1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Division2nd NHL
1961–62 record37–22–11
Goals for232
Goals against180
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Alternate captainsDick Duff
Bert Olmstead
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsFrank Mahovlich (33)
AssistsFrank Mahovlich (38)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (71)
Penalty minutesBob Pulford (98)
WinsJohnny Bower (31)
Goals against averageDon Simmons (2.33)

The 1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Leafs finish in second place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 22 losses, and 11 ties for 85 points. They ousted the New York Rangers in six games in the Semi-finals before defeating the defending champion Chicago Black Hawks, also in six games, to win their first Stanley Cup championship since 1951. It would be the first of three straight Stanley Cup titles for the team, and four overall during the decade of the 1960s.

Offseason

Regular season

Season 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

1961–62 Game Log (37–22–11) (Home: 25–5–5; Road: 12–17–6)
October: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 2–2–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts. Time Local TV National TV Local Radio Report
1 W October 12, 1961 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 1–0–0 2 W1
2 W October 14, 1961 3–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 2–0–0 4 W2
3 L October 15, 1961 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–1–0 4 L1
4 T October 21, 1961 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 2–1–1 5 T1
5 W October 22, 1961 9–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 3–1–1 7 W1
6 W October 28, 1961 5–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 4–1–1 9 W2
7 L October 29, 1961 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 4–2–1 9 L1
November: 9–4–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 3–4–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts. Time Local TV National TV Local Radio Report
8 W November 1, 1961 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 5–2–1 11 W1
9 W November 4, 1961 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 6–2–1 13 W2
10 W November 5, 1961 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 7–2–1 15 W3
11 L November 7, 1961 0–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 7–3–1 15 L1
12 L November 9, 1961 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 7–4–1 15 L2
13 W November 11, 1961 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 8–4–1 17 W1
14 L November 12, 1961 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 8–5–1 17 L1
15 W November 15, 1961 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 9–5–1 19 W1
16 W November 18, 1961 6–1 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 10–5–1 21 W2
17 L November 19, 1961 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 10–6–1 21 L1
18 W November 23, 1961 5–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 11–6–1 23 W1
19 W November 25, 1961 6–0 New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–6–1 25 W2
20 W November 26, 1961 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 13–6–1 27 W3
21 T November 29, 1961 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 13–6–2 28 T1
22 T November 30, 1961 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 13–6–3 29 T2
December: 6–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–3–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts. Time Local TV National TV Local Radio Report
23 W December 2, 1961 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 14–6–3 31 W1
24 L December 3, 1961 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 14–7–3 31 L1
25 L December 7, 1961 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 14–8–3 31 L2
26 W December 9, 1961 9–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 15–8–3 33 W1
27 W December 10, 1961 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 16–8–3 35 W2
28 W December 16, 1961 4–2 New York Rangers (1961–62) 17–8–3 37 W3
29 W December 17, 1961 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 18–8–3 39 W4
30 L December 23, 1961 4–7 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 18–9–3 39 L1
31 T December 25, 1961 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 18–9–4 40 T1
32 T December 27, 1961 0–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 18–9–5 41 T2
33 W December 30, 1961 6–4 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 19–9–5 43 W1
34 L December 31, 1961 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 19–10–5 43 L1
January: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 2–2–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts. Time Local TV National TV Local Radio Report
35 W January 3, 1962 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 20–10–5 45 W1
36 W January 6, 1962 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 21–10–5 47 W2
37 W January 7, 1962 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 22–10–5 49 W3
38 W January 10, 1962 7–5 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 23–10–5 51 W4
39 L January 11, 1962 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 23–11–5 51 L1
40 W January 13, 1962 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 24–11–5 53 W1
41 T January 14, 1962 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 24–11–6 54 T1
42 W January 17, 1962 4–2 New York Rangers (1961–62) 25–11–6 56 W1
43 L January 20, 1962 4–5 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 25–12–6 56 L1
44 W January 21, 1962 5–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 26–12–6 58 W1
45 L January 24, 1962 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 26–13–6 58 L1
46 W January 27, 1962 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 27–13–6 60 W1
47 T January 28, 1962 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 27–13–7 61 T1
February: 5–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts. Time Local TV National TV Local Radio Report
48 L February 1, 1962 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 27–14–7 61 L1
49 W February 3, 1962 4–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 28–14–7 63 W1
50 L February 4, 1962 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 28–15–7 63 L1
51 T February 7, 1962 2–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 28–15–8 64 T1
52 L February 10, 1962 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 28–16–8 64 L1
53 L February 11, 1962 0–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 28–17–8 64 L2
54 W February 17, 1962 5–3 New York Rangers (1961–62) 29–17–8 66 W1
55 L February 18, 1962 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 29–18–8 66 L1
56 L February 21, 1962 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 29–19–8 66 L2
57 W February 24, 1962 7–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 30–19–8 68 W1
58 W February 25, 1962 8–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 31–19–8 70 W2
59 W February 28, 1962 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 32–19–8 72 W3
March: 5–3–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–2–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts. Time Local TV National TV Local Radio Report
60 W March 3, 1962 3–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 33–19–8 74 W4
61 W March 4, 1962 5–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 34–19–8 76 W5
62 T March 8, 1962 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 34–19–9 77 T1
63 W March 10, 1962 2–0 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 35–19–9 79 W1
64 W March 11, 1962 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 36–19–9 81 W2
65 W March 14, 1962 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 37–19–9 83 W3
66 L March 17, 1962 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 37–20–9 83 L1
67 T March 18, 1962 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 37–20–10 84 T1
68 L March 22, 1962 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 37–21–10 84 L1
69 T March 24, 1962 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 37–21–11 85 T1
70 L March 25, 1962 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 37–22–11 85 L1

