1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season

1961–62 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th NHL
1961–62 record23–33–14
Goals for184
Goals against219
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachSid Abel
CaptainGordie Howe
Alternate captainsAlex Delvecchio
Bill Gadsby
Marcel Pronovost
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (33)
AssistsGordie Howe (44)
PointsGordie Howe (77)
Penalty minutesBill Gadsby (88)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (14)
Goals against averageHank Bassen (2.78)

The 1961–62 NHL season was the 36th season for the Detroit Red Wings.

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

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

Playoffs

They didn't qualify

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 70 33 44 77 54
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 26 43 69 18
Norm Ullman C 70 26 38 64 54
Vic Stasiuk LW 59 15 28 43 45
Bill Gadsby D 70 7 30 37 88
Ed Litzenberger C/RW 32 8 12 20 4
Claude Laforge LW 38 10 9 19 20
Bruce MacGregor C 65 6 12 18 16
Marcel Pronovost D 70 4 14 18 38
Warren Godfrey D 69 4 13 17 84
Howie Glover RW 39 7 8 15 44
Parker MacDonald C 32 5 7 12 8
Marc Boileau C 54 5 6 11 8
Allan Johnson RW/C 31 5 6 11 14
Len Lunde C 23 2 9 11 4
Val Fonteyne LW 70 5 5 10 4
Pete Goegan D 39 5 5 10 24
Larry Jeffrey LW 18 5 3 8 20
Leo Labine RW 48 3 4 7 30
Gerry Odrowski D 69 1 6 7 24
Howie Young D/RW 30 0 2 2 67
Chuck Holmes RW 8 1 0 1 4
Forbes Kennedy C 14 1 0 1 8
Pit Martin C 1 0 1 1 0
Noel Price D 20 0 1 1 6
Hank Bassen G 27 0 0 0 8
Bob Dillabough C 5 0 0 0 2
Jack Hendrickson D 1 0 0 0 2
Lowell MacDonald LW 1 0 0 0 2
Wayne Rivers RW 2 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 43 0 0 0 12
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 2580 43 14 21 8 141 3.28 5
Hank Bassen 1620 27 9 12 6 75 2.78 3
Team: 4200 70 23 33 14 216 3.09 8

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

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 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.