1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1962–63 1962 Toronto Maple Leafs 1st 35–23–12 21–8–6 14–15–6 221 180 Punch Imlach Punch Imlach George Armstrong Dick DuffBob PulfordAllan Stanley Maple Leaf Gardens Frank Mahovlich (36) Red Kelly (40) Frank Mahovlich (73) Carl Brewer (168) Johnny Bower (20) Don Simmons (2.46) Yes yes 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, and fifth year in a row the team made the playoffs. In the semi-finals they defeated their arch-rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, four games to one. They then defeated the Detroit Red Wings in five games to win their second straight Stanley Cup. 2 Regular season Season standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1962–63 regular season1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1963_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October: 3–5–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |1||W||October 10, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||1–0–0||2|| W1 |- |2||T||October 13, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||1–0–1||3|| T1 |- |3||L||October 14, 1962||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||1–1–1||3|| L1 |- |4||L||October 18, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||1–2–1||3|| L2 |- |5||W||October 20, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||2–2–1||5|| W1 |- |6||W||October 21, 1962||6–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||3–2–1||7|| W2 |- |7||L||October 27, 1962||1–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||3–3–1||7|| L1 |- |8||L||October 28, 1962||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||3–4–1||7|| L2 |- |9||L||October 31, 1962||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||3–5–1||7|| L3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November: 7–4–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |10||W||November 1, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||4–5–1||9|| W1 |- |11||L||November 3, 1962||3–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||4–6–1||9|| L1 |- |12||W||November 7, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||5–6–1||11|| W1 |- |13||W||November 10, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||6–6–1||13|| W2 |- |14||W||November 11, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||7–6–1||15|| W3 |- |15||W||November 14, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||8–6–1||17|| W4 |- |16||W||November 17, 1962||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||9–6–1||19|| W5 |- |17||L||November 18, 1962||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||9–7–1||19|| L1 |- |18||L||November 22, 1962||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||9–8–1||19|| L2 |- |19||W||November 24, 1962||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||10–8–1||21|| W1 |- |20||L||November 25, 1962||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||10–9–1||21|| L1 |- |21||T||November 29, 1962||4–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||10–9–2||22|| T1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December: 8–2–3 (home: 5–0–2; road: 3–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |22||W||December 1, 1962||8–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||11–9–2||24|| W1 |- |23||W||December 2, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||12–9–2||26|| W2 |- |24||W||December 5, 1962||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||13–9–2||28|| W3 |- |25||T||December 8, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||13–9–3||29|| T1 |- |26||L||December 9, 1962||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||13–10–3||29|| L1 |- |27||W||December 15, 1962||8–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||14–10–3||31|| W1 |- |28||W||December 16, 1962||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||15–10–3||33|| W2 |- |29||T||December 20, 1962||4–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||15–10–4||34|| T1 |- |30||W||December 22, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||16–10–4||36|| W1 |- |31||W||December 23, 1962||5–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||17–10–4||38|| W2 |- |32||L||December 25, 1962||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||17–11–4||38|| L1 |- |33||W||December 26, 1962||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||18–11–4||40|| W1 |- |34||T||December 29, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||18–11–5||41|| T1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January: 7–6–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–3–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |35||L||January 1, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||18–12–5||41|| L1 |- |36||L||January 2, 1963||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||18–13–5||41|| L2 |- |37||W||January 5, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||19–13–5||43|| W1 |- |38||W||January 6, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||20–13–5||45|| W2 |- |39||L||January 9, 1963||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||20–14–5||45|| L1 |- |40||W||January 12, 1963||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||21–14–5||47|| W1 |- |41||T||January 13, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||21–14–6||48|| T1 |- |42||L||January 17, 1963||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||21–15–6||48|| L1 |- |43||L||January 19, 1963||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||21–16–6||48|| L2 |- |44||T||January 20, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||21–16–7||49|| T1 |- |45||W||January 23, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||22–16–7||51|| W1 |- |46||W||January 24, 1963||6–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||23–16–7||53|| W2 |- |47||L||January 26, 1963||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||23–17–7||53|| L1 |- |48||W||January 27, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||24–17–7||55|| W1 |- |49||W||January 31, 1963||6–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||25–17–7||57|| W2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February: 4–4–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 0–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |50||T||February 2, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||25–17–8||58|| T1 |- |51||L||February 3, 1963||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||25–18–8||58|| L1 |- |52||T||February 9, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||25–18–9||59|| T1 |- |53||L||February 10, 1963||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||25–19–9||59|| L1 |- |54||W||February 13, 1963||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||26–19–9||61|| W1 |- |55||W||February 16, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||27–19–9||63|| W2 |- |56||L||February 17, 1963||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||27–20–9||63|| L1 |- |57||W||February 20, 1963||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||28–20–9||65|| W1 |- |58||L||February 23, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||28–21–9||65|| L1 |- |59||W||February 27, 1963||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||29–21–9||67|| W1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March: 6–2–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–1–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |60||W||March 2, 1963||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||30–21–9||69|| W2 |- |61||W||March 3, 1963||6–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||31–21–9||71|| W3 |- |62||W||March 6, 1963||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||32–21–9||73|| W4 |- |63||W||March 9, 1963||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||33–21–9||75|| W5 |- |64||T||March 10, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||33–21–10||76|| T1 |- |65||T||March 14, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||33–21–11||77|| T2 |- |66||W||March 16, 1963||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||34–21–11||79|| W1 |- |67||W||March 17, 1963||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||35–21–11||81|| W2 |- |68||T||March 20, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||35–21–12||82|| T1 |- |69||L||March 23, 1963||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||35–22–12||82|| L1 |- |70||L||March 24, 1963||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||35–23–12||82|| L2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics 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 Red Kelly 66 20 40 60 8 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 0https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000381975.html Toronto Maple Leafs 1974-75 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com www.hockeydb.com Defencemen Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player GP G A PTS PIM 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 2.46https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1963.html 1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster and Statistics 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. background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1963 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (3) Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs win 4–1 Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series Recap |- |1||W||March 26, 1963||3–1 || || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) || 1–0 ||W1 |- |2||W||March 28, 1963||3–2 || || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) || 2–0 ||W2 |- |3||W||March 30, 1963||2–0 || || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) || 3–0 ||W3 |- |4||L||April 2, 1963||1–3 || || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) || 3–1 ||L1 |- |5||W||April 4, 1963||5–0 || || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) || 4–1 ||W1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Stanley Cup Finals vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs win 4–1 Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series Recap |- |1||W||April 9, 1963||4–2 || || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) || 1–0 ||W1 |- |2||W||April 11, 1963||4–2 || || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) || 2–0 ||W2 |- |3||L||April 14, 1963||2–3 || || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) || 2–1 ||L1 |- |4||W||April 16, 1963||4–2 || || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) || 3–1 ||W1 |- |5||W||April 18, 1963||3–1 || || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) || 4–1 ||W2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Awards and records Carl Brewer, Runner-Up, Norris TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 0-920445-98-5 Kent Douglas, Calder Memorial TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 0-920445-98-5 Dave Keon, Lady Byng Trophy References Maple Leafs on Hockey Database Maple Leafs on Database Hockey Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1962-63 Tor