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The 1967 Mystique

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Last year I started my first semester in university. One of my elective classes was a course on early American history. The professor, who had been working at the university for around 18 years was originally from a town near Philadelphia and admitted in his introduction he didn't know much about Canadian history. He said when he lived back in Pennsylvania he had a neighbors from Thunder Bay, Ontario who told him the two most important events in Canada's history: 1867, the year of confederation, and the second he wanted us to guess. I already knew the answer and rolled my eyes but didn't raise my hand. Nobody said a word, and a picture of the Stanley Cup appeared on the PowerPoint. He said 1967, the last year the Leafs won the Cup. The class laughed and I felt like jumping out the window. This was in Toronto btw.

Anybody else have similar stories of the "1967 mystique?"
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Riders on the Storm said:
Last year I started my first semester in university. One of my elective classes was a course on early American history. The professor, who had been working at the university for around 18 years was originally from a town near Philadelphia and admitted in his introduction he didn't know much about Canadian history. He said when he lived back in Pennsylvania he had a neighbors from Thunder Bay, Ontario who told him the two most important events in Canada's history: 1867, the year of confederation, and the second he wanted us to guess. I already knew the answer and rolled my eyes but didn't raise my hand. Nobody said a word, and a picture of the Stanley Cup appeared on the PowerPoint. He said 1967, the last year the Leafs won the Cup. The class laughed and I felt like jumping out the window. This was in Toronto btw.

Anybody else have similar stories of the "1967 mystique?"
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Go Transit services began and the National Library of Canada opened. Since these two things strarted The Leafs he have not won the Cup.
 
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1967 was a good year. The Leafs won a cup. It's hilarious when fanbases with no cups joke about it.
 
  • Canada had half the population that it has today
  • players and coaches smoked in the dressing room
  • NHL players had summer jobs to supplement their incomes
  • the price of the most expensive ticket to a Stanley Cup final game at Maple Leaf Gardens was $7.00 (equivalent to $55.00 today)
  • 2,000,000 viewers watched the final game of the 1967 Stanley Cup (approximately 10% of the Canadian population)
  • each player received a $3,000 bonus for winning the '67 Stanley Cup from the owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs (equivalent to $24,000 today)
  • 1967 Stanley Cup parade route of 3.5 km was attended by 25,000 people
  • "Such receptions have become a tradition." - What Toronto Mayor Dennison said at the 1967 Stanley Cup championship celebration at City Hall
  • Expo 67 organizers in Montreal planned to display the Stanley Cup in the Quebec exhibit, but the surprise Toronto Maple Leafs victory meant that it was displayed in the Ontario exhibit for the month of July
  • cash was used everywhere, not credit cards
  • there were no lotteries in Canada
  • black and white televisions were the norm
  • there was no 9-1-1 service
  • there were no McDonalds in Canada
  • there was no light beer
  • there were no Pringles potato chips
  • there were no Frosted Pop-Tarts
  • there was no Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood or Sesame Street
  • there were no self-serve gas stations in Canada
  • there were no Starbucks coffee shops
  • there were no Walmart or IKEA stores in Canada
  • there were no cable channels TSN, Sportsnet, ESPN
  • there were no disposable razors
  • not all cars came with seatbelts; they were optional
  • there were no handheld calculators
 
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Leaf Fans said:
Go Transit services began and the National Library of Canada opened. Since these two things strarted The Leafs he have not won the Cup.
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Oh oh I've been on Go transit and also frequent the National Library on occasion

Oh God is it all my fault?

BTW we got our first colour television at Christmas in 66, CBC first presented colour NHL for the 67 playoffs, coincidence?
 
BayStBullies said:
1967 was a good year. The Leafs won a cup. It's hilarious when fanbases with no cups joke about it.
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You have to be in your late 60s or into your 70s to have truly meaningful memories of Leafs winning the cup. Come on, we have seen nothing. I am almost 38 years and the Leafs won 4 playoff series, that’s it during my fandom. Would have been nice if they all were in 1 year, then it wouldn’t be so bad. But it wasn’t so here we are. You have to be well into your 30s to even have meaningful memories of celebrating a series win lol. Truly pathetic.
 
nsleaf said:
  • Canada had half the population that it has today
  • players and coaches smoked in the dressing room
  • NHL players had summer jobs to supplement their incomes
  • the price of the most expensive ticket to a Stanley Cup final game at Maple Leaf Gardens was $7.00 (equivalent to $55.00 today)
  • 2,000,000 viewers watched the final game of the 1967 Stanley Cup (approximately 10% of the Canadian population)
  • each player received a $3,000 bonus for winning the '67 Stanley Cup from the owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs (equivalent to $24,000 today)
  • 1967 Stanley Cup parade route of 3.5 km was attended by 25,000 people
  • "Such receptions have become a tradition." - What Toronto Mayor Dennison said at the 1967 Stanley Cup championship celebration at City Hall
  • Expo 67 organizers in Montreal planned to display the Stanley Cup in the Quebec exhibit, but the surprise Toronto Maple Leafs victory meant that it was displayed in the Ontario exhibit for the month of July
  • cash was used everywhere, not credit cards
  • there were no lotteries in Canada
  • black and white televisions were the norm
  • there was no 9-1-1 service
  • there were no McDonalds in Canada
  • there was no light beer
  • there were no Pringles potato chips
  • there were no Frosted Pop-Tarts
  • there was no Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood or Sesame Street
  • there were no self-serve gas stations in Canada
  • there were no Starbucks coffee shops
  • there were no Walmart or IKEA stores in Canada
  • there were no cable channels TSN, Sportsnet, ESPN
  • there were no disposable razors
  • not all cars came with seatbelts; they were optional
  • there were no handheld calculators
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Canada celebrated 100 year anniversary in 1967
 
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