1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season

1963–64 Detroit Red Wings
1963–64 Detroit Red Wings
Division	4th NHL
1963–64 record	30–29–11
Home record	23–9–3
Road record	7–20–8
Goals for	191
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	Sid Abel
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (26)
Assists	Gordie Howe (47)
Points	Gordie Howe (73)
Penalty minutes	Doug Barkley (115)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (25)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (2.64)
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

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 Final to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Offseason

Final standings

Regular season

National Hockey League^[1]
v
t
e
		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
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	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)

November: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–2)

December: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–4–0; Road: 1–2–3)

January: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)

February: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)

March: 6–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)

Playoffs

1964 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log

1964 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–3

1964 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3

^[2]

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

^[3]

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;

Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Terry Sawchuk
22 – Bob Champoux
22 – Roger Crozier
22 – Harry Gray
22 – Pat Rupp
25 – Hank Bassen

Defensemen

2 – Ron Ingram
2 – Albert Langlois
2 – Jim Watson
3 – Bill Mitchell
3 – Marcel Pronovost
4 – Bill Gadsby
4 – Ron Harris
5 – Doug Barkley
11 – Warren Godfrey
11 – Irv Spencer
18 – Ian Cushenan
18 – Pete Goegan
18 – John Miszuk
19 – Wayne Muloin

Wingers

Centers

7 – Norm Ullman
8 – Pit Martin
8 – Art Stratton
10 – Alex Delvecchio (C)
12 – Alex Faulkner
12 – Howie Menard
21 – Ted Hampson
21 – Eddie Joyal
22 – Bob Dillabough

GM/Coach:
Sid Abel

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

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

^ "1963–1964 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1963–64 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
^ "1963-64 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

[standings-div-1] "1963–1964 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1963–64 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.

[3] "1963-64 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Detroit Red Wings
Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History (Original Six) Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Ilitch Holdings (Christopher Ilitch, chairman) General manager Steve Yzerman Head coach Derek Lalonde Team captain Dylan Larkin Current roster
Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Little Caesars Arena
Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs
Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye
Media	TV Bally Sports Detroit Radio WXYT WXYT-FM
Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch Al Sobotka London Lions "Don't Stop Believin'" "Without Me" 1938 European tour 1954 prison game 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic
Category Commons

v t e Detroit Red Wings seasons
1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 1963–64 NHL season
Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
See also	Amateur Draft Intra-League Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals