1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season

1963–64 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th NHL
1963–64 record30–29–11
Home record23–9–3
Road record7–20–8
Goals for191
Goals against204
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachSid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (26)
AssistsGordie Howe (47)
PointsGordie Howe (73)
Penalty minutesDoug Barkley (115)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (25)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (2.64)

The 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the NHL with a record of 30 wins, 29 losses, and 11 ties. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games in the Semi-finals before losing a seven-game Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Offseason

Final standings

Regular season

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 36 21 13 209 167 +42 85
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 36 22 12 218 169 +49 84
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 33 25 12 192 172 +20 78
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 30 29 11 191 204 −13 71
5 New York Rangers 70 22 38 10 186 242 −56 54
6 Boston Bruins 70 18 40 12 170 212 −42 48

Record vs. opponents

1963–64 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 3–9–2 3–10–1 2–7–5 5–7–2 5–7–2
Chicago 9–3–2 — 5–6–3 7–5–2 9–3–2 7–5–2
Detroit 10–3–1 6–5–3 — 5–7–2 6–6–2 3–8–3
Montreal 7–2–5 5–7–2 7–5–2 — 10–3–1 7–5–2
New York 7–5–2 3–9–2 6–6–2 3–10–1 — 3–8–3
Toronto 7–5–2 5–7–2 8–3–3 5–7–2 8–3–3 —


Schedule and results

Regular season

1963–64 Game Log (30–29–11)
October: 4–4–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 0–3–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
1 W October 10, 1963 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 1–0–0
2 W October 13, 1963 3–0 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 2–0–0
3 L October 16, 1963 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 2–1–0
4 L October 19, 1963 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 2–2–0
5 W October 20, 1963 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 3–2–0
6 T October 24, 1963 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 3–2–1
7 L October 27, 1963 4–6 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 3–3–1
8 L October 29, 1963 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 3–4–1
9 W October 31, 1963 4–1 New York Rangers (1963–64) 4–4–1
November: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
10 L November 2, 1963 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 4–5–1
11 L November 3, 1963 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 4–6–1
12 W November 7, 1963 1–0 New York Rangers (1963–64) 5–6–1
13 W November 10, 1963 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 6–6–1
14 T November 16, 1963 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 6–6–2
15 L November 17, 1963 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 6–7–2
16 L November 20, 1963 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 6–8–2
17 L November 27, 1963 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 6–9–2
18 L November 28, 1963 3–7 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 6–10–2
19 T November 30, 1963 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 6–10–3
December: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–4–0; Road: 1–2–3)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
20 L December 1, 1963 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 6–11–3
21 W December 5, 1963 4–2 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 7–11–3
22 L December 7, 1963 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 7–12–3
23 L December 8, 1963 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 7–13–3
24 W December 11, 1963 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 8–13–3
25 W December 14, 1963 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 9–13–3
26 T December 15, 1963 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 9–13–4
27 T December 18, 1963 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 9–13–5
28 W December 19, 1963 3–0 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 10–13–5
29 L December 21, 1963 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 10–14–5
30 L December 22, 1963 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 10–15–5
31 W December 25, 1963 4–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 11–15–5
32 T December 28, 1963 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 11–15–6
33 W December 29, 1963 2–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 12–15–6
34 L December 31, 1963 4–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 12–16–6
January: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
35 L January 4, 1964 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 12–17–6
36 T January 5, 1964 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 12–17–7
37 W January 7, 1964 5–0 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 13–17–7
38 W January 9, 1964 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 14–17–7
39 L January 11, 1964 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 14–18–7
40 W January 12, 1964 5–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 15–18–7
41 L January 16, 1964 1–5 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 15–19–7
42 W January 18, 1964 2–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 16–19–7
43 L January 19, 1964 1–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 16–20–7
44 W January 25, 1964 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 17–20–7
45 L January 26, 1964 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 17–21–7
46 T January 29, 1964 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 17–21–8
February: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
47 L February 1, 1964 3–9 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 17–22–8
48 T February 2, 1964 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 17–22–9
49 L February 5, 1964 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 17–23–9
50 W February 6, 1964 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 18–23–9
51 W February 8, 1964 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 19–23–9
52 W February 9, 1964 4–2 New York Rangers (1963–64) 20–23–9
53 W February 13, 1964 4–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 21–23–9
54 W February 15, 1964 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 22–23–9
55 L February 16, 1964 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 22–24–9
56 T February 19, 1964 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 22–24–10
57 W February 22, 1964 3–2 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 23–24–10
58 W February 23, 1964 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 24–24–10
59 L February 27, 1964 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 24–25–10
60 L February 29, 1964 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 24–26–10
March: 6–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
61 T March 1, 1964 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 24–26–11
62 W March 3, 1964 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 25–26–11
63 W March 5, 1964 7–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 26–26–11
64 L March 7, 1964 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 26–27–11
65 W March 8, 1964 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 27–27–11
66 W March 12, 1964 2–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 28–27–11
67 W March 15, 1964 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 29–27–11
68 W March 19, 1964 9–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 30–27–11
69 L March 21, 1964 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 30–28–11
70 L March 22, 1964 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 30–29–11

