# 1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the team finish first in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 35 wins, 23 losses, and 12 ties for 82 points. It was the first time they had finished first overall in the league since 1948. In the playoffs, they defeated their arch-rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, four games to one, in the Semi-finals. They then defeated the Detroit Red Wings in five games to win their second straight Stanley Cup.

## Regular season
### Season standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 221 | 180 | +41 | 82 |
| 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 194 | 178 | +16 | 81 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 225 | 183 | +42 | 79 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 200 | 194 | +6 | 77 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 211 | 233 | −22 | 56 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 14 | 39 | 17 | 198 | 281 | −83 | 45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 2–10–2 | 2–7–5 | 2–7–5 | 4–7–3 | 4–8–2 |
| Chicago | 10–2–2 | — | 5–6–3 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 4–7–3 |
| Detroit | 7–2–5 | 6–5–3 | — | 3–9–2 | 9–3–2 | 7–6–1 |
| Montreal | 7–2–5 | 7–3–4 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–5–4 | 3–6–5 |
| New York | 7–4–3 | 2–10–2 | 3–9–2 | 5–5–4 | — | 5–8–1 |
| Toronto | 8–4–2 | 7–4–3 | 6–7–1 | 6–3–5 | 8–5–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

1962–63 Game Log (35–23–12) (Home:21–8–6, Road: 14–15–6) :
October: 3–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
1WOctober 10, 19623–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)1–0–02W1
2TOctober 13, 19622–2Boston Bruins (1962–63)1–0–13T1
3LOctober 14, 19623–5@ New York Rangers (1962–63)1–1–13L1
4LOctober 18, 19622–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)1–2–13L2
5WOctober 20, 19623–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)2–2–15W1
6WOctober 21, 19626–4@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)3–2–17W2
7LOctober 27, 19621–5New York Rangers (1962–63)3–3–17L1
8LOctober 28, 19620–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)3–4–17L2
9LOctober 31, 19623–4Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)3–5–17L3 :
November: 7–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 3–3–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
10WNovember 1, 19623–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)4–5–19W1
11LNovember 3, 19623–7Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)4–6–19L1
12WNovember 7, 19625–1@ New York Rangers (1962–63)5–6–111W1
13WNovember 10, 19625–3New York Rangers (1962–63)6–6–113W2
14WNovember 11, 19625–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)7–6–115W3
15WNovember 14, 19624–2Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)8–6–117W4
16WNovember 17, 19623–2Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)9–6–119W5
17LNovember 18, 19621–3@ New York Rangers (1962–63)9–7–119L1
18LNovember 22, 19620–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)9–8–119L2
19WNovember 24, 19624–1New York Rangers (1962–63)10–8–121W1
20LNovember 25, 19622–5@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)10–9–121L1
21TNovember 29, 19624–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)10–9–222T1 :
December: 8–2–3 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 3–2–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
22WDecember 1, 19628–2Boston Bruins (1962–63)11–9–224W1
23WDecember 2, 19623–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)12–9–226W2
24WDecember 5, 19622–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)13–9–228W3
25TDecember 8, 19621–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)13–9–329T1
26LDecember 9, 19623–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)13–10–329L1
27WDecember 15, 19628–2Boston Bruins (1962–63)14–10–331W1
28WDecember 16, 19626–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)15–10–333W2
29TDecember 20, 19624–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)15–10–434T1
30WDecember 22, 19624–2New York Rangers (1962–63)16–10–436W1
31WDecember 23, 19625–4@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)17–10–438W2
32LDecember 25, 19621–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)17–11–438L1
33WDecember 26, 19625–4Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)18–11–440W1
34TDecember 29, 19621–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)18–11–541T1 :
January: 7–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 4–3–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
35LJanuary 1, 19630–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)18–12–541L1
36LJanuary 2, 19632–3@ New York Rangers (1962–63)18–13–541L2
37WJanuary 5, 19634–2Boston Bruins (1962–63)19–13–543W1
38WJanuary 6, 19635–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)20–13–545W2
39LJanuary 9, 19631–3Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)20–14–545L1
40WJanuary 12, 19632–1Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)21–14–547W1
41TJanuary 13, 19632–2@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)21–14–648T1
42LJanuary 17, 19634–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)21–15–648L1
43LJanuary 19, 19631–4Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)21–16–648L2
44TJanuary 20, 19632–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)21–16–749T1
45WJanuary 23, 19635–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)22–16–751W1
46WJanuary 24, 19636–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)23–16–753W2
47LJanuary 26, 19632–5Boston Bruins (1962–63)23–17–753L1
48WJanuary 27, 19634–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)24–17–755W1
49WJanuary 31, 19636–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)25–17–757W2 :
February: 4–4–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 0–3–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
50TFebruary 2, 19632–2New York Rangers (1962–63)25–17–858T1
51LFebruary 3, 19631–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)25–18–858L1
52TFebruary 9, 19633–3Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)25–18–959T1
53LFebruary 10, 19631–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)25–19–959L1
54WFebruary 13, 19636–2Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)26–19–961W1
55WFebruary 16, 19634–2New York Rangers (1962–63)27–19–963W2
56LFebruary 17, 19631–4@ New York Rangers (1962–63)27–20–963L1
57WFebruary 20, 19632–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)28–20–965W1
58LFebruary 23, 19632–4Boston Bruins (1962–63)28–21–965L1
59WFebruary 27, 19636–3Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)29–21–967W1 :
March: 6–2–3 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–1–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
60WMarch 2, 19634–3New York Rangers (1962–63)30–21–969W2
61WMarch 3, 19636–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)31–21–971W3
62WMarch 6, 19634–0Boston Bruins (1962–63)32–21–973W4
63WMarch 9, 19635–3Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)33–21–975W5
64TMarch 10, 19631–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)33–21–1076T1
65TMarch 14, 19633–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)33–21–1177T2
66WMarch 16, 19633–0Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)34–21–1179W1
67WMarch 17, 19632–1@ New York Rangers (1962–63)35–21–1181W2
68TMarch 20, 19633–3Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)35–21–1282T1
69LMarch 23, 19631–2Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)35–22–1282L1
70LMarch 24, 19632–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)35–23–1282L2 :

