1962–63 Boston Bruins season

1962–63 Boston Bruins
1962–63 Boston Bruins
Division	6th NHL
1962–63 record	14–39–17
Goals for	198
Goals against	281
Team information
General manager	Lynn Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	Don McKenney
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

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		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

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1962	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	1–0–0
2	T	October 13, 1962	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	1–0–1
3	T	October 14, 1962	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	1–0–2
4	L	October 18, 1962	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	1–1–2
5	L	October 20, 1962	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	1–2–2
6	L	October 21, 1962	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	1–3–2
7	T	October 25, 1962	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	1–3–3
8	L	November 1, 1962	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	1–4–3
9	L	November 4, 1962	3–4	New York Rangers (1962–63)	1–5–3
10	T	November 7, 1962	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	1–5–4
11	T	November 10, 1962	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	1–5–5
12	L	November 11, 1962	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	1–6–5
13	L	November 14, 1962	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	1–7–5
14	L	November 18, 1962	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	1–8–5
15	L	November 21, 1962	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	1–9–5
16	L	November 22, 1962	1–7	New York Rangers (1962–63)	1–10–5
17	T	November 24, 1962	5–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	1–10–6
18	W	November 25, 1962	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	2–10–6
19	L	November 29, 1962	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	2–11–6
20	L	December 1, 1962	2–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	2–12–6
21	L	December 2, 1962	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	2–13–6
22	L	December 5, 1962	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	2–14–6
23	L	December 6, 1962	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	2–15–6
24	T	December 8, 1962	3–3	New York Rangers (1962–63)	2–15–7
25	W	December 9, 1962	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	3–15–7
26	T	December 13, 1962	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	3–15–8
27	L	December 15, 1962	2–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	3–16–8
28	L	December 16, 1962	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	3–17–8
29	L	December 19, 1962	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	3–18–8
30	W	December 20, 1962	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	4–18–8
31	L	December 23, 1962	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	4–19–8
32	W	December 25, 1962	6–2	New York Rangers (1962–63)	5–19–8
33	L	December 27, 1962	3–9	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	5–20–8
34	L	December 30, 1962	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	5–21–8
35	W	January 1, 1963	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	6–21–8
36	L	January 3, 1963	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	6–22–8
37	L	January 5, 1963	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	6–23–8
38	T	January 6, 1963	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	6–23–9
39	W	January 10, 1963	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	7–23–9
40	L	January 12, 1963	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	7–24–9
41	T	January 13, 1963	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	7–24–10
42	W	January 16, 1963	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	8–24–10
43	L	January 17, 1963	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	8–25–10
44	L	January 19, 1963	3–5	New York Rangers (1962–63)	8–26–10
45	T	January 20, 1963	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	8–26–11
46	L	January 24, 1963	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	8–27–11
47	W	January 26, 1963	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	9–27–11
48	L	January 27, 1963	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	9–28–11
49	L	January 31, 1963	2–9	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	9–29–11
50	T	February 2, 1963	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	9–29–12
51	W	February 3, 1963	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	10–29–12
52	T	February 7, 1963	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	10–29–13
53	T	February 10, 1963	5–5	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	10–29–14
54	W	February 12, 1963	6–3	New York Rangers (1962–63)	11–29–14
55	W	February 14, 1963	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	12–29–14
56	L	February 16, 1963	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	12–30–14
57	L	February 17, 1963	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	12–31–14
58	T	February 20, 1963	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	12–31–15
59	W	February 23, 1963	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	13–31–15
60	L	February 24, 1963	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	13–32–15
61	W	February 28, 1963	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	14–32–15
62	L	March 3, 1963	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	14–33–15
63	L	March 6, 1963	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	14–34–15
64	L	March 7, 1963	0–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	14–35–15
65	L	March 10, 1963	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	14–36–15
66	L	March 14, 1963	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	14–37–15
67	T	March 17, 1963	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	14–37–16
68	L	March 20, 1963	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	14–38–16
69	T	March 21, 1963	2–2	New York Rangers (1962–63)	14–38–17
70	L	March 24, 1963	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	14–39–17

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
John Bucyk	LW	69	27	39	66	36
Murray Oliver	C	65	22	40	62	38
Tommy Williams	RW	69	23	20	43	11
Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	66	21	22	43	42
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	65	17	18	35	6
Don McKenney	C	41	14	19	33	2
Forbes Kennedy	C	49	12	18	30	46
Doug Mohns	LW/D	68	7	23	30	63
Leo Boivin	D	62	2	24	26	48
Charlie Burns	C	68	12	10	22	13
Bobby Leiter	C	51	9	13	22	34
Irv Spencer	D	69	5	17	22	34
Cliff Pennington	C	27	7	10	17	4
Wayne Hicks	RW	65	7	9	16	14
Dean Prentice	LW	19	6	9	15	4
Ted Green	D	70	1	11	12	117
Ed Westfall	D/RW	48	1	11	12	34
Warren Godfrey	D	66	2	9	11	56
Wayne Connelly	C	18	2	6	8	2
Don Blackburn	LW	6	0	5	5	4
Pat Stapleton	D	21	0	3	3	8
Andre Pronovost	LW	21	0	2	2	6
Matt Ravlich	D	2	1	0	1	0
Jeannot Gilbert	C	5	0	0	0	4
Eddie Johnston	G	50	0	0	0	10
Bob Perreault	G	22	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Eddie Johnston	2913	50	11	27	10	193	3.98	1
Bob Perreault	1287	22	3	12	7	82	3.82	1
Team:	4200	70	14	39	17	275	3.93	2

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Eddie Johnston
1 – Bob Perreault

Defensemen

4 – Pat Stapleton
6 – Ted Green
7 – Don Blackburn
20 – Léo Boivin
22 – Irv Spencer
23 – Matt Ravlich
25 – Warren Godfrey

Wingers

8 – Wayne Connelly
9 – John Bucyk
11 – Tom Williams
12 – Wayne Hicks
17 – Dean Prentice
18 – Ed Westfall
19 – Doug Mohns
21 – Jerry Toppazzini
23 – Jean-Guy Gendron
23 – André Pronovost

Centers

GM: Lynn Patrick
Coach: Phil Watson,
Milt Schmidt

References

^ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1962-63 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

"1962–63 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

[standings-div-1] "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1962-63 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

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See also	All-Star Game Intra-league draft Stanley Cup Finals

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

References

External links