1962–63 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1962–63 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 37th season in the NHL, and the club was coming off a third-place finish for the fourth consecutive season in 1961–62, as Chicago won a team record 31 games and tied a club record with 75 points. The Hawks would go on and upset the heavily favored Montreal Canadiens in the NHL semi-finals for the second straight season, however, the Black Hawks would lose to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1962 Stanley Cup Finals.[1]

1962–63 Chicago Black Hawks
Division2nd NHL
1962–63 record32–21–17
Home record17–9–9
Road record15–12–8
Goals for194
Goals against178
Team information
General managerTommy Ivan
CoachRudy Pilous
CaptainPierre Pilote
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsStan Mikita and Bobby Hull (31)
AssistsStan Mikita (45)
PointsStan Mikita (76)
Penalty minutesEric Nesterenko (103)
WinsGlenn Hall (30)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.47)

During the off-season, the Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs reportedly came to agreement which would see the Hawks acquire Frank Mahovlich from Toronto for $1 million, however, the deal was nixed when Maple Leafs general manager Punch Imlach, on the advice from Conn Smythe, refused the deal, stating that $1 million does not score goals.[2]

Chicago started the year off hovering around the .500 level through their first 12 games, as they had a record of 5–4–3. Goaltender Glenn Hall, who had played an NHL record 502 consecutive games, injured his back early in November and suffered a pinch nerve, and was relieved by backup Denis DeJordy in a game against the Boston Bruins.[3][4] Hall would miss the next game against the Montreal Canadiens, ending his streak,[5] however, the Hawks won the game by a 3–1 score. Hall would rebound from his injury, and the team would play very good hockey for the remainder of the season, winning a team record 32 games, and also setting a club record with 81 points, and finishing in second place in the NHL standings for the first time since they finished second in the American Division back in 1935.[6]

Offensively, the Hawks were led by Stan Mikita, who led the team with 45 assists and 76 points, and tied Bobby Hull for the team lead in goals, with 31. Hull added 31 assists to his goal total to finish second in team scoring with 62 points, while Ab McDonald set a career high with 61 points, as he scored 20 goals and added 41 assists. On defense, Pierre Pilote led the way, scoring 8 goals and 26 points, along with superb defensive play, as he won the Norris Trophy. Eric Nesterenko provided the team toughness, as he had a team high 103 penalty minutes.

In goal, Glenn Hall played the majority of the games, winning 30 of them, while posting an NHL best GAA of 2.47, and earning 5 shutouts. Hall would win the Vezina Trophy, as Chicago had the fewest goals against during the season. [7]

The Hawks would face the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL semi-finals, as Detroit finished fourth in the NHL with a record of 32–25–13, earning 77 points, and only 4 behind Chicago. The series opened up at Chicago Stadium for the opening two games, and the Black Hawks took advantage, taking a 2–0 series lead a close 5–4 victory in the series opener, followed by a 5–2 win in the second game. The series shifted to the Detroit Olympia for the next two games, and the Red Wings responded, defeating the Black Hawks 4–2 and 4–1 to even the series up. Detroit continued their good play in the fifth game in Chicago, doubling the Hawks 4–2 to take a 3–2 series lead. The sixth game was played back in Detroit, and the Red Wings had no problems closing the series out, easily beating the Black Hawks 7–4, as Chicago was eliminated in the NHL semi-finals for the first time since 1960.[8]

Season standings
National Hockey League[9]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Toronto Maple Leafs70352312221180+4182
2Chicago Black Hawks70322117194178+1681
3Montreal Canadiens70281923225183+4279
4Detroit Red Wings70322513200194+677
5New York Rangers70223612211233−2256
6Boston Bruins70143917198281−8345

Record vs. opponents
1962–63 NHL Records [10]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —2–10–22–7–52–7–54–7–34–8–2
Chicago 10–2–2—5–6–33–7–410–2–24–7–3
Detroit 7–2–56–5–3—3–9–29–3–27–6–1
Montreal 7–2–57–3–49–3–2—5–5–43–6–5
New York 7–4–32–10–23–9–25–5–4—5–8–1
Toronto 8–4–27–4–36–7–16–3–58–5–1—

