1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season

1959–60 Detroit Red Wings
Division	4th NHL
1959–60 record	26-29-15
Goals for	186
Goals against	197
Team information
General Manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Gordie Howe
Alternate captains	Red Kelly
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (28)
Assists	Gordie Howe (29)
Points	Gordie Howe (73)
Penalties in minutes	Jim Morrison (62)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (24)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (2.67)
<1958–59	1960–61>

The 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 26 wins, 29 losses, and 15 ties for 67 points. They lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to two.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	40	18	12	255	178	+77	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	199	195	+4	79
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	191	180	+11	69
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	186	197	-11 −11	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	220	241	-21 −21	64
6	New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	187	247	-60 −60	49

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1959	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	0–0–1
2	W	October 11, 1959	4–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	1–0–1
3	W	October 14, 1959	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	2–0–1
4	W	October 15, 1959	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	3–0–1
5	W	October 18, 1959	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	4–0–1
6	W	October 22, 1959	4–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	5–0–1
7	L	October 25, 1959	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	5–1–1
8	T	October 28, 1959	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	5–1–2
9	L	October 29, 1959	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	5–2–2
10	T	October 31, 1959	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	5–2–3
11	W	November 1, 1959	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	6–2–3
12	L	November 5, 1959	3–8	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	6–3–3
13	T	November 7, 1959	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	6–3–4
14	T	November 8, 1959	3–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	6–3–5
15	W	November 12, 1959	6–5	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	7–3–5
16	W	November 14, 1959	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	8–3–5
17	L	November 15, 1959	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	8–4–5
18	W	November 16, 1959	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	9–4–5
19	L	November 18, 1959	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	9–5–5
20	T	November 21, 1959	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	9–5–6
21	W	November 22, 1959	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	10–5–6
22	L	November 26, 1959	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	10–6–6
23	L	November 28, 1959	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	10–7–6
24	L	November 29, 1959	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	10–8–6
25	W	December 5, 1959	4–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	11–8–6
26	T	December 6, 1959	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	11–8–7
27	W	December 9, 1959	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	12–8–7
28	W	December 12, 1959	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	13–8–7
29	W	December 13, 1959	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	14–8–7
30	W	December 17, 1959	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	15–8–7
31	L	December 19, 1959	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	15–9–7
32	W	December 20, 1959	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	16–9–7
33	L	December 25, 1959	2–5	New York Rangers (1959–60)	16–10–7
34	L	December 27, 1959	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	16–11–7
35	L	December 31, 1959	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	16–12–7
36	T	January 1, 1960	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	16–12–8
37	W	January 3, 1960	4–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	17–12–8
38	L	January 6, 1960	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	17–13–8
39	T	January 9, 1960	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	17–13–9
40	L	January 10, 1960	3–4	New York Rangers (1959–60)	17–14–9
41	L	January 13, 1960	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	17–15–9
42	W	January 16, 1960	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	18–15–9
43	W	January 17, 1960	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	19–15–9
44	W	January 21, 1960	5–2	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	20–15–9
45	L	January 23, 1960	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	20–16–9
46	T	January 24, 1960	2–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	20–16–10
47	L	January 28, 1960	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	20–17–10
48	L	January 30, 1960	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	20–18–10
49	T	January 31, 1960	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	20–18–11
50	L	February 4, 1960	1–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	20–19–11
51	L	February 6, 1960	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	20–20–11
52	W	February 7, 1960	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	21–20–11
53	L	February 11, 1960	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	21–21–11
54	L	February 13, 1960	1–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	21–22–11
55	L	February 14, 1960	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	21–23–11
56	T	February 18, 1960	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	21–23–12
57	W	February 20, 1960	4–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	22–23–12
58	L	February 21, 1960	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	22–24–12
59	T	February 24, 1960	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	22–24–13
60	W	February 27, 1960	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	23–24–13
61	L	February 28, 1960	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	23–25–13
62	W	March 1, 1960	3–2	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	24–25–13
63	T	March 5, 1960	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	24–25–14
64	L	March 6, 1960	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	24–26–14
65	W	March 8, 1960	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	25–26–14
66	L	March 12, 1960	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	25–27–14
67	T	March 13, 1960	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	25–27–15
68	L	March 15, 1960	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	25–28–15
69	W	March 19, 1960	6–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	26–28–15
70	L	March 20, 1960	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	26–29–15