All times EASTERN [3]

Playoffs

The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup for the 10th time in franchise history and the first Stanley Cup since 1951 after defeating the New York Rangers 4–2 in the Stanley Cup Semifinals and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 in the Stanley Cup Finals.

1962 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log
1962 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series Time National TV Local Radio Report
1 W March 27, 1962 4–2 New York Rangers (1961–62) 1–0 W1
2 W March 29, 1962 2–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–0 W2
3 L April 1, 1962 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–1 L1
4 L April 3, 1962 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–2 L2
5 W April 5, 1962 3–2 2OT New York Rangers (1961–62) 3–2 W1
6 W April 7, 1962 7–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 4–2 W2
1962 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series Time National TV Local Radio Report
1 W April 10, 1962 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 1–0 W1
2 W April 12, 1962 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 2–0 W2
3 L April 15, 1962 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 2–1 L1
4 L April 17, 1962 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 2–2 L2
5 W April 19, 1962 8–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 3–2 W1
6 W April 22, 1962 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 4–2 W2

All times EASTERN

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS Penalty minutes
Frank Mahovlich 70 33 38 71 87
Dave Keon 64 26 35 61 2
George Armstrong 70 21 32 53 27
Bob Nevin 69 15 30 45 10
Bob Pulford 70 18 21 39 98
Dick Duff 51 17 20 37 37
Bert Olmstead 56 13 23 36 10
Billy Harris 67 15 10 25 14
Eddie Shack 44 7 14 21 62
Ed Litzenberger 37 10 10 20 14
Ron Stewart 60 8 9 17 14
John MacMillan 31 1 0 1 8
Les Kozak 12 1 0 1 2
Larry Keenan 2 0 0 0 0
Brian Conacher 1 0 0 0 0
Alex Faulkner 1 0 0 0 0

Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Red Kelly 58 22 27 49 6
Tim Horton 70 10 28 38 88
Allan Stanley 60 9 26 35 24
Carl Brewer 67 1 22 23 89
Bobby Baun 65 4 11 15 94
Al Arbour 52 1 5 6 68
Arnie Brown 2 0 0 0 0
Larry Hillman 5 0 0 0 4

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Johnny Bower 59 31 18 10 2 2.56
Don Simmons 9 5 3 1 1 2.33
Gerry Cheevers 2 1 1 0 0 3.00

Awards and records

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 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  4. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5