1962–63 Boston Bruins season

1962–63 Boston Bruins
League6th NHL
1962–63 record14–39–17
Home record7–18–10
Road record7–21–7
Goals for198
Goals against281
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachPhil Watson
CaptainDon McKenney
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsJohn Bucyk (27)
AssistsJohn Bucyk (39)
PointsJohn Bucyk (66)
Penalty minutesTed Green (117)
WinsEddie Johnston (11)
Goals against averageBob Perreault (3.82)

The 1962–63 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 39th season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

Final 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 70 14 39 17 198 281 −83 45

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
— 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
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 11, 1962 5–0 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 1–0–0
2 T October 13, 1962 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 1–0–1
3 T October 14, 1962 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 1–0–2
4 L October 18, 1962 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 1–1–2
5 L October 20, 1962 3–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 1–2–2
6 L October 21, 1962 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 1–3–2
7 T October 25, 1962 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 1–3–3
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
8 L November 1, 1962 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 1–4–3
9 L November 4, 1962 3–4 New York Rangers (1962–63) 1–5–3
10 T November 7, 1962 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 1–5–4
11 T November 10, 1962 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 1–5–5
12 L November 11, 1962 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 1–6–5
13 L November 14, 1962 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 1–7–5
14 L November 18, 1962 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 1–8–5
15 L November 21, 1962 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 1–9–5
16 L November 22, 1962 1–7 New York Rangers (1962–63) 1–10–5
17 T November 24, 1962 5–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 1–10–6
18 W November 25, 1962 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 2–10–6
19 L November 29, 1962 0–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 2–11–6
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
20 L December 1, 1962 2–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 2–12–6
21 L December 2, 1962 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 2–13–6
22 L December 5, 1962 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 2–14–6
23 L December 6, 1962 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 2–15–6
24 T December 8, 1962 3–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 2–15–7
25 W December 9, 1962 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 3–15–7
26 T December 13, 1962 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 3–15–8
27 L December 15, 1962 2–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 3–16–8
28 L December 16, 1962 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 3–17–8
29 L December 19, 1962 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 3–18–8
30 W December 20, 1962 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 4–18–8
31 L December 23, 1962 4–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 4–19–8
32 W December 25, 1962 6–2 New York Rangers (1962–63) 5–19–8
33 L December 27, 1962 3–9 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 5–20–8
34 L December 30, 1962 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 5–21–8
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
35 W January 1, 1963 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 6–21–8
36 L January 3, 1963 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 6–22–8
37 L January 5, 1963 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 6–23–8
38 T January 6, 1963 5–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 6–23–9
39 W January 10, 1963 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 7–23–9
40 L January 12, 1963 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 7–24–9
41 T January 13, 1963 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 7–24–10
42 W January 16, 1963 5–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 8–24–10
43 L January 17, 1963 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 8–25–10
44 L January 19, 1963 3–5 New York Rangers (1962–63) 8–26–10
45 T January 20, 1963 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 8–26–11
46 L January 24, 1963 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 8–27–11
47 W January 26, 1963 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 9–27–11
48 L January 27, 1963 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 9–28–11
49 L January 31, 1963 2–9 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 9–29–11
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
50 T February 2, 1963 4–4 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 9–29–12
51 W February 3, 1963 6–4 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 10–29–12
52 T February 7, 1963 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 10–29–13
53 T February 10, 1963 5–5 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 10–29–14
54 W February 12, 1963 6–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 11–29–14
55 W February 14, 1963 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 12–29–14
56 L February 16, 1963 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 12–30–14
57 L February 17, 1963 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 12–31–14
58 T February 20, 1963 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 12–31–15
59 W February 23, 1963 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 13–31–15
60 L February 24, 1963 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 13–32–15
61 W February 28, 1963 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 14–32–15
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
62 L March 3, 1963 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 14–33–15
63 L March 6, 1963 0–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 14–34–15
64 L March 7, 1963 0–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 14–35–15
65 L March 10, 1963 3–4 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 14–36–15
66 L March 14, 1963 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 14–37–15
67 T March 17, 1963 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 14–37–16
68 L March 20, 1963 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 14–38–16
69 T March 21, 1963 2–2 New York Rangers (1962–63) 14–38–17
70 L March 24, 1963 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 14–39–17

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
John Bucyk LW 69 27 39 66 36
Murray Oliver C 65 22 40 62 38
Tommy Williams RW 69 23 20 43 11
Jean-Guy Gendron LW 66 21 22 43 42
Jerry Toppazzini RW 65 17 18 35 6
Don McKenney C 41 14 19 33 2
Forbes Kennedy C 49 12 18 30 46
Doug Mohns LW/D 68 7 23 30 63
Leo Boivin D 62 2 24 26 48
Charlie Burns C 68 12 10 22 13
Bobby Leiter C 51 9 13 22 34
Irv Spencer D 69 5 17 22 34
Cliff Pennington C 27 7 10 17 4
Wayne Hicks RW 65 7 9 16 14
Dean Prentice LW 19 6 9 15 4
Ted Green D 70 1 11 12 117
Ed Westfall D/RW 48 1 11 12 34
Warren Godfrey D 66 2 9 11 56
Wayne Connelly C 18 2 6 8 2
Don Blackburn LW 6 0 5 5 4
Pat Stapleton D 21 0 3 3 8
Andre Pronovost LW 21 0 2 2 6
Matt Ravlich D 2 1 0 1 0
Jeannot Gilbert C 5 0 0 0 4
Eddie Johnston G 50 0 0 0 10
Bob Perreault G 22 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Eddie Johnston 2913 50 11 27 10 193 3.98 1
Bob Perreault 1287 22 3 12 7 82 3.82 1
Team: 4200 70 14 39 17 275 3.93 2

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

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. ^ "1962-63 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1962-63 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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