1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1961–62 1961 Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd 37–22–11 25–5–5 12–17–6 232 180 Punch Imlach Punch Imlach George Armstrong Dick DuffBert Olmstead Maple Leaf Gardens Frank Mahovlich (33) Frank Mahovlich (38) Frank Mahovlich (71) Bob Pulford (98) Johnny Bower (31) Don Simmons (2.33) yes The 1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Leafs finish in second place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 22 losses, and 11 ties for 85 points. They made the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, where they ousted the New York Rangers in six games in the Semi-finals before defeating the defending champion Chicago Black Hawks, also in six games, to win their first Stanley Cup championship since 1951. It would be the first of three straight Stanley Cup titles for the team, and four overall during the decade of the 1960s. 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; 1961–62 regular season1961-62 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1962_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October: 4–2–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 2–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |1||W||October 12, 1961||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||1–0–0||2|| W1 |- |2||W||October 14, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||2–0–0||4|| W2 |- |3||L||October 15, 1961||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||2–1–0||4|| L1 |- |4||T||October 21, 1961||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||2–1–1||5|| T1 |- |5||W||October 22, 1961||9–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||3–1–1||7|| W1 |- |6||W||October 28, 1961||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||4–1–1||9|| W2 |- |7||L||October 29, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||4–2–1||9|| L1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November: 9–4–2 (home: 6–0–1; road: 3–4–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |8||W||November 1, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||5–2–1||11|| W1 |- |9||W||November 4, 1961||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||6–2–1||13|| W2 |- |10||W||November 5, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||7–2–1||15|| W3 |- |11||L||November 7, 1961||0–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||7–3–1||15|| L1 |- |12||L||November 9, 1961||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||7–4–1||15|| L2 |- |13||W||November 11, 1961||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||8–4–1||17|| W1 |- |14||L||November 12, 1961||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||8–5–1||17|| L1 |- |15||W||November 15, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||9–5–1||19|| W1 |- |16||W||November 18, 1961||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||10–5–1||21|| W2 |- |17||L||November 19, 1961||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||10–6–1||21|| L1 |- |18||W||November 23, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||11–6–1||23|| W1 |- |19||W||November 25, 1961||6–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||12–6–1||25|| W2 |- |20||W||November 26, 1961||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||13–6–1||27|| W3 |- |21||T||November 29, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||13–6–2||28|| T1 |- |22||T||November 30, 1961||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||13–6–3||29|| T2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December: 6–4–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |23||W||December 2, 1961||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||14–6–3||31|| W1 |- |24||L||December 3, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||14–7–3||31|| L1 |- |25||L||December 7, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||14–8–3||31|| L2 |- |26||W||December 9, 1961||9–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||15–8–3||33|| W1 |- |27||W||December 10, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||16–8–3||35|| W2 |- |28||W||December 16, 1961||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||17–8–3||37|| W3 |- |29||W||December 17, 1961||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||18–8–3||39|| W4 |- |30||L||December 23, 1961||4–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||18–9–3||39|| L1 |- |31||T||December 25, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||18–9–4||40|| T1 |- |32||T||December 27, 1961||0–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||18–9–5||41|| T2 |- |33||W||December 30, 1961||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||19–9–5||43|| W1 |- |34||L||December 31, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||19–10–5||43|| L1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January: 8–3–2 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |35||W||January 3, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||20–10–5||45|| W1 |- |36||W||January 6, 1962||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||21–10–5||47|| W2 |- |37||W||January 7, 1962||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||22–10–5||49|| https://archive.today/20150130004424/http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?H19610114 W3 |- |38||W||January 10, 1962||7–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||23–10–5||51|| W4 |- |39||L||January 11, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||23–11–5||51|| L1 |- |40||W||January 13, 1962||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||24–11–5||53|| https://archive.today/20150130004406/http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?H19610120 W1 |- |41||T||January 14, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||24–11–6||54|| T1 |- |42||W||January 17, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||25–11–6||56|| W1 |- |43||L||January 20, 1962||4–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||25–12–6||56|| L1 |- |44||W||January 21, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||26–12–6||58|| W1 |- |45||L||January 24, 1962||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||26–13–6||58|| L1 |- |46||W||January 27, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||27–13–6||60|| W1 |- |47||T||January 28, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||27–13–7||61|| T1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February: 5–6–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |48||L||February 1, 1962||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||27–14–7||61|| L1 |- |49||W||February 3, 1962||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||28–14–7||63|| W1 |- |50||L||February 4, 1962||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||28–15–7||63|| L1 |- |51||T||February 7, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||28–15–8||64|| T1 |- |52||L||February 10, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||28–16–8||64|| L1 |- |53||L||February 11, 1962||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||28–17–8||64|| L2 |- |54||W||February 17, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||29–17–8||66|| W1 |- |55||L||February 18, 1962||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||29–18–8||66|| L1 |- |56||L||February 21, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||29–19–8||66|| L2 |- |57||W||February 24, 1962||7–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||30–19–8||68|| W1 |- |58||W||February 25, 1962||8–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||31–19–8||70|| W2 |- |59||W||February 28, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||32–19–8||72|| W3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March: 5–3–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap |- |60||W||March 3, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||33–19–8||74|| W4 |- |61||W||March 4, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||34–19–8||76|| W5 |- |62||T||March 8, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||34–19–9||77|| T1 |- |63||W||March 10, 1962||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||35–19–9||79|| W1 |- |64||W||March 11, 1962||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||36–19–9||81|| W2 |- |65||W||March 14, 1962||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||37–19–9||83|| W3 |- |66||L||March 17, 1962||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||37–20–9||83|| L1 |- |67||T||March 18, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||37–20–10||84|| T1 |- |68||L||March 22, 1962||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||37–21–10||84|| L1 |- |69||T||March 24, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||37–21–11||85|| T1 |- |70||L||March 25, 1962||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||37–22–11||85|| L1 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup for the 10th time in franchise history and the first Stanley Cup since 1951 after defeating the New York Rangers 4–2 in the Stanley Cup Semifinals and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 in the Stanley Cup Finals. background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1962 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (4) New York Rangers – Maple Leafs win 4–2 Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series Recap |- |1||W||March 27, 1962||4–2 || || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) || 1–0 || W1 |- |2||W||March 29, 1962||2–1 || || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) || 2–0 || W2 |- |3||L||April 1, 1962||4–5 || || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) || 2–1 || L1 |- |4||L||April 3, 1962||2–4 || || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) || 2–2 || L2 |- |5||W||April 5, 1962||3–2 || 2OT || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) || 3–2 || W1 |- |6||W||April 7, 1962||7–1 || || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) || 4–2 || W2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Stanley Cup Finals vs. (3) Chicago Black Hawks – Maple Leafs win 4–2 Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series Recap |- |1||W||April 10, 1962||4–1 || || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||1–0 || W1 |- |2||W||April 12, 1962||3–2 || || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||2–0 || W2 |- |3||L||April 15, 1962||0–3 || || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||2–1 || L1 |- |4||L||April 17, 1962||1–4 || || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||2–2 || L2 |- |5||W||April 19, 1962||8–4 || || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||3–2 || W1 |- |6||W||April 22, 1962||2–1 || || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||4–2 || W2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Forwards Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points Player GP G AST PTS Penalty minutes Frank Mahovlich 70 33 38 71 87 Dave Keon 64 26 35 61 2 George Armstrong 70 21 32 53 27 Red Kelly 58 22 27 49 6 Bob Nevin 69 15 30 45 10 Bob Pulford 70 18 21 39 98 Dick Duff 51 17 20 37 37 Bert Olmstead 56 13 23 36 10 Billy Harris 67 15 10 25 14 Eddie Shack 44 7 14 21 62 Ed Litzenberger 37 10 10 20 14 Ron Stewart 60 8 9 17 14 John MacMillan 31 1 0 1 8 Les Kozak 12 1 0 1 2 Larry Keenan 2 0 0 0 0 Brian Conacher 1 0 0 0 0 Alex Faulkner 1 0 0 0 0 Defencemen Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points Player GP G AST PTS PIM Tim Horton 70 10 28 38 88 Allan Stanley 60 9 26 35 24 Carl Brewer 67 1 22 23 89 Bobby Baun 65 4 11 15 94 Al Arbour 52 1 5 6 68 Arnie Brown 2 0 0 0 0 Larry Hillman 5 0 0 0 4 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 59 31 18 10 2 2.56 Don Simmons 9 5 3 1 1 2.33 Gerry Cheevers 2 1 1 0 0 3.00 Awards and records Dave Keon, Lady Byng TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 0-920445-98-5 See also Fifty Mission Cap, a song about the Leafs 1951 and 1962 Cup wins. 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, 1961-62 Tor