1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season

1961–62 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th NHL
1961–62 record	23–33–14
Goals for	184
Goals against	219
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Gordie Howe
Alternate captains	Bill Gadsby Alex Delvecchio Marcel Pronovost
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (33)
Assists	Gordie Howe (44)
Points	Gordie Howe (77)
Penalty minutes	Bill Gadsby (88)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (14)
Goals against average	Hank Bassen (2.78)

The 1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 36th season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	70	42	14	14	259	166	98
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	37	22	11	232	180	85
Chicago Black Hawks	70	31	26	13	217	186	75
New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	195	207	64
Detroit Red Wings	70	23	33	14	184	219	60
Boston Bruins	70	15	47	8	177	306	38

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	33	44	77	54
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	26	43	69	18
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	70	26	38	64	54
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	59	15	28	43	45
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	70	7	30	37	88
Litzenberger, EdEd Litzenberger	C/RW	32	8	12	20	4
Laforge, ClaudeClaude Laforge	LW	38	10	9	19	20
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	65	6	12	18	16
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	70	4	14	18	38
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	69	4	13	17	84
Glover, HowieHowie Glover	RW	39	7	8	15	44
MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald	C	32	5	7	12	8
Boileau, MarcMarc Boileau	C	54	5	6	11	8
Johnson, AllanAllan Johnson	RW/C	31	5	6	11	14
Lunde, LenLen Lunde	C	23	2	9	11	4
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	LW	70	5	5	10	4
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	39	5	5	10	24
Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey	LW	18	5	3	8	20
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	48	3	4	7	30
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski	D	69	1	6	7	24
Young, HowieHowie Young	D/RW	30	0	2	2	67
Holmes, ChuckChuck Holmes	RW	8	1	0	1	4
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	14	1	0	1	8
Martin, PitPit Martin	C	1	0	1	1	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	20	0	1	1	6
Hendrickson, JohnJohn Hendrickson	D	1	0	0	0	2
MacDonald, LowellLowell MacDonald	LW	1	0	0	0	2
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough	C	5	0	0	0	2
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	G	27	0	0	0	8
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	43	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	2580	43	14	21	8	141	3.28	5
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	1620	27	9	12	6	75	2.78	3
Team:	4200	70	23	33	14	216	3.09	8

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

• Gordie Howe, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Wayne Connelly shooting on Hank Bassen while Howie Young looks on in 1961-62 season action.

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

Pre-season @ Vancouver

See Also

• 1961–62 NHL season

References

• 1961–62 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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