1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Division1st NHL
1962–63 record35–23–12
Goals for221
Goals against180
Team information
General manager Punch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
Captain George Armstrong
Alternate captains Dick Duff
Bob Pulford
Allan Stanley
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Frank Mahovlich (36)
Assists Red Kelly (40)
Points Frank Mahovlich (73)
Penalty minutes Carl Brewer (168)
Wins Johnny Bower (20)
Goals against average Don Simmons (2.46)
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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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National Hockey League [1]
GPWLTGFGADIFFPts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 70352312221180+4182
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70322117194178+1681
3 Montreal Canadiens 70281923225183+4279
4 Detroit Red Wings 70322513200194+677
5 New York Rangers 70223612211233−2256
6 Boston Bruins 70143917198281−8345

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records [2]
TeamBOSCHIDETMTLNYRTOR
Boston —2–10–22–7–52–7–54–7–34–8–2
Chicago 10–2–2—5–6–33–7–410–2–24–7–3
Detroit 7–2–56–5–3—3–9–29–3–27–6–1
Montreal 7–2–57–3–49–3–2—5–5–43–6–5
New York 7–4–32–10–23–9–25–5–4—5–8–1
Toronto 8–4–27–4–36–7–16–3–58–5–1—

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

[3]

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

PlayerGPGAPTSPIM
Frank Mahovlich 6736377356
Dave Keon 682828562
Bob Pulford 7019254449
George Armstrong 7019244327
Dick Duff 6916193556
Bob Nevin 581221334
Billy Harris 658243222
Ron Stewart 6316163226
Eddie Shack 631692597
Ed Litzenberger 585131810
Bronco Horvath 1004412
John MacMillan 61126
Red Armstrong 71122
Jim Mikol 40112
Andre Champagne 20000
Bruce Draper 10000

[4]

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

PlayerGPGAPTSPIM
Red Kelly 662040608
Carl Brewer 7022325168
Tim Horton 706192569
Kent Douglas 7071522105
Allan Stanley 614151922
Bobby Baun 48481265
Rod Seiling 10110
Al Arbour 41014
Larry Hillman 50002

[4]

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

PlayerGPWLTSOGAA
Johnny Bower 422015712.60
Don Simmons 28158512.46

[5]

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, 19633–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)1–0 W1
2WMarch 28, 19633–2 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)2–0 W2
3WMarch 30, 19632–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)3–0 W3
4LApril 2, 19631–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)3–1 L1
5WApril 4, 19635–0 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)4–1 W1
1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeriesReport
1WApril 9, 19634–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)1–0 W1
2WApril 11, 19634–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)2–0 W2
3LApril 14, 19632–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)2–1 L1
4WApril 16, 19634–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)3–1 W1
5WApril 18, 19633–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)4–1 W2

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Toronto Maple Leafs 1974-75 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.
  5. ↑ "1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster and Statistics".
  6. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN   0-920445-98-5
  7. 1 2 National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN   0-920445-98-5
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