1961–62 Boston Bruins season

1961–62 Boston Bruins
Division6th NHL
1961–62 record15–47–8
Goals for177
Goals against306
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachPhil Watson
CaptainDon McKenney
Team leaders
GoalsDon McKenney (22)
AssistsJohn Bucyk (40)
PointsJohn Bucyk (60)
Penalty minutesTed Green (116)
WinsDon Head (9)
Goals against averageDon Head (4.16)

The 1961–62 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 38th season in the NHL. Earning 38 of a possible 140 points in the standings, the team's 0.271 points percentage was the worst in their history excluding their inaugural season in 1924–25, in which they captured 12 out of a possible 60 points (0.200). The team also endured a 20-game winless streak (16 losses and 4 ties) which included the entire month of February.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 42 14 14 259 166 +93 98
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 37 22 11 232 180 +52 85
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 31 26 13 217 186 +31 75
4 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 195 207 −12 64
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 23 33 14 184 219 −35 60
6 Boston Bruins 70 15 47 8 177 306 −129 38

Record vs. opponents

1961–62 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–10–2 4–8–2 3–10–1 2–10–2 4–9–1
Chicago 10–2–2 — 7–3–4 3–9–2 7–6–1 4–6–4
Detroit 8–4–2 3–7–4 — 3–8–3 6–5–3 3–9–2
Montreal 10–3–1 9–3–2 8–3–3 — 8–1–5 7–4–3
New York 10–2–2 6–7–1 5–6–3 1–8–5 — 4–9–1
Toronto 9–4–1 6–4–4 9–3–2 4–7–3 9–4–1 —


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1961 2–6 New York Rangers (1961–62) 0–1–0
2 L October 12, 1961 3–6 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 0–2–0
3 L October 14, 1961 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 0–3–0
4 T October 15, 1961 5–5 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 0–3–1
5 L October 17, 1961 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 0–4–1
6 L October 19, 1961 3–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 0–5–1
7 L October 21, 1961 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 0–6–1
8 L October 22, 1961 1–9 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 0–7–1
9 W October 26, 1961 4–0 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 1–7–1
10 T October 29, 1961 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 1–7–2
11 W November 2, 1961 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 2–7–2
12 L November 5, 1961 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 2–8–2
13 T November 8, 1961 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–8–3
14 L November 9, 1961 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 2–9–3
15 W November 12, 1961 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 3–9–3
16 W November 16, 1961 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 4–9–3
17 L November 19, 1961 2–6 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 4–10–3
18 L November 23, 1961 3–4 New York Rangers (1961–62) 4–11–3
19 L November 25, 1961 0–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 4–12–3
20 L November 26, 1961 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 4–13–3
21 L November 29, 1961 4–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 4–14–3
22 L November 30, 1961 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 4–15–3
23 W December 2, 1961 3–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 5–15–3
24 L December 3, 1961 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 5–16–3
25 L December 7, 1961 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 5–17–3
26 L December 9, 1961 2–9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 5–18–3
27 L December 10, 1961 3–4 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 5–19–3
28 T December 13, 1961 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 5–19–4
29 L December 14, 1961 0–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 5–20–4
30 L December 16, 1961 4–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 5–21–4
31 L December 17, 1961 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 5–22–4
32 W December 21, 1961 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 6–22–4
33 W December 23, 1961 7–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 7–22–4
34 L December 25, 1961 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 7–23–4
35 W December 31, 1961 7–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 8–23–4
36 L January 1, 1962 2–4 New York Rangers (1961–62) 8–24–4
37 L January 6, 1962 2–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 8–25–4
38 W January 7, 1962 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 9–25–4
39 L January 10, 1962 5–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 9–26–4
40 L January 11, 1962 0–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 9–27–4
41 L January 13, 1962 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 9–28–4
42 L January 14, 1962 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 9–29–4
43 W January 18, 1962 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 10–29–4
44 W January 20, 1962 5–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 11–29–4
45 L January 21, 1962 1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 11–30–4
46 W January 27, 1962 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–30–4
47 L January 28, 1962 1–5 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 12–31–4
48 L January 31, 1962 0–5 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–32–4
49 L February 1, 1962 3–5 New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–33–4
50 L February 3, 1962 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–34–4
51 L February 4, 1962 0–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 12–35–4
52 T February 7, 1962 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 12–35–5
53 L February 8, 1962 2–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–36–5
54 T February 10, 1962 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 12–36–6
55 L February 11, 1962 3–5 New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–37–6
56 L February 15, 1962 1–9 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 12–38–6
57 L February 18, 1962 0–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–39–6
58 L February 21, 1962 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–40–6
59 L February 24, 1962 2–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 12–41–6
60 L February 25, 1962 0–8 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–42–6
61 T February 28, 1962 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–42–7
62 L March 1, 1962 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–43–7
63 L March 4, 1962 1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 12–44–7
64 L March 8, 1962 0–3 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 12–45–7
65 L March 10, 1962 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 12–46–7
66 T March 11, 1962 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 12–46–8
67 W March 15, 1962 4–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 13–46–8
68 W March 18, 1962 6–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 14–46–8
69 L March 22, 1962 3–4 New York Rangers (1961–62) 14–47–8
70 W March 25, 1962 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 15–47–8

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
John Bucyk LW 67 20 40 60 32
Don McKenney C 70 22 33 55 10
Jerry Toppazzini RW 70 19 31 50 26
Murray Oliver C 70 17 29 46 21
Doug Mohns LW/D 69 16 29 45 74
Cliff Pennington C 70 9 32 41 2
Charlie Burns C 70 11 17 28 43
Andre Pronovost LW 70 15 8 23 74
Leo Boivin D 65 5 18 23 70
Wayne Connelly C 61 8 12 20 34
Terry Gray RW 42 8 7 15 15
Tommy Williams RW 26 6 6 12 2
Ted Green D 66 3 8 11 116
Ed Westfall D/RW 63 2 9 11 53
Bob Beckett C 34 7 2 9 14
Larry Leach C 28 2 5 7 18
Pat Stapleton D 69 2 5 7 42
Dick Meissner RW 66 3 3 6 13
Bob Armstrong D 9 2 1 3 20
Ed Chadwick G 4 0 0 0 0
Bruce Gamble G 28 0 0 0 4
Don Head G 38 0 0 0 14
Orland Kurtenbach C 8 0 0 0 6
Dallas Smith D 7 0 0 0 10
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Don Head 2280 38 9 26 3 158 4.16 2
Bruce Gamble 1680 28 6 18 4 121 4.32 1
Ed Chadwick 240 4 0 3 1 22 5.50 0
Team: 4200 70 15 47 8 301 4.30 3

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1961–1962 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1961-62 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.