Former Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks right winger Jim Pappin of Sudbury, Ontario passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82 according to CBC Sports. Pappin played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1963 to 1977 with the Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks, California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons.
In 767 regular season games, Pappin had 278 goals and 295 assists for 573 points. He was a +104 with 667 penalty minutes, 123 power-play points, 11 shorthanded points, 46 game-winning goals and 1625 shots on goal.
Pappin had a memorable season with the Maple Leafs when the franchise won the Stanley Cup in 1967. That season he led the NHL in game-winning regular season goals with seven, and then in the playoffs led all players in postseason goals (seven), postseason points (15), postseason power-play goals (three), and postseason shooting percentage (15.9%). Then in game six of the 1967 Stanley Cup Final on May 2, 1967, Pappin scored the game-winning goal from Pete Stemkowski of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Bob Pulford of Newton Robinson, Ontario in a 3-1 Maple Leafs win over the Montreal Canadiens. Pappin’s goal was the game-winner with 36 seconds left in the second period and put Toronto up 2-1 at the time. The 1967 Stanley Cup title was the second Stanley Cup for Pappin in his career as he was also part of the Maple Leafs team that won the 1964 Stanley Cup.
Pappin’s most memorable season came in 1972-73 with the Black Hawks. That year he had career-highs in goals (41), assists (51), and points (92).
