1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1962–63 record35–23–12
Home record21–8–6
Road record14–15–6
Goals for221
Goals against180
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Alternate captainsDick Duff
Bob Pulford
Allan Stanley
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsFrank Mahovlich (36)
AssistsRed Kelly (40)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (73)
Penalty minutesCarl Brewer (168)
WinsJohnny Bower (20)
Goals against averageDon Simmons (2.46)

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]
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 [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL 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 regular season[3]
October: 3–5–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap
1 W October 10, 1962 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 1–0–0 2 W1
2 T October 13, 1962 2–2 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 1–0–1 3 T1
3 L October 14, 1962 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 1–1–1 3 L1
4 L October 18, 1962 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 1–2–1 3 L2
5 W October 20, 1962 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 2–2–1 5 W1
6 W October 21, 1962 6–4 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 3–2–1 7 W2
7 L October 27, 1962 1–5 New York Rangers (1962–63) 3–3–1 7 L1
8 L October 28, 1962 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 3–4–1 7 L2
9 L October 31, 1962 3–4 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 3–5–1 7 L3
November: 7–4–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–3–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap
10 W November 1, 1962 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 4–5–1 9 W1
11 L November 3, 1962 3–7 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 4–6–1 9 L1
12 W November 7, 1962 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 5–6–1 11 W1
13 W November 10, 1962 5–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 6–6–1 13 W2
14 W November 11, 1962 5–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 7–6–1 15 W3
15 W November 14, 1962 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 8–6–1 17 W4
16 W November 17, 1962 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 9–6–1 19 W5
17 L November 18, 1962 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 9–7–1 19 L1
18 L November 22, 1962 0–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 9–8–1 19 L2
19 W November 24, 1962 4–1 New York Rangers (1962–63) 10–8–1 21 W1
20 L November 25, 1962 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 10–9–1 21 L1
21 T November 29, 1962 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 10–9–2 22 T1
December: 8–2–3 (home: 5–0–2; road: 3–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap
22 W December 1, 1962 8–2 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 11–9–2 24 W1
23 W December 2, 1962 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 12–9–2 26 W2
24 W December 5, 1962 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 13–9–2 28 W3
25 T December 8, 1962 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 13–9–3 29 T1
26 L December 9, 1962 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 13–10–3 29 L1
27 W December 15, 1962 8–2 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 14–10–3 31 W1
28 W December 16, 1962 6–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 15–10–3 33 W2
29 T December 20, 1962 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 15–10–4 34 T1
30 W December 22, 1962 4–2 New York Rangers (1962–63) 16–10–4 36 W1
31 W December 23, 1962 5–4 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 17–10–4 38 W2
32 L December 25, 1962 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 17–11–4 38 L1
33 W December 26, 1962 5–4 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 18–11–4 40 W1
34 T December 29, 1962 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 18–11–5 41 T1
January: 7–6–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–3–2)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap
35 L January 1, 1963 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 18–12–5 41 L1
36 L January 2, 1963 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 18–13–5 41 L2
37 W January 5, 1963 4–2 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 19–13–5 43 W1
38 W January 6, 1963 5–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 20–13–5 45 W2
39 L January 9, 1963 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 20–14–5 45 L1
40 W January 12, 1963 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 21–14–5 47 W1
41 T January 13, 1963 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 21–14–6 48 T1
42 L January 17, 1963 4–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 21–15–6 48 L1
43 L January 19, 1963 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 21–16–6 48 L2
44 T January 20, 1963 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 21–16–7 49 T1
45 W January 23, 1963 5–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 22–16–7 51 W1
46 W January 24, 1963 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 23–16–7 53 W2
47 L January 26, 1963 2–5 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 23–17–7 53 L1
48 W January 27, 1963 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 24–17–7 55 W1
49 W January 31, 1963 6–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 25–17–7 57 W2
February: 4–4–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 0–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap
50 T February 2, 1963 2–2 New York Rangers (1962–63) 25–17–8 58 T1
51 L February 3, 1963 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 25–18–8 58 L1
52 T February 9, 1963 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 25–18–9 59 T1
53 L February 10, 1963 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 25–19–9 59 L1
54 W February 13, 1963 6–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 26–19–9 61 W1
55 W February 16, 1963 4–2 New York Rangers (1962–63) 27–19–9 63 W2
56 L February 17, 1963 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 27–20–9 63 L1
57 W February 20, 1963 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 28–20–9 65 W1
58 L February 23, 1963 2–4 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 28–21–9 65 L1
59 W February 27, 1963 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 29–21–9 67 W1
March: 6–2–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–1–2)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts Recap
60 W March 2, 1963 4–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 30–21–9 69 W2
61 W March 3, 1963 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 31–21–9 71 W3
62 W March 6, 1963 4–0 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 32–21–9 73 W4
63 W March 9, 1963 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 33–21–9 75 W5
64 T March 10, 1963 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 33–21–10 76 T1
65 T March 14, 1963 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 33–21–11 77 T2
66 W March 16, 1963 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 34–21–11 79 W1
67 W March 17, 1963 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 35–21–11 81 W2
68 T March 20, 1963 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 35–21–12 82 T1
69 L March 23, 1963 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 35–22–12 82 L1
70 L March 24, 1963 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 35–23–12 82 L2

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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

[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 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[3]
Semifinals vs. (3) Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs win 4–1
Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series Recap
1 W March 26, 1963 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 1–0 W1
2 W March 28, 1963 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 2–0 W2
3 W March 30, 1963 2–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 3–0 W3
4 L April 2, 1963 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 3–1 L1
5 W April 4, 1963 5–0 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 4–1 W1
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs win 4–1
Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series Recap
1 W April 9, 1963 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 1–0 W1
2 W April 11, 1963 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 2–0 W2
3 L April 14, 1963 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 2–1 L1
4 W April 16, 1963 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 3–1 W1
5 W April 18, 1963 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 4–1 W2

Legend:   Win   Loss

Awards and records

References
  1. ^ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Toronto Maple Leafs 1974-75 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.
  5. ^ "1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster and Statistics".
  6. ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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    ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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