Game log

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 10Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks0–1–00
2October 13Detroit Red Wings0–0Chicago Black Hawks0–1–11
3October 14Chicago Black Hawks2–2Boston Bruins0–1–22
4October 17Chicago Black Hawks5–1New York Rangers1–1–24
5October 20Chicago Black Hawks1–3Toronto Maple Leafs1–2–24
6October 21Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings1–3–24
7October 23Montreal Canadiens4–4Chicago Black Hawks1–3–35
8October 27Chicago Black Hawks3–2Montreal Canadiens2–3–37
9October 28Chicago Black Hawks5–3New York Rangers3–3–39
10October 30New York Rangers3–5Chicago Black Hawks4–3–311
11November 1Chicago Black Hawks4–2Boston Bruins5–3–313
12November 4Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings5–4–313
13November 7Boston Bruins3–3Chicago Black Hawks5–4–414
14November 10Chicago Black Hawks3–1Montreal Canadiens6–4–416
15November 11Toronto Maple Leafs5–3Chicago Black Hawks6–5–416
16November 14Detroit Red Wings2–4Chicago Black Hawks7–5–418
17November 17Chicago Black Hawks4–3New York Rangers8–5–420
18November 18Montreal Canadiens1–1Chicago Black Hawks8–5–521
19November 22Toronto Maple Leafs0–1Chicago Black Hawks9–5–523
20November 24Detroit Red Wings1–1Chicago Black Hawks9–5–624
21November 25Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings9–6–624
22November 29Chicago Black Hawks5–0Boston Bruins10–6–626
23December 1Chicago Black Hawks1–2Montreal Canadiens10–7–626
24December 2New York Rangers1–5Chicago Black Hawks11–7–628
25December 5Boston Bruins4–5Chicago Black Hawks12–7–630
26December 8Chicago Black Hawks1–1Toronto Maple Leafs12–7–731
27December 9Montreal Canadiens1–2Chicago Black Hawks13–7–733
28December 12New York Rangers3–4Chicago Black Hawks14–7–735
29December 15Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings14–8–735
30December 16Toronto Maple Leafs6–2Chicago Black Hawks14–9–735
31December 19Boston Bruins2–3Chicago Black Hawks15–9–737
32December 22Chicago Black Hawks1–1Montreal Canadiens15–9–838
33December 23Chicago Black Hawks3–1New York Rangers16–9–840
34December 25Montreal Canadiens6–0Chicago Black Hawks16–10–840
35December 29Chicago Black Hawks1–1Toronto Maple Leafs16–10–941
36December 30Boston Bruins2–4Chicago Black Hawks17–10–943
37January 1Detroit Red Wings2–4Chicago Black Hawks18–10–945
38January 6Toronto Maple Leafs5–1Chicago Black Hawks18–11–945
39January 9Chicago Black Hawks3–1Toronto Maple Leafs19–11–947
40January 10Chicago Black Hawks4–5Boston Bruins19–12–947
41January 12New York Rangers1–3Chicago Black Hawks20–12–949
42January 13Montreal Canadiens2–2Chicago Black Hawks20–12–1050
43January 16Boston Bruins5–4Chicago Black Hawks20–13–1050
44January 19Chicago Black Hawks4–1Toronto Maple Leafs21–13–1052
45January 20New York Rangers2–6Chicago Black Hawks22–13–1054
46January 23Chicago Black Hawks3–3New York Rangers22–13–1155
47January 26Chicago Black Hawks3–0Detroit Red Wings23–13–1157
48January 27Montreal Canadiens3–1Chicago Black Hawks23–14–1157
49January 31Chicago Black Hawks9–2Boston Bruins24–14–1159
50February 2Chicago Black Hawks3–3Montreal Canadiens24–14–1260
51February 3Toronto Maple Leafs1–3Chicago Black Hawks25–14–1262
52February 6Detroit Red Wings3–3Chicago Black Hawks25–14–1363
53February 9Chicago Black Hawks3–3New York Rangers25–14–1464
54February 10New York Rangers2–4Chicago Black Hawks26–14–1466
55February 16Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Canadiens26–15–1466
56February 17Boston Bruins1–3Chicago Black Hawks27–15–1468
57February 21Chicago Black Hawks5–3Detroit Red Wings28–15–1470
58February 23Detroit Red Wings2–3Chicago Black Hawks29–15–1472
59February 24Boston Bruins3–4Chicago Black Hawks30–15–1474
60February 27Chicago Black Hawks3–6Toronto Maple Leafs30–16–1474
61February 28New York Rangers6–1Chicago Black Hawks30–17–1474
62March 3Montreal Canadiens2–2Chicago Black Hawks30–17–1575
63March 6Chicago Black Hawks2–5New York Rangers30–18–1575
64March 10Toronto Maple Leafs1–1Chicago Black Hawks30–18–1676
65March 14Chicago Black Hawks2–0Boston Bruins31–18–1678
66March 16Chicago Black Hawks0–3Toronto Maple Leafs31–19–1678
67March 17Chicago Black Hawks2–4Detroit Red Wings31–20–1678
68March 19Detroit Red Wings5–1Chicago Black Hawks31–21–1678
69March 23Chicago Black Hawks4–4Montreal Canadiens31–21–1779
70March 24Chicago Black Hawks4–3Boston Bruins32–21–1781

Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 26Detroit Red Wings4–5Chicago Black Hawks1–0
2March 28Detroit Red Wings2–5Chicago Black Hawks2–0
3March 31Chicago Black Hawks2–4Detroit Red Wings2–1
4April 2Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Red Wings2–2
5April 4Detroit Red Wings4–2Chicago Black Hawks2–3
6April 7Chicago Black Hawks4–7Detroit Red Wings2–4

Season stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Stan Mikita6531457669
Bobby Hull6531316227
Ab McDonald6920416112
Bill Hay6412334536
Kenny Wharram5520183817

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Glenn Hall66391030201516152.47
Denis DeJordy52902121202.48

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bobby Hull582104
Pierre Pilote60888
Kenny Wharram61560
Bill Hay63256
Stan Mikita63252

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLGASOGAA
Glenn Hall6360242504.17

References
  1. 1961–62 NHL Season Summary – Hockey-Reference.com
  2. CBC-TV: Life and Times – Frank Mahovlich
  3. Legends of Hockey – The Legends – Honoured Player – Hall, Glenn – Biography
  4. NHL.com – History
  5. "Hall's legendary career began at the Montreal Forum 55 years ago – in borrowed equipment". Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
  6. 1962–63 Chicago Black Hawks Games – Hockey-Reference.com
  7. "Chicago Blackhawks goaltending history : Glenn Hall". Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
  8. 1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com
  9. "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  10. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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