1961–62 NHL season

### Final standings

_Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|National Hockey League|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|70|42|14|14|98|259|166|818||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|70|37|22|11|85|232|180|762||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|70|31|26|13|75|217|186|894||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|70|26|32|12|64|195|207|668||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|70|23|33|14|60|184|219|684||||||||||
|Boston Bruins|70|15|47|8|38|177|306|712||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bobby Hull|Chicago Black Hawks|70|50|34|84|35||||||||
|Andy Bathgate|New York Rangers|70|28|56|84|44||||||||
|Gordie Howe|Detroit Red Wings|70|33|44|77|54||||||||
|Stan Mikita|Chicago Black Hawks|70|25|52|77|97||||||||
|Frank Mahovlich|Toronto Maple Leafs|70|33|38|71|87||||||||

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1961–62 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Montreal Canadiens|
|Art Ross Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Rousseau, Montreal Canadiens|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Doug Harvey, New York Rangers|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Vezina Trophy:|Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|G|Glenn Hall, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Carl Brewer, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Jean-Guy Talbot, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|C|Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Andy Bathgate, New York Rangers|align=center|RW|Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings|
|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|LW|Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs|

## First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1961–62 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):
- Ed Westfall, Boston Bruins
- Pat Stapleton, Boston Bruins
- Pit Martin, Detroit Red Wings
- Red Berenson, Montreal Canadiens
- Vic Hadfield, New York Rangers
- Gerry Cheevers, Toronto Maple Leafs

## Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1961–62 (listed with their last team):
- Dollard St. Laurent, Chicago Black Hawks
- Leo Labine, Detroit Red Wings
- Marcel Bonin, Montreal Canadiens
- Johnny Wilson, New York Rangers
- Bert Olmstead, Toronto Maple Leafs

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com