1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
Division 1st NHL
1962–63 record 35–23–12
Goals for 221
Goals against 180
Team information
General Manager Punch Imlach
Coach Punch 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)
Penalties in minutes Carl Brewer (168)
Wins Johnny Bower (20)
Goals against average Don Simmons (2.46)
<1961–62 1963–64>

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.

Regular season

Season standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 35 23 12 221 180 +41 82
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 32 21 17 194 178 +16 81
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 28 19 23 225 183 +42 79
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 32 25 13 200 194 +6 77
5 New York Rangers 70 22 36 12 211 233 −22 56
6 Boston Bruins 70 14 39 17 198 281 −83 45

Schedule and results

1962–63 Game Log (35–23–12) (Home:21–8–6, Road: 14–15–6)

All times EASTERN [2]

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
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 0

[3]

Defencemen

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

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Red Kelly 66 20 40 60 8
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

[3]

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 2.46

[4]

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

All times EASTERN

1963 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions

Johnny Bower, Don Simmons, Carl Brewer, Tim Horton, Bob Baun, Allan Stanley, Kent Douglas, Larry Hillman, Red Kelly, Dick Duff, George Armstrong (captain), Frank Mahovlich, Bob Nevin, Ron Stewart, Billy Harris, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Dave Keon, Ed Litzenberger, John MacMillan, Punch Imlach (manager-coach), Bob Haggert (trainer)

Awards and records

Roster

1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

References

  1. "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  3. 1 2 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000381975.html
  4. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1963.html
  5. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  6. 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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