1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs
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)
Penalty 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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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

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	2–10–2	2–7–5	2–7–5	4–7–3	4–8–2
Chicago	10–2–2	—	5–6–3	3–7–4	10–2–2	4–7–3
Detroit	7–2–5	6–5–3	—	3–9–2	9–3–2	7–6–1
Montreal	7–2–5	7–3–4	9–3–2	—	5–5–4	3–6–5
New York	7–4–3	2–10–2	3–9–2	5–5–4	—	5–8–1
Toronto	8–4–2	7–4–3	6–7–1	6–3–5	8–5–1	—

Schedule and results

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

October: 3–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)

November: 7–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 3–3–1)

December: 8–2–3 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 3–2–1)

January: 7–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 4–3–2)

February: 4–4–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 0–3–0)

March: 6–2–3 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–1–2)

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

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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

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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

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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

1963 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1

1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1

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

Carl Brewer, Runner-Up, Norris Trophy ^[5]
Kent Douglas, Calder Memorial Trophy^[6]
Dave Keon, Lady Byng Trophy^[6]

Roster

1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Johnny Bower
24 – Don Simmons

Defensemen

2 – Carl Brewer
3 – Al Arbour
7 – Tim Horton
16 – Jim Mikol
18 – Norm Armstrong
19 – Kent Douglas
21 – Bobby Baun
22 – Larry Hillman
26 – Allan Stanley

Wingers

8 – John MacMillan
9 – Dick Duff
11 – Bob Nevin
16 – Rod Seiling
17 – Don McKenney
18 – Andre Champagne
23 – Eddie Shack
25 – Ed Litzenberger

Centres

4 – Red Kelly
10 – George Armstrong – C
12 – Ron Stewart
14 – Dave Keon
15 – Billy Harris
17 – Bruce Draper
17 – Bronco Horvath
20 – Bob Pulford
27 – Frank Mahovlich
GM: Punch Imlach
Coach: Punch Imlach

References

^ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
^ ^a ^b http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000381975.html
^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1963.html
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
^ ^a ^b National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

[standings-div-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.

[hockeydb.com-3] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000381975.html

[4] ttps://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

[ReferenceA-6] 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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