1961–62 NHL season

Regular 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
 National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA 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
 Player Team GP G A PTS 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

Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket

NHL awards
 1961–62 NHL awardsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Montreal CanadiensArt Ross Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Hull, Chicago Black HawksCalder Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Rousseau, Montreal CanadiensHart Memorial Trophy:  Jacques Plante, Montreal CanadiensJames Norris Memorial Trophy:  Doug Harvey, New York RangersLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Dave Keon, Toronto Maple LeafsVezina Trophy:  Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens

All-Star teams
 First Team    Position    Second TeamJacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens GGlenn Hall, Chicago Black HawksDoug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens DCarl Brewer, Toronto Maple LeafsJean-Guy Talbot, Montreal Canadiens DPierre Pilote, Chicago Black HawksStan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks CDave Keon, Toronto Maple LeafsAndy Bathgate, New York Rangers RWGordie Howe, Detroit Red WingsBobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks LWFrank 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

Category:1961 in North America
Category:1962 in North America
Category:National Hockey League seasons