Playoffs

1964 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log
1964 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–3
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series
1 L March 26, 1964 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 0–1
2 W March 29, 1964 5–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 1–1
3 W March 31, 1964 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 2–1
4 L April 2, 1964 2–3 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 2–2
5 L April 5, 1964 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 2–3
6 W April 7, 1964 7–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 3–3
7 W April 9, 1964 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 4–3
1964 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series
1 L April 11, 1964 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 0–1
2 W April 14, 1964 4–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 1–1
3 W April 16, 1964 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 2–1
4 L April 18, 1964 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 2–2
5 W April 21, 1964 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 3–2
6 L April 23, 1964 3–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 3–3
7 L April 25, 1964 0–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 3–4

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 69 26 47 73 70
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 23 30 53 11
Norm Ullman C 61 21 30 51 55
Parker MacDonald C 68 21 25 46 25
Doug Barkley D 67 11 21 32 115
Bruce MacGregor C 63 11 21 32 15
Floyd Smith RW 52 18 13 31 22
Larry Jeffrey LW 58 10 18 28 87
Andre Pronovost LW 70 7 16 23 54
Pit Martin C 50 9 12 21 28
Marcel Pronovost D 67 3 17 20 42
Bill Gadsby D 64 2 16 18 80
Eddie Joyal C 47 10 7 17 6
Alex Faulkner C 30 5 7 12 9
Ron Ingram D 50 3 6 9 50
Albert Langlois D 17 1 6 7 13
Paul Henderson RW 32 3 3 6 14
Claude Laforge LW 17 2 3 5 4
Lowell MacDonald LW 10 1 4 5 0
Irv Spencer D 25 3 0 3 8
John MacMillan RW 20 0 3 3 6
Art Stratton C/LW 5 0 3 3 2
Billy McNeill RW 15 1 1 2 2
John Miszuk D 42 0 2 2 30
Ted Hampson C 7 0 1 1 0
Wayne Muloin D 3 0 1 1 2
Hank Bassen G 1 0 0 0 0
Roger Crozier G 15 0 0 0 0
Ian Cushenan D 5 0 0 0 4
Warren Godfrey D 4 0 0 0 2
Pete Goegan D 12 0 0 0 8
Harrison Gray G 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Harris D 3 0 0 0 7
Howie Menard C 3 0 0 0 0
Bill Mitchell D 1 0 0 0 0
Pat Rupp G 1 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 53 0 0 0 0
Jim Watson D 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 3140 53 25 20 7 138 2.64 5
Roger Crozier 900 15 5 6 4 51 3.40 2
Hank Bassen 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0
Harrison Gray 40 1 0 1 0 5 7.50 0
Pat Rupp 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0
Team: 4200 70 30 29 11 202 2.89 7

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 14 9 10 19 16
Norm Ullman C 14 7 10 17 6
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 14 3 8 11 0
Bruce MacGregor C 14 5 2 7 12
Andre Pronovost LW 14 4 3 7 26
Floyd Smith RW 14 4 3 7 4
Larry Jeffrey LW 14 1 6 7 28
Parker MacDonald C 14 3 3 6 2
Paul Henderson RW 14 2 3 5 6
Eddie Joyal C 14 2 3 5 10
Pit Martin C 14 1 4 5 14
Doug Barkley D 14 0 5 5 33
Bill Gadsby D 14 0 4 4 22
Marcel Pronovost D 14 0 2 2 14
John MacMillan RW 4 0 1 1 2
Bob Champoux G 1 0 0 0 0
Roger Crozier G 3 0 0 0 0
Bob Dillabough C 1 0 0 0 0
Alex Faulkner C 4 0 0 0 0
Albert Langlois D 14 0 0 0 12
John Miszuk D 3 0 0 0 2
Terry Sawchuk G 13 0 0 0 2
Irv Spencer D 11 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 677 13 6 5 31 2.75 1
Bob Champoux 55 1 1 0 4 4.36 0
Roger Crozier 126 3 0 2 5 2.38 0
Team: 858 14 7 7 40 2.80 1

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Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1963 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Peter Mahovlich  Canada St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)
2 8 Bill Cosburn  Canada Bick's Pickles Midgets (OAAAMHL)

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "1963–1964 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1963–64 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  4. ^ "1963-64 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.