1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 46th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 1st in the league, the first time they had finished first overall in the league since 1948. They defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1, in the Semi-finals and then beat the Detroit Red Wings in five games in the 1963 Stanley Cup Finals to win their second straight Stanley Cup.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 10, 1962 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 13, 1962 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 14, 1962 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	October 18, 1962 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	1–2–1
5 	W 	October 20, 1962 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 21, 1962 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 27, 1962 	1–5 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 28, 1962 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	3–4–1
9 	L 	October 31, 1962 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	3–5–1
10 	W 	November 1, 1962 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	November 3, 1962 	3–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	4–6–1
12 	W 	November 7, 1962 	5–1 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	5–6–1
13 	W 	November 10, 1962 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	6–6–1
14 	W 	November 11, 1962 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	7–6–1
15 	W 	November 14, 1962 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	8–6–1
16 	W 	November 17, 1962 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	9–6–1
17 	L 	November 18, 1962 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	9–7–1
18 	L 	November 22, 1962 	0–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	9–8–1
19 	W 	November 24, 1962 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	10–8–1
20 	L 	November 25, 1962 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	10–9–1
21 	T 	November 29, 1962 	4–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	10–9–2
22 	W 	December 1, 1962 	8–2 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	11–9–2
23 	W 	December 2, 1962 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	12–9–2
24 	W 	December 5, 1962 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	13–9–2
25 	T 	December 8, 1962 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	13–9–3
26 	L 	December 9, 1962 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	13–10–3
27 	W 	December 15, 1962 	8–2 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	14–10–3
28 	W 	December 16, 1962 	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	15–10–3
29 	T 	December 20, 1962 	4–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	15–10–4
30 	W 	December 22, 1962 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	16–10–4
31 	W 	December 23, 1962 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	17–10–4
32 	L 	December 25, 1962 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	17–11–4
33 	W 	December 26, 1962 	5–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	18–11–4
34 	T 	December 29, 1962 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	18–11–5
35 	L 	January 1, 1963 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	18–12–5
36 	L 	January 2, 1963 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	18–13–5
37 	W 	January 5, 1963 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	19–13–5
38 	W 	January 6, 1963 	5–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	20–13–5
39 	L 	January 9, 1963 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	20–14–5
40 	W 	January 12, 1963 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	21–14–5
41 	T 	January 13, 1963 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	21–14–6
42 	L 	January 17, 1963 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	21–15–6
43 	L 	January 19, 1963 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	21–16–6
44 	T 	January 20, 1963 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	21–16–7
45 	W 	January 23, 1963 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	22–16–7
46 	W 	January 24, 1963 	6–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	23–16–7
47 	L 	January 26, 1963 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	23–17–7
48 	W 	January 27, 1963 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	24–17–7
49 	W 	January 31, 1963 	6–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	25–17–7
50 	T 	February 2, 1963 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	25–17–8
51 	L 	February 3, 1963 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	25–18–8
52 	T 	February 9, 1963 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	25–18–9
53 	L 	February 10, 1963 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	25–19–9
54 	W 	February 13, 1963 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	26–19–9
55 	W 	February 16, 1963 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	27–19–9
56 	L 	February 17, 1963 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	27–20–9
57 	W 	February 20, 1963 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	28–20–9
58 	L 	February 23, 1963 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	28–21–9
59 	W 	February 27, 1963 	6–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	29–21–9
60 	W 	March 2, 1963 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	30–21–9
61 	W 	March 3, 1963 	6–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	31–21–9
62 	W 	March 6, 1963 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	32–21–9
63 	W 	March 9, 1963 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	33–21–9
64 	T 	March 10, 1963 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	33–21–10
65 	T 	March 14, 1963 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	33–21–11
66 	W 	March 16, 1963 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	34–21–11
67 	W 	March 17, 1963 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	35–21–11
68 	T 	March 20, 1963 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	35–21–12
69 	L 	March 23, 1963 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	35–22–12
70 	L 	March 24, 1963 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	35–23–12
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 1===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
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.
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 9 	Detroit 	2 	Toronto	4 	
April 11	Detroit 	2 	Toronto	4 	
April 14	Toronto 	2 	Detroit	3 	
April 16	Toronto 	4 	Detroit	2 	
April 18	Detroit 	1 	Toronto	3 	
==Player Stats==
===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
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000381975.html
===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
http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1963.html
==Awards and Records==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs
*Calder Trophy: Kent DouglasNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
*Lady Byng Trophy: Dave Keon
*Norris Trophy: Carl Brewer, Runner-Up National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
*Frank Mahovlich, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Carl Brewer, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Tim Horton, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==1963 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions==
Johnny Bower, Don Simmons, Carl Brewer, Tim Horton, Bob Baun, Allan Stanley, Kent Douglas, Larry Hillman, Red Kelly, Dick Duff, George Armstrong (captain), Frank Mahovlich, Bob Nevin, Ron Stewart, Billy Harris, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Dave Keon, Ed Litzenberger, John MacMillan, Punch Imlach (manager-coach), Bob Haggert (trainer)
==Gallery==
Bucyk_goal-13Oct1963.gif|John Bucyk scores on Johnny Bower, October 13, 1962.
15Dec1962-Perreault-Keon-Topp.jpg|Bob Perreault and #21 Jerry Toppazzini battle Leafs Dave Keon, December 15, 1962.
26Jan1963-Spencer_Shack_Gendron.jpg|Leafs Eddie Shack jumps between Bruins #22 Irv Spencer and Jean-Guy Gendron, January 26, 1963.
23Feb1963-Mohns_Oliver_Bower.jpg|Doug Mohns, Murray Oliver, Johnny Bower, February 23, 1963.
3Mar1963-Johnston_Stewart_Boivin.jpg|Bruins Eddie Johnston clears the puck away from Leafs #12 Ron Stewart while Leo Boivin watches, March 3, 1963.
62-63WHLExhCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
62-63WHLExhEdmotonGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Edmonton
62-63NHLExhTorWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
62-63NHLTorHopeOpenerGameAd.jpg|Home opener
62-63NHLSFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
63SCFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Final
==References==
*Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
*Maple Leafs on Database Hockey
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