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	28	45	73	46
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	70	24	34	58	46
Aldcorn, GaryGary Aldcorn	LW	70	22	29	51	32
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	19	28	47	8
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	C	54	20	19	39	16
Morrison, JimJim Morrison	D	70	3	23	26	62
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	69	7	17	24	38
Lunde, LenLen Lunde	C	66	6	17	23	10
Melnyk, GerryGerry Melnyk	C	63	10	10	20	12
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	59	8	12	20	50
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	50	6	12	18	10
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	47	5	13	18	33
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	49	8	7	15	6
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	69	5	9	14	60
Cullen, BarryBarry Cullen	RW	55	4	9	13	23
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	LW	69	4	7	11	2
Smith, BrianBrian Smith	LW	31	2	5	7	2
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	21	3	0	3	6
Haley, LenLen Haley	RW	27	1	2	3	12
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	17	1	2	3	8
Marcon, LouLou Marcon	D	38	0	3	3	30
Reaume, MarcMarc Reaume	D	9	0	1	1	2
Boisvert, GillesGilles Boisvert	G	3	0	0	0	0
Haddon, LloydLloyd Haddon	D	8	0	0	0	2
McNeill, StuStu McNeill	C	5	0	0	0	0
Riggin, DennisDennis Riggin	G	9	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	58	0	0	0	22
Solinger, BobBob Solinger	W	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	3480	58	24	20	14	155	2.67	5
Riggin, DennisDennis Riggin	540	9	2	6	1	30	3.33	1
Boisvert, GillesGilles Boisvert	180	3	0	3	0	9	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	26	29	15	194	2.77	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	6	2	6	8	0
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	6	1	5	6	4
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	6	2	2	4	0
Haley, LenLen Haley	RW	6	1	3	4	6
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	LW	6	0	4	4	0
Melnyk, GerryGerry Melnyk	C	6	3	0	3	0
Aldcorn, GaryGary Aldcorn	LW	6	1	2	3	4
Lunde, LenLen Lunde	C	6	1	2	3	0
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	6	1	1	2	0
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	6	1	1	2	2
Morrison, JimJim Morrison	D	6	0	2	2	0
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	6	1	0	1	10
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	6	1	0	1	13
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	C	6	1	0	1	4
Cullen, BarryBarry Cullen	RW	4	0	0	0	2
Haddon, LloydLloyd Haddon	D	1	0	0	0	0
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Reaume, MarcMarc Reaume	D	2	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	6	0	0	0	0
Smith, BrianBrian Smith	LW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	405	6	2	4	20	2.96	0
Team:	405	6	2	4	20	2.96	0

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, Hart Memorial Trophy
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
• Marcel Pronovost, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team

Roster

1959–1960 Detroit Red Wings Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Gilles Boisvert  1 – Dennis Riggin  1 – Terry Sawchuk		Defensemen 2 – Pete Goegan  3 – Marcel Pronovost  4 – Red Kelly  4 – Marc Reaume  5 – Warren Godfrey  15 – Jack McIntyre  18 – Lloyd Haddon  18 – Jim Morrison  19 – Lou Marcon		Wingers 8 – Barry Cullen  9 – Gordie Howe –C 11 – Gary Aldcorn  12 – Val Fonteyne  15 – Billy McNeill  16 – Brian Smith  20 – Bob Solinger  21 – John McKenzie  22 – Len Haley		Centers 7 – Norm Ullman  10 – Alex Delvecchio  14 – Gerry Melnyk  17 – Forbes Kennedy  17 – Murray Oliver  20 – Len Lunde  22 – Stu McNeill  GM: Jack Adams Coach: Sid Abel