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1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1961–62 NHL season was the 36th season for the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 42 14 14 259 166 +93 98
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 37 22 11 232 180 +52 85
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 31 26 13 217 186 +31 75
4 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 195 207 −12 64
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 23 33 14 184 219 −35 60
6 Boston Bruins 70 15 47 8 177 306 −129 38

Record vs. opponents

1961–62 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–10–2 4–8–2 3–10–1 2–10–2 4–9–1
Chicago 10–2–2 — 7–3–4 3–9–2 7–6–1 4–6–4
Detroit 8–4–2 3–7–4 — 3–8–3 6–5–3 3–9–2
Montreal 10–3–1 9–3–2 8–3–3 — 8–1–5 7–4–3
New York 10–2–2 6–7–1 5–6–3 1–8–5 — 4–9–1
Toronto 9–4–1 6–4–4 9–3–2 4–7–3 9–4–1 —


Schedule and results

1961–62 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 12, 1961 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 0–1–0
2 T October 14, 1961 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 0–1–1
3 T October 15, 1961 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 0–1–2
4 W October 19, 1961 7–3 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 1–1–2
5 T October 21, 1961 4–4 New York Rangers (1961–62) 1–1–3
6 W October 22, 1961 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–1–3
7 L October 26, 1961 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 2–2–3
8 L October 28, 1961 5–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 2–3–3
9 L October 29, 1961 3–6 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 2–4–3
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
10 W November 2, 1961 1–0 New York Rangers (1961–62) 3–4–3
11 L November 5, 1961 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 3–5–3
12 W November 9, 1961 2–1 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 4–5–3
13 L November 11, 1961 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 4–6–3
14 W November 12, 1961 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 5–6–3
15 L November 15, 1961 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 5–7–3
16 L November 18, 1961 1–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 5–8–3
17 W November 19, 1961 6–2 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 6–8–3
18 L November 22, 1961 0–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 6–9–3
19 L November 23, 1961 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 6–10–3
20 L November 26, 1961 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 6–11–3
21 W November 30, 1961 3–1 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 7–11–3
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
22 L December 2, 1961 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 7–12–3
23 W December 3, 1961 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 8–12–3
24 T December 7, 1961 3–3 New York Rangers (1961–62) 8–12–4
25 W December 9, 1961 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 9–12–4
26 W December 10, 1961 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 10–12–4
27 W December 14, 1961 5–0 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 11–12–4
28 W December 17, 1961 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 12–12–4
29 L December 20, 1961 1–6 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–13–4
30 L December 21, 1961 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 12–14–4
31 L December 23, 1961 1–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 12–15–4
32 L December 25, 1961 4–6 New York Rangers (1961–62) 12–16–4
33 T December 28, 1961 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 12–16–5
34 L December 30, 1961 4–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 12–17–5
35 W December 31, 1961 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 13–17–5
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
36 T January 4, 1962 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 13–17–6
37 W January 6, 1962 6–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 14–17–6
38 T January 7, 1962 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 14–17–7
39 L January 13, 1962 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 14–18–7
40 W January 14, 1962 2–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 15–18–7
41 L January 18, 1962 3–5 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 15–19–7
42 T January 20, 1962 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 15–19–8
43 L January 21, 1962 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 15–20–8
44 W January 24, 1962 3–0 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 16–20–8
45 L January 27, 1962 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 16–21–8
46 T January 28, 1962 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 16–21–9
47 L January 31, 1962 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 16–22–9
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
48 L February 1, 1962 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 16–23–9
49 L February 3, 1962 1–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 16–24–9
50 W February 4, 1962 6–0 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 17–24–9
51 T February 7, 1962 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 17–24–10
52 T February 10, 1962 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 17–24–11
53 W February 11, 1962 5–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 18–24–11
54 W February 15, 1962 4–3 New York Rangers (1961–62) 19–24–11
55 W February 18, 1962 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 20–24–11
56 L February 21, 1962 4–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 20–25–11
57 L February 24, 1962 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 20–26–11
58 L February 25, 1962 2–8 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 20–27–11
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
59 T March 3, 1962 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 20–27–12
60 W March 4, 1962 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 21–27–12
61 L March 6, 1962 4–5 New York Rangers (1961–62) 21–28–12
62 W March 8, 1962 3–0 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 22–28–12
63 L March 10, 1962 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 22–29–12
64 T March 11, 1962 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 22–29–13
65 L March 14, 1962 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 22–30–13
66 L March 15, 1962 0–4 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 22–31–13
67 W March 18, 1962 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 23–31–13
68 L March 20, 1962 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 23–32–13
69 T March 24, 1962 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 23–32–14
70 L March 25, 1962 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 23–33–14

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 70 33 44 77 54
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 26 43 69 18
Norm Ullman C 70 26 38 64 54
Vic Stasiuk LW 59 15 28 43 45
Bill Gadsby D 70 7 30 37 88
Ed Litzenberger C/RW 32 8 12 20 4
Claude Laforge LW 38 10 9 19 20
Bruce MacGregor C 65 6 12 18 16
Marcel Pronovost D 70 4 14 18 38
Warren Godfrey D 69 4 13 17 84
Howie Glover RW 39 7 8 15 44
Parker MacDonald C 32 5 7 12 8
Marc Boileau C 54 5 6 11 8
Allan Johnson RW/C 31 5 6 11 14
Len Lunde C 23 2 9 11 4
Val Fonteyne LW 70 5 5 10 4
Pete Goegan D 39 5 5 10 24
Larry Jeffrey LW 18 5 3 8 20
Leo Labine RW 48 3 4 7 30
Gerry Odrowski D 69 1 6 7 24
Howie Young D/RW 30 0 2 2 67
Chuck Holmes RW 8 1 0 1 4
Forbes Kennedy C 14 1 0 1 8
Pit Martin C 1 0 1 1 0
Noel Price D 20 0 1 1 6
Hank Bassen G 27 0 0 0 8
Bob Dillabough C 5 0 0 0 2
Jack Hendrickson D 1 0 0 0 2
Lowell MacDonald LW 1 0 0 0 2
Wayne Rivers RW 2 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 43 0 0 0 12
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 2580 43 14 21 8 141 3.28 5
Hank Bassen 1620 27 9 12 6 75 2.78 3
Team: 4200 70 23 33 14 216 3.09 8

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1961–1962 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1961-62 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "1961-62 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.