IHL 1962/63

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Master:	Fort Wayne Comet
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The 1962/63 season was the 18th regular season of the International Hockey League . During the regular season, the six teams played 70 games each. In the play-offs, the Fort Wayne Komets prevailed and won the first Turner Cup in their club history.

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Indianapolis Chiefs stopped the game.
• The Port Huron Flags were added to the league as an expansion team.

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
Fort Wayne Comet	70	35	30th	5	283	255	75
Minneapolis Millers	70	36	32	2	296	301	74
Muskegon Zephyrs	70	34	31	5	328	326	73
Omaha Knights	70	30th	35	5	252	248	65
Port Huron flags	70	28	36	6th	246	273	62
St. Paul Saints	70	23	44	3	241	328	49

Turner Cup Playoffs

	Turner Cup semi-finals					Turner Cup Final
	1	Fort Wayne Comet	4th
	3	Muskegon Zephyrs	2
						1	Fort Wayne Comet	4th
						2	Minneapolis Millers	1
	2	Minneapolis Millers	4th
	4th	Omaha Knights	3

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Turner Cup winner of the IHL playoffs	Fort Wayne Comet
Fred A. Huber Trophy Best team of the regular season	Fort Wayne Comet

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy MVP of the regular season	Len Thornson	Fort Wayne Comet
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy Best Scorer	Ed Bartoli	Minneapolis Millers
James Norris Memorial Trophy Goalkeeper with the fewest goals against	Glenn Ramsay	Omaha Knights
Leading Rookie Award Best Rookie	John Gravel	Omaha Knights

Web links

• 1962/63 season on hockeydb.com (English)