# 1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | 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 :
| 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.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
1WOctober 12, 19614–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)1–0–02W1
2WOctober 14, 19613–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)2–0–04W2
3LOctober 15, 19611–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)2–1–04L1
4TOctober 21, 19611–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)2–1–15T1
5WOctober 22, 19619–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)3–1–17W1
6WOctober 28, 19615–1New York Rangers (1961–62)4–1–19W2
7LOctober 29, 19612–4@ New York Rangers (1961–62)4–2–19L1 :
November: 9–4–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 3–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
8WNovember 1, 19613–2Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)5–2–111W1
9WNovember 4, 19612–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)6–2–113W2
10WNovember 5, 19613–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)7–2–115W3
11LNovember 7, 19610–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)7–3–115L1
12LNovember 9, 19612–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)7–4–115L2
13WNovember 11, 19615–1Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)8–4–117W1
14LNovember 12, 19613–4@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)8–5–117L1
15WNovember 15, 19613–2Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)9–5–119W1
16WNovember 18, 19616–1Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)10–5–121W2
17LNovember 19, 19613–5@ New York Rangers (1961–62)10–6–121L1
18WNovember 23, 19615–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)11–6–123W1
19WNovember 25, 19616–0New York Rangers (1961–62)12–6–125W2
20WNovember 26, 19614–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)13–6–127W3
21TNovember 29, 19612–2Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)13–6–228T1
22TNovember 30, 19611–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)13–6–329T2 :
December: 6–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–3–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
23WDecember 2, 19616–4Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)14–6–331W1
24LDecember 3, 19611–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)14–7–331L1
25LDecember 7, 19611–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)14–8–331L2
26WDecember 9, 19619–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)15–8–333W1
27WDecember 10, 19613–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)16–8–335W2
28WDecember 16, 19614–2New York Rangers (1961–62)17–8–337W3
29WDecember 17, 19614–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)18–8–339W4
30LDecember 23, 19614–7Boston Bruins (1961–62)18–9–339L1
31TDecember 25, 19613–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)18–9–440T1
32TDecember 27, 19610–0Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)18–9–541T2
33WDecember 30, 19616–4Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)19–9–543W1
34LDecember 31, 19612–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)19–10–543L1 :
January: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 2–2–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
35WJanuary 3, 19623–1Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)20–10–545W1
36WJanuary 6, 19626–3Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)21–10–547W2
37WJanuary 7, 19624–3@ New York Rangers (1961–62)22–10–549W3
38WJanuary 10, 19627–5Boston Bruins (1961–62)23–10–551W4
39LJanuary 11, 19622–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)23–11–551L1
40WJanuary 13, 19624–3Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)24–11–553W1
41TJanuary 14, 19622–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)24–11–654T1
42WJanuary 17, 19624–2New York Rangers (1961–62)25–11–656W1
43LJanuary 20, 19624–5Boston Bruins (1961–62)25–12–656L1
44WJanuary 21, 19625–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)26–12–658W1
45LJanuary 24, 19621–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)26–13–658L1
46WJanuary 27, 19624–2Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)27–13–660W1
47TJanuary 28, 19622–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)27–13–761T1 :
February: 5–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
48LFebruary 1, 19622–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)27–14–761L1
49WFebruary 3, 19624–1New York Rangers (1961–62)28–14–763W1
50LFebruary 4, 19621–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)28–15–763L1
51TFebruary 7, 19622–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)28–15–864T1
52LFebruary 10, 19622–4Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)28–16–864L1
53LFebruary 11, 19620–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)28–17–864L2
54WFebruary 17, 19625–3New York Rangers (1961–62)29–17–866W1
55LFebruary 18, 19622–6@ New York Rangers (1961–62)29–18–866L1
56LFebruary 21, 19622–4Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)29–19–866L2
57WFebruary 24, 19627–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)30–19–868W1
58WFebruary 25, 19628–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)31–19–870W2
59WFebruary 28, 19624–2Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)32–19–872W3 :
March: 5–3–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–2–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.Report
60WMarch 3, 19623–1New York Rangers (1961–62)33–19–874W4
61WMarch 4, 19625–1@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)34–19–876W5
62TMarch 8, 19621–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)34–19–977T1
63WMarch 10, 19622–0Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)35–19–979W1
64WMarch 11, 19623–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)36–19–981W2
65WMarch 14, 19625–2Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)37–19–983W3
66LMarch 17, 19621–3Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)37–20–983L1
67TMarch 18, 19622–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)37–20–1084T1
68LMarch 22, 19621–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)37–21–1084L1
69TMarch 24, 19622–2Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)37–21–1185T1
70LMarch 25, 19624–5@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)37–22–1185L1 :

## 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.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeriesReport
1WMarch 27, 19624–2New York Rangers (1961–62)1–0W1
2WMarch 29, 19622–1New York Rangers (1961–62)2–0W2
3LApril 1, 19624–5@ New York Rangers (1961–62)2–1L1
4LApril 3, 19622–4@ New York Rangers (1961–62)2–2L2
5WApril 5, 19623–22OTNew York Rangers (1961–62)3–2W1
6WApril 7, 19627–1New York Rangers (1961–62)4–2W2 :
1962 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeriesReport
1WApril 10, 19624–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)1–0W1
2WApril 12, 19623–2Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)2–0W2
3LApril 15, 19620–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)2–1L1
4LApril 17, 19621–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)2–2L2
5WApril 19, 19628–4Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)3–2W1
6WApril 22, 19622–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)4–2W2 :

## 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

* Dave Keon, Lady Byng Trophy