1961–62 NHL season

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	70	42	14	14	98	259	166	818
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	37	22	11	85	232	180	762
Chicago Black Hawks	70	31	26	13	75	217	186	894
New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	64	195	207	668
Detroit Red Wings	70	23	33	14	60	184	219	684
Boston Bruins	70	15	47	8	38	177	306	712

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	70	50	34	84	35
Andy Bathgate	New York Rangers	70	28	56	84	44
Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	33	44	77	54
Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	70	25	52	77	97
Frank Mahovlich	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	33	38	71	87

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

Semifinals			Finals

1	Montreal Canadiens	2
3	Chicago Black Hawks	4
			3	Chicago Black Hawks	2
			2	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
4	New York Rangers	2

NHL awards

1961–62 NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Rousseau, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Doug Harvey, New York Rangers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
Vezina Trophy:	Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens	G	Glenn Hall, Chicago Black Hawks
Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens	D	Carl Brewer, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jean-Guy Talbot, Montreal Canadiens	D	Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks
Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks	C	Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
Andy Bathgate, New York Rangers	RW	Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks	LW	Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1961–62 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):

Ed Westfall, Boston Bruins
Pat Stapleton, Boston Bruins
Pit Martin, Detroit Red Wings
Red Berenson, Montreal Canadiens
Vic Hadfield, New York Rangers
Gerry Cheevers, Toronto Maple Leafs

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1961–62 (listed with their last team):

Dollard St. Laurent, Chicago Black Hawks
Leo Labine, Detroit Red Wings
Marcel Bonin, Montreal Canadiens
Johnny Wilson, New York Rangers
Bert Olmstead, Toronto Maple Leafs