Dave Keon

Since Dave Keon got the Conn Smythe in 1967, no Maple Leafs player has won a major NHL award (Hart, Norris, Ross or Vezina), the longest such streak by any team in the league.

The author, coach of the Montreal Canadiens since 1955—senior coach in the NHL—has piloted the swift-skating Habitants to eight pennants and seven Stanley Cup championships. As a player he scored 235 goals in 13...

Postseason play for the Stanley Cup can bring suspense and upsets, but this year all it proved was that the champions were really champion

While Toronto's citizens watched in polite silence, hockey's most gentlemanly team methodically slaughtered its uncouth rivals

No matter which of the six teams described on the preceding pages turns out to be NHL champion this year, the victory will have been a long time in the making. Championship hockey players cannot be bought readymade...