1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season

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)
Penalties in 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.

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

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
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	69	26	47	73	70
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	23	30	53	11
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	61	21	30	51	55
MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald	C	68	21	25	46	25
Barkley, DougDoug Barkley	D	67	11	21	32	115
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	63	11	21	32	15
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	RW	52	18	13	31	22
Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey	LW	58	10	18	28	87
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	70	7	16	23	54
Martin, PitPit Martin	C	50	9	12	21	28
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	67	3	17	20	42
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	64	2	16	18	80
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal	C	47	10	7	17	6
Faulkner, AlexAlex Faulkner	C	30	5	7	12	9
Ingram, RonRon Ingram	D	50	3	6	9	50
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	17	1	6	7	13
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	32	3	3	6	14
Laforge, ClaudeClaude Laforge	LW	17	2	3	5	4
MacDonald, LowellLowell MacDonald	LW	10	1	4	5	0
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer	D	25	3	0	3	8
MacMillan, JohnJohn MacMillan	RW	20	0	3	3	6
Stratton, ArtArt Stratton	C/LW	5	0	3	3	2
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	15	1	1	2	2
Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	D	42	0	2	2	30
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	7	0	1	1	0
Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin	D	3	0	1	1	2
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	G	1	0	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	15	0	0	0	0
Cushenan, IanIan Cushenan	D	5	0	0	0	4
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	4	0	0	0	2
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	12	0	0	0	8
Gray, HarrisonHarrison Gray	G	1	0	0	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	3	0	0	0	7
Menard, HowieHowie Menard	C	3	0	0	0	0
Mitchell, BillBill Mitchell	D	1	0	0	0	0
Rupp, PatPat Rupp	G	1	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	53	0	0	0	0
Watson, JimJim Watson	D	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	3140	53	25	20	7	138	2.64	5
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	900	15	5	6	4	51	3.40	2
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Gray, HarrisonHarrison Gray	40	1	0	1	0	5	7.50	0
Rupp, PatPat 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
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	14	9	10	19	16
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	14	7	10	17	6
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	14	3	8	11	0
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	14	5	2	7	12
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	14	4	3	7	26
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	RW	14	4	3	7	4
Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey	LW	14	1	6	7	28
MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald	C	14	3	3	6	2
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	14	2	3	5	6
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal	C	14	2	3	5	10
Martin, PitPit Martin	C	14	1	4	5	14
Barkley, DougDoug Barkley	D	14	0	5	5	33
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	14	0	4	4	22
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	14	0	2	2	14
MacMillan, JohnJohn MacMillan	RW	4	0	1	1	2
Champoux, BobBob Champoux	G	1	0	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	3	0	0	0	0
Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough	C	1	0	0	0	0
Faulkner, AlexAlex Faulkner	C	4	0	0	0	0
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	14	0	0	0	12
Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	D	3	0	0	0	2
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	13	0	0	0	2
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer	D	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	677	13	6	5	31	2.75	1
Champoux, BobBob Champoux	55	1	1	0	4	4.36	0
Crozier, RogerRoger 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;

Roster

1963–1964 Detroit Red Wings 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 8 – Claude LaForge  8 – Lowell MacDonald  9 – Gordie Howe  12 – John MacMillan  14 – Larry Jeffrey  15 – André Pronovost  16 – Bruce MacGregor  17 – Floyd Smith  19 – Paul Henderson  19 – Billy McNeill  20 – Parker MacDonald		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

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database
• Red Wings on Hockey Reference

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.