1961–62 Boston Bruins season

1961–62 Boston Bruins
Division	6th NHL
1961–62 record	15–47–8
Goals for	177
Goals against	306
Team information
General Manager	Lynn Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	Don McKenney

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

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1961	2–6	New York Rangers (1961–62)	0–1–0
2	L	October 12, 1961	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	0–2–0
3	L	October 14, 1961	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	0–3–0
4	T	October 15, 1961	5–5	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	0–3–1
5	L	October 17, 1961	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	0–4–1
6	L	October 19, 1961	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	0–5–1
7	L	October 21, 1961	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	0–6–1
8	L	October 22, 1961	1–9	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	0–7–1
9	W	October 26, 1961	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	1–7–1
10	T	October 29, 1961	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	1–7–2
11	W	November 2, 1961	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	2–7–2
12	L	November 5, 1961	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	2–8–2
13	T	November 8, 1961	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	2–8–3
14	L	November 9, 1961	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	2–9–3
15	W	November 12, 1961	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	3–9–3
16	W	November 16, 1961	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	4–9–3
17	L	November 19, 1961	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	4–10–3
18	L	November 23, 1961	3–4	New York Rangers (1961–62)	4–11–3
19	L	November 25, 1961	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	4–12–3
20	L	November 26, 1961	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	4–13–3
21	L	November 29, 1961	4–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	4–14–3
22	L	November 30, 1961	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	4–15–3
23	W	December 2, 1961	3–1	New York Rangers (1961–62)	5–15–3
24	L	December 3, 1961	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	5–16–3
25	L	December 7, 1961	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	5–17–3
26	L	December 9, 1961	2–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	5–18–3
27	L	December 10, 1961	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	5–19–3
28	T	December 13, 1961	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	5–19–4
29	L	December 14, 1961	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	5–20–4
30	L	December 16, 1961	4–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	5–21–4
31	L	December 17, 1961	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	5–22–4
32	W	December 21, 1961	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	6–22–4
33	W	December 23, 1961	7–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	7–22–4
34	L	December 25, 1961	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	7–23–4
35	W	December 31, 1961	7–4	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	8–23–4
36	L	January 1, 1962	2–4	New York Rangers (1961–62)	8–24–4
37	L	January 6, 1962	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	8–25–4
38	W	January 7, 1962	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	9–25–4
39	L	January 10, 1962	5–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	9–26–4
40	L	January 11, 1962	0–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	9–27–4
41	L	January 13, 1962	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	9–28–4
42	L	January 14, 1962	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	9–29–4
43	W	January 18, 1962	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	10–29–4
44	W	January 20, 1962	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	11–29–4
45	L	January 21, 1962	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	11–30–4
46	W	January 27, 1962	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	12–30–4
47	L	January 28, 1962	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	12–31–4
48	L	January 31, 1962	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	12–32–4
49	L	February 1, 1962	3–5	New York Rangers (1961–62)	12–33–4
50	L	February 3, 1962	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	12–34–4
51	L	February 4, 1962	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	12–35–4
52	T	February 7, 1962	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	12–35–5
53	L	February 8, 1962	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	12–36–5
54	T	February 10, 1962	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	12–36–6
55	L	February 11, 1962	3–5	New York Rangers (1961–62)	12–37–6
56	L	February 15, 1962	1–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	12–38–6
57	L	February 18, 1962	0–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	12–39–6
58	L	February 21, 1962	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	12–40–6
59	L	February 24, 1962	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	12–41–6
60	L	February 25, 1962	0–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	12–42–6
61	T	February 28, 1962	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	12–42–7
62	L	March 1, 1962	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	12–43–7
63	L	March 4, 1962	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	12–44–7
64	L	March 8, 1962	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	12–45–7
65	L	March 10, 1962	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	12–46–7
66	T	March 11, 1962	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	12–46–8
67	W	March 15, 1962	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	13–46–8
68	W	March 18, 1962	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)	14–46–8
69	L	March 22, 1962	3–4	New York Rangers (1961–62)	14–47–8
70	W	March 25, 1962	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	15–47–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	67	20	40	60	32
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	70	22	33	55	10
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	70	19	31	50	26
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	C	70	17	29	46	21
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	69	16	29	45	74
Pennington, CliffCliff Pennington	C	70	9	32	41	2
Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns	C	70	11	17	28	43
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	70	15	8	23	74
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	65	5	18	23	70
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	61	8	12	20	34
Gray, TerryTerry Gray	RW	42	8	7	15	15
Williams, TommyTommy Williams	RW	26	6	6	12	2
Green, TedTed Green	D	66	3	8	11	116
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	63	2	9	11	53
Beckett, BobBob Beckett	C	34	7	2	9	14
Leach, LarryLarry Leach	C	28	2	5	7	18
Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton	D	69	2	5	7	42
Meissner, DickDick Meissner	RW	66	3	3	6	13
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong	D	9	2	1	3	20
Chadwick, EdEd Chadwick	G	4	0	0	0	0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	G	28	0	0	0	4
Head, DonDon Head	G	38	0	0	0	14
Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	8	0	0	0	6
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	7	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Head, DonDon Head	2280	38	9	26	3	158	4.16	2
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	1680	28	6	18	4	121	4.32	1
Chadwick, EdEd Chadwick	240	4	0	3	1	22	5.50	0
Team:	4200	70	15	47	8	301	4.30	3

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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;

Roster

Boston Bruins 1961–1962 Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Ed Chadwick
1 – Bruce Gamble
1 – Don Head

Defensemen

4 – Bob Armstrong
4 – Pat Stapleton
6 – Ted Green
11 – Dallas Smith
18 – Ed Westfall
20 – Léo Boivin

Wingers

8 – Wayne Connelly
9 – John Bucyk
11 – Tom Williams
12 – Terry Gray
19 – Doug Mohns
21 – Jerry Toppazzini
22 – Dick Meissner
23 – André Pronovost

Centers

7 – Cliff Pennington
10 – Charlie Burns
16 – Murray Oliver
17 – Don McKenney –C
24 – Bob Beckett
24 – Larry Leach
27 – Orland Kurtenbach

GM: Lynn Patrick
Coach: Phil Watson

References

↑ "1961–1962 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1961-62 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

"1961–62 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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Boston Bruins seasons
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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
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1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1961–62 NHL season
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See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1961–62 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Roster

See also

References

External links