1961–62 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1961–62 1961 Boston Bruins 15–47–8 9–22–4 6–25–4 6th 177 306 Lynn Patrick Phil Watson Don McKenney Boston Garden Don McKenney (22) John Bucyk (40) John Bucyk (60) Ted Green (116) Don Head (9) Don Head (4.16) The 1961–62 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 38th season in the NHL. Earning 38 of a possible 140 points in the standings, the team's 0.271 points percentage was the worst in their history excluding their inaugural season in 1924–25, in which they captured 12 out of a possible 60 points (0.200). The team also endured a 20-game winless streak (16 losses and 4 ties) which included the entire month of February The Bruins missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season for the first time in franchise history. 2 Regular season Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1961–62 regular season1961-62 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1962_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 11, 1961||2–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 12, 1961||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 14, 1961||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||0–3–0 |- |4||T||October 15, 1961||5–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||0–3–1 |- |5||L||October 17, 1961||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||0–4–1 |- |6||L||October 19, 1961||3–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||0–5–1 |- |7||L||October 21, 1961||2–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||0–6–1 |- |8||L||October 22, 1961||1–9 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||0–7–1 |- |9||W||October 26, 1961||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||1–7–1 |- |10||T||October 29, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||1–7–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 2, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||2–7–2 |- |12||L||November 5, 1961||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||2–8–2 |- |13||T||November 8, 1961||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||2–8–3 |- |14||L||November 9, 1961||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||2–9–3 |- |15||W||November 12, 1961||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||3–9–3 |- |16||W||November 16, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||4–9–3 |- |17||L||November 19, 1961||2–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||4–10–3 |- |18||L||November 23, 1961||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||4–11–3 |- |19||L||November 25, 1961||0–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||4–12–3 |- |20||L||November 26, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||4–13–3 |- |21||L||November 29, 1961||4–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||4–14–3 |- |22||L||November 30, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||4–15–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||W||December 2, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||5–15–3 |- |24||L||December 3, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||5–16–3 |- |25||L||December 7, 1961||2–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||5–17–3 |- |26||L||December 9, 1961||2–9 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||5–18–3 |- |27||L||December 10, 1961||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||5–19–3 |- |28||T||December 13, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||5–19–4 |- |29||L||December 14, 1961||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||5–20–4 |- |30||L||December 16, 1961||4–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||5–21–4 |- |31||L||December 17, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||5–22–4 |- |32||W||December 21, 1961||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||6–22–4 |- |33||W||December 23, 1961||7–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||7–22–4 |- |34||L||December 25, 1961||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||7–23–4 |- |35||W||December 31, 1961||7–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||8–23–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||L||January 1, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||8–24–4 |- |37||L||January 6, 1962||2–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||8–25–4 |- |38||W||January 7, 1962||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||9–25–4 |- |39||L||January 10, 1962||5–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||9–26–4 |- |40||L||January 11, 1962||0–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||9–27–4 |- |41||L||January 13, 1962||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||9–28–4 |- |42||L||January 14, 1962||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||9–29–4 |- |43||W||January 18, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||10–29–4 |- |44||W||January 20, 1962||5–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||11–29–4 |- |45||L||January 21, 1962||1–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||11–30–4 |- |46||W||January 27, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||12–30–4 |- |47||L||January 28, 1962||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||12–31–4 |- |48||L||January 31, 1962||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||12–32–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||L||February 1, 1962||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||12–33–4 |- |50||L||February 3, 1962||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||12–34–4 |- |51||L||February 4, 1962||0–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||12–35–4 |- |52||T||February 7, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||12–35–5 |- |53||L||February 8, 1962||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||12–36–5 |- |54||T||February 10, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||12–36–6 |- |55||L||February 11, 1962||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||12–37–6 |- |56||L||February 15, 1962||1–9 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||12–38–6 |- |57||L||February 18, 1962||0–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||12–39–6 |- |58||L||February 21, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||12–40–6 |- |59||L||February 24, 1962||2–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||12–41–6 |- |60||L||February 25, 1962||0–8 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||12–42–6 |- |61||T||February 28, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||12–42–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 1, 1962||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||12–43–7 |- |63||L||March 4, 1962||1–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||12–44–7 |- |64||L||March 8, 1962||0–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||12–45–7 |- |65||L||March 10, 1962||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||12–46–7 |- |66||T||March 11, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||12–46–8 |- |67||W||March 15, 1962||4–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||13–46–8 |- |68||W||March 18, 1962||6–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) ||14–46–8 |- |69||L||March 22, 1962||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||14–47–8 |- |70||W||March 25, 1962||5–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||15–47–8 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM John Bucyk LW 67 20 40 60 32 Don McKenney C 70 22 33 55 10 Jerry Toppazzini RW 70 19 31 50 26 Murray Oliver C 70 17 29 46 21 Doug Mohns LW/D 69 16 29 45 74 Cliff Pennington Cliff Pennington (ice hockey) C 70 9 32 41 2 Charlie Burns C 70 11 17 28 43 Andre Pronovost LW 70 15 8 23 74 Leo Boivin D 65 5 18 23 70 Wayne Connelly C 61 8 12 20 34 Terry Gray Terry Gray (ice hockey) RW 42 8 7 15 15 Tommy Williams Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1940) RW 26 6 6 12 2 Ted Green D 66 3 8 11 116 Ed Westfall D/RW 63 2 9 11 53 Bob Beckett C 34 7 2 9 14 Larry Leach Larry Leach (ice hockey) C 28 2 5 7 18 Pat Stapleton Pat Stapleton (ice hockey) D 69 2 5 7 42 Dick Meissner RW 66 3 3 6 13 Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1931) D 9 2 1 3 20 Ed Chadwick G 4 0 0 0 0 Bruce Gamble G 28 0 0 0 4 Don Head Don Head (ice hockey) G 38 0 0 0 14 Orland Kurtenbach C 8 0 0 0 6 Dallas Smith Dallas Smith (ice hockey) D 7 0 0 0 10 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Don Head Don Head (ice hockey) 2280 38 9 26 3 158 4.16 2 Bruce Gamble 1680 28 6 18 4 121 4.32 1 Ed Chadwick 240 4 0 3 1 22 5.50 0 Team: 4200 70 15 47 8 301 4.30 3 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-09 1961-62 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1962.html See also 1961–62 NHL season References Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Category:1960s in Boston