearest I've ever seen those two Blackhawks logos in the center circle. Subsequently both would morph into Rorschach tests because they would never be repainted.

[@marblox9300]

I thought the same thing. They in my memory were never very clear.

[@Edwardo485]

Same here I also watched those games from the old Chicago Stadium 1960 and 1961 on our 24 inch b/w television. I also used to take notice of the 2 logos in the circle of the Ice and remember most of the time they looking pretty vivid at least to me. I'll always remember the big overhead scoreboard clock stopping and starting again causing little delays but all was well afterwards. Bobby Hull wearing #7 later #16 and then finally his #9 the great Bobby Hull ⭐️ bringing fans to their feet so long ago at that wonderful old chicago Stadium. and what about that wonderful Huge Barton pipe organ shaking the Stadium right down from it's High above rafters 🎶💥 one sorry old dude that never got to attend A Hockey game in that historic old Stadium. But I have fond memories memories just the same. ♡

[@greggmitchell4173]

Wow the Maple Leaf Forever. Not O' Canada.

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

This was no doubt a Canadian feed because forty minutes from the beginning is everybody's favorite gas station--Esso! (I grew up with Esso in Long Island, but now only Canada has them!) And April 15, 1962 fell on a Sunday!

[@lsmftymf]

@@jaymorgenthal9479 Your first sentence is incorrect. ESSO, ENCO and Humble Oil were already part of the same company. Each of the brand names served different regions. EXXON was just a unification of the three brands in the USA.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Yes Martin! I recognize the Canadian commenTATER's voice, but don't have my hearing aids on now. This is probably Foster Hewitt, bc there was only one or two back in 1962. Toronto, or Montreal's announcers. Later Danny Gallivan was a great announcer/color man for Montreal!

[@tomhallick419]

@@mr.blackhawk142 "From Chicago, this is Hockey Night In Canada"!

[@RRaquello]

Esso still existed into the 70s. There was an Esso station in the town I lived in until it became Exxon, probably around 1973. That was in New York. But it is a Canadian broadcast.

[@midnightrambler7716]

@@mr.blackhawk142The TV announcer is Bill Hewitt, Foster’s son. Foster was doing radio broadcasts at the same time on a radio station he founded CKFH (the FH standing for Foster Hewitt) from the gondola in Maple Leaf Gardens.

[@Classicrocker6119]

I was four months olds when this game took place. Leafs went on to win three straight Stanley Cups. My late Father always told me that the NHL “Original Six” was hockey at its best.

[@ghytgb]

Because the league was a joke 🤷🏼

[@RemoVegas]

@@ghytgb SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU SOCIALLY ENGINEERED FUCKING PUNK...

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@ghytgb Sez the Mama's Boy!

[@marblox9300]

I was 3 in 1962.

[@elshadjafar2437]

LIKE FROM ME BAKU. THANKS

[@akbarmahamadjanov3167]

Супер добрый хоккей,эх были хорошие времена

[@rohinkartik-narayan7535]

A Chicago Blackhawks anthem with no yelling and cheering just sounds weird now

[@vwm8534]

Agreed. Not normal.😁

[@scottnoris106]

The soloists back in the early '60s through the early '70s were a couple of Chicago opera singers. The one in this game was Bernard Izzo, and the other soloist was Lawrence Lane.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@scottnoris106 Thanx Scott! I'd love to read more info about THE Stadium! I always wanted to go there! I got as far as KalamaZOO in 1970, and got mugged by Blacks there!

[@RRaquello]

The Black Hawks of the 60s did less with more talent than any team in NHL history. Probably should have won 3 or 4 Stanley Cups but only won that one at the beginning.

[@hamburg1306]

Great stuff in this post. Notice the two line pass doesn’t impact the game at all. Larger neutral zone and d actually has to skate the puck out of the zone instead of playing knock hockey like today.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

WTF is 'knock' hockey???

[@mickeybitsko1676]

PA announcer Harvey wittenberg

[@markrocovich2234]

One of the most iconic voices of the Original 6...along with the multi-lingual announcer in the Montreal Forum...

[@FlintyCobblestone]

Claude Mouton

[@timrobinson7373]

OMG was Harvey there when the Stadium first opened in 1929?

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Thanx Mickey! Harvey REALLY sounded like a CYBORG to me! I used to listen to Sunday night Hawk games in the late 60s, early 70s in Vancouver! I was a teen then.

[@VinylToVideo]

I can't stand modern inceptions of hockey. This I could watch.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Too bad the video 'quality' don't have any!!! (quality)

[@VinylToVideo]

@@mr.blackhawk142 The quality of the broadcast back in the day would have been terrific. What isn't terrific is the degradation in the original magnetic tape media it was stored on for decades.

[@jimclarence5441]

Imlach said he was so pleased that the Hawk fans littered the ice after the Hawks scored the first goal. The delay killed some of the Hawks momentum. Soon after the Leafs scored....in the deciding game, not game three.

[@javelldunn3379]

This Blackhawks are my favorite teams in NHL 1962 if they should win 3 or 4 Stanley Cups

[@leafyutube]

Too bad they didn't have color picture in 4K HD.

[@lovesmusic36]

This was in the early days of color TV. Only the wealthy could afford color and it wasn't anywhere near the quality that we have now. Even black & white TV hadn't been around very long.

[@randycollins7910]

In some way Punch Imlach reminds me of Jack Ruby and that's kind of creepy.

[@ronpiticco7222]

Imlach was a creep, tried to ruin Big Ms career playing head games with for a few yrs, Mahovlich got the last laugh winning 2 more cups while leading Montreal while Beliveau was ending his career

[@timrobinson7373]

I was wondering if this game was broadcast (TV coverage) in Chicago or was the game blacked out cuz the Wertz family was still being a cheapskate and would not do tv broadcasts?

[@scottnoris106]

The Wirtzes owned the downtown Bismark Hotel and another one within a block of it and both had theaters. They had closed circuit capabilities and charged people to go in and watch the game.

[@stevenelief6784]

Blacked out, no treats for the world's most, noisy, fervent fans. MLG was like polite fans. Greedey organization as well.

[@marcarturi2137]

OLd Man Wirtz is rolling over in his grave because this game from 1962 is being broadcast on TV in 2024! 🤑😅🤣🤑

[@ghytgb]

NHL = No Hitting League

[@ghytgb]

When hockey truly sucked. 17:46 only hit in the game and they call a penalty. Anyone dare say a word about today’s game needs to take a look at any game before 1980.

[@ryanlanglois2886]

There were other hits in the game, obviously you don't crank someone like an idiot when nobody is wearing a helmet. If nobody was wearing a helmet and someone took a 4 stride charge your way along the boards you'd be the first guy crying to the refs for a call.

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

@@ryanlanglois2886 I was at one of Bill Masterson’s last games at the old MSG 12/27/1967. I wished the NHL had adopted Helmets.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@ryanlanglois2886 Thanx Ryan! ghytgb is as STUPID as his username!

[@JohnDaly-x4i]

Flow! Great hockey! Flat__--wounds🎉