## Player statistics
### Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Frank Mahovlich | 67 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 56 |
| Dave Keon | 68 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 2 |
| Bob Pulford | 70 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 49 |
| George Armstrong | 70 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 27 |
| Dick Duff | 69 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 56 |
| Bob Nevin | 58 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 4 |
| Billy Harris | 65 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 22 |
| Ron Stewart | 63 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 26 |
| Eddie Shack | 63 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 97 |
| Ed Litzenberger | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 |
| Bronco Horvath | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| John MacMillan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Red Armstrong | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Mikol | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andre Champagne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Draper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Red Kelly | 66 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 8 |
| Carl Brewer | 70 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 168 |
| Tim Horton | 70 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 69 |
| Kent Douglas | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 105 |
| Allan Stanley | 61 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 22 |
| Bobby Baun | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 65 |
| Rod Seiling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Arbour | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2.60 |
| Don Simmons | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2.46 |

## Playoffs
### Stanley Cup Finals

Johnny Bower limited the Wings to 10 goals in the five games, and five different Leafs had multiple-goal games: Duff, Nevin, Stewart, Kelly and Keon.
1963 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log :
1963 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeriesReport
1WMarch 26, 19633–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)1–0W1
2WMarch 28, 19633–2Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)2–0W2
3WMarch 30, 19632–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)3–0W3
4LApril 2, 19631–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)3–1L1
5WApril 4, 19635–0Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)4–1W1 :
1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeriesReport
1WApril 9, 19634–2Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)1–0W1
2WApril 11, 19634–2Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)2–0W2
3LApril 14, 19632–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)2–1L1
4WApril 16, 19634–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)3–1W1
5WApril 18, 19633–1Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)4–1W2 :

## Awards and records

* Carl Brewer, Runner-Up, Norris Trophy
* Kent Douglas, Calder Memorial Trophy
* Dave Keon, Lady Byng Trophy