1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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.

1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
League	1st NHL
1962–63 record	35–23–12
Home record	21–8–6
Road record	14–15–6
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 →

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 [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
Red Kelly	66	20	40	60	8
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
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[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

• Carl Brewer, Runner-Up, Norris Trophy^[6]
• Kent Douglas, Calder Memorial Trophy^[7]
• Dave Keon, Lady Byng Trophy^[7]