IHL 1961/62

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The 1961/62 season was the 17th regular season of the International Hockey League . During the regular season, the seven teams played between 67 and 68 games. In the play-offs, the Muskegon Zephyrs prevailed and won the first Turner Cup in their club history.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Muskegon Zephyrs	68	43	23	2	334	242	88
St. Paul Saints	68	42	25th	1	291	209	85
Minneapolis Millers	68	41	26th	1	261	234	83
Omaha Knights	68	37	28	3	264	227	77
Fort Wayne Comet	68	33	31	4th	265	245	70
Indianapolis Chiefs	67	19th	48	0	220	348	38
Toledo Mercurys	68	17th	50	1	222	352	35

Turner Cup Playoffs

	Turner Cup semi-finals					Turner Cup Final
	1	Muskegon Zephyrs	4th
	3	Minneapolis Millers	1
						1	Muskegon Zephyrs	4th
						2	St. Paul Saints	0
	2	St. Paul Saints	4th
	4th	Omaha Knights	3

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Turner Cup winner of the IHL playoffs	Muskegon Zephyrs
Fred A. Huber Trophy Best team of the regular season	Muskegon Zephyrs

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy MVP of the regular season	Eddie Long	Fort Wayne Comet
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy Best Scorer	Len Thornson	Fort Wayne Comet
James Norris Memorial Trophy Goalkeeper with the fewest goals against	Glenn Ramsay	Omaha Knights
Leading Rookie Award Best Rookie	Dave Richardson	Fort Wayne Comet

Web links

• 1961/62 season on hockeydb.com (English)