1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season

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

1961–62 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th NHL
1961–62 record23–33–14
Goals for184
Goals against219
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachSid Abel
CaptainGordie Howe
Alternate captainsAlex Delvecchio
Bill Gadsby
Marcel Pronovost
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (33)
AssistsGordie Howe (44)
PointsGordie Howe (77)
Penalty minutesBill Gadsby (88)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (14)
Goals against averageHank Bassen (2.78)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70421414259166+9398
2Toronto Maple Leafs70372211232180+5285
3Chicago Black Hawks70312613217186+3175
4New York Rangers70263212195207−1264
5Detroit Red Wings70233314184219−3560
6Boston Bruins7015478177306−12938

Record vs. opponents
1961–62 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —2–10–24–8–23–10–12–10–24–9–1
Chicago 10–2–2—7–3–43–9–27–6–14–6–4
Detroit 8–4–23–7–4—3–8–36–5–33–9–2
Montreal 10–3–19–3–28–3–3—8–1–57–4–3
New York 10–2–26–7–15–6–31–8–5—4–9–1
Toronto 9–4–16–4–49–3–24–7–39–4–1—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 12, 19612–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)0–1–0
2TOctober 14, 19613–3Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)0–1–1
3TOctober 15, 19612–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)0–1–2
4WOctober 19, 19617–3Boston Bruins (1961–62)1–1–2
5TOctober 21, 19614–4New York Rangers (1961–62)1–1–3
6WOctober 22, 19615–4@ New York Rangers (1961–62)2–1–3
7LOctober 26, 19610–4@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)2–2–3
8LOctober 28, 19615–7@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)2–3–3
9LOctober 29, 19613–6Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)2–4–3
10WNovember 2, 19611–0New York Rangers (1961–62)3–4–3
11LNovember 5, 19612–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)3–5–3
12WNovember 9, 19612–1Boston Bruins (1961–62)4–5–3
13LNovember 11, 19611–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)4–6–3
14WNovember 12, 19613–0Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)5–6–3
15LNovember 15, 19610–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)5–7–3
16LNovember 18, 19611–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)5–8–3
17WNovember 19, 19616–2@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)6–8–3
18LNovember 22, 19610–4@ New York Rangers (1961–62)6–9–3
19LNovember 23, 19613–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)6–10–3
20LNovember 26, 19611–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)6–11–3
21WNovember 30, 19613–1Boston Bruins (1961–62)7–11–3
22LDecember 2, 19612–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)7–12–3
23WDecember 3, 19613–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)8–12–3
24TDecember 7, 19613–3New York Rangers (1961–62)8–12–4
25WDecember 9, 19613–0Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)9–12–4
26WDecember 10, 19613–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)10–12–4
27WDecember 14, 19615–0Boston Bruins (1961–62)11–12–4
28WDecember 17, 19613–1Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)12–12–4
29LDecember 20, 19611–6@ New York Rangers (1961–62)12–13–4
30LDecember 21, 19612–4@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)12–14–4
31LDecember 23, 19611–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)12–15–4
32LDecember 25, 19614–6New York Rangers (1961–62)12–16–4
33TDecember 28, 19612–2Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)12–16–5
34LDecember 30, 19614–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)12–17–5
35WDecember 31, 19614–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)13–17–5
36TJanuary 4, 19621–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)13–17–6
37WJanuary 6, 19626–2Boston Bruins (1961–62)14–17–6
38TJanuary 7, 19622–2Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)14–17–7
39LJanuary 13, 19623–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)14–18–7
40WJanuary 14, 19622–1New York Rangers (1961–62)15–18–7
41LJanuary 18, 19623–5@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)15–19–7
42TJanuary 20, 19622–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)15–19–8
43LJanuary 21, 19623–5Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)15–20–8
44WJanuary 24, 19623–0@ New York Rangers (1961–62)16–20–8
45LJanuary 27, 19622–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)16–21–8
46TJanuary 28, 19622–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)16–21–9
47LJanuary 31, 19621–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)16–22–9
48LFebruary 1, 19624–7Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)16–23–9
49LFebruary 3, 19621–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)16–24–9
50WFebruary 4, 19626–0Boston Bruins (1961–62)17–24–9
51TFebruary 7, 19622–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)17–24–10
52TFebruary 10, 19622–2@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)17–24–11
53WFebruary 11, 19625–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)18–24–11
54WFebruary 15, 19624–3New York Rangers (1961–62)19–24–11
55WFebruary 18, 19624–2Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)20–24–11
56LFebruary 21, 19624–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)20–25–11
57LFebruary 24, 19621–6Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)20–26–11
58LFebruary 25, 19622–8Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)20–27–11
59TMarch 3, 19622–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)20–27–12
60WMarch 4, 19624–2@ New York Rangers (1961–62)21–27–12
61LMarch 6, 19624–5New York Rangers (1961–62)21–28–12
62WMarch 8, 19623–0@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)22–28–12
63LMarch 10, 19620–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)22–29–12
64TMarch 11, 19622–2@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)22–29–13
65LMarch 14, 19622–3@ New York Rangers (1961–62)22–30–13
66LMarch 15, 19620–4Boston Bruins (1961–62)22–31–13
67WMarch 18, 19624–1Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)23–31–13
68LMarch 20, 19620–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)23–32–13
69TMarch 24, 19622–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)23–32–14
70LMarch 25, 19622–5Montreal Canadiens (1961–62)23–33–14

Playoffs

They didn't qualify

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW7033447754
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7026436918
Norm UllmanC7026386454
Vic StasiukLW5915284345
Bill GadsbyD707303788
Ed LitzenbergerC/RW32812204
Claude LaforgeLW381091920
Bruce MacGregorC656121816
Marcel PronovostD704141838
Warren GodfreyD694131784
Howie GloverRW39781544
Parker MacDonaldC3257128
Marc BoileauC5456118
Allan JohnsonRW/C31561114
Len LundeC2329114
Val FonteyneLW7055104
Pete GoeganD39551024
Larry JeffreyLW1853820
Leo LabineRW4834730
Gerry OdrowskiD6916724
Howie YoungD/RW3002267
Chuck HolmesRW81014
Forbes KennedyC141018
Pit MartinC10110
Noel PriceD200116
Hank BassenG270008
Bob DillaboughC50002
Jack HendricksonD10002
Lowell MacDonaldLW10002
Wayne RiversRW20000
Terry SawchukG4300012
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk258043142181413.285
Hank Bassen1620279126752.783
Team:4200702333142163.098

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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;

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 Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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