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; Alex Delvecchio; Marcel Pronovost
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (28)
Assists	Gordie Howe (29)
Points	Gordie Howe (73)
Penalty 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 was the Red Wings' 34th season. The Red Wings finished 4th in the league 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 4 games to 2.

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	70	40	18	12	92	255	178
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	79	199	195
Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	69	191	180
Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	67	186	197
Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	64	220	241
New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	49	187	247

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
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

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Playoffs[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 2[]

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
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	17	1	2	3	8
Haley, LenLen Haley	RW	27	1	2	3	12
Marcon, LouLou Marcon	D	38	0	3	3	30
Reaume, MarcMarc Reaume	D	9	0	1	1	2
Solinger, BobBob Solinger	W	1	0	0	0	0
McNeill, StuStu McNeill	C	5	0	0	0	0
Haddon, LloydLloyd Haddon	D	8	0	0	0	2
Boisvert, GillesGilles Boisvert	G	3	0	0	0	0
Riggin, DennisDennis Riggin	G	9	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	58	0	0	0	22

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
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
Cullen, BarryBarry Cullen	RW	4	0	0	0	2
Smith, BrianBrian Smith	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	6	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

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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[]

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

Game Ads[]

References[]

↑ 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

Detroit Red Wings Seasons
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Detroit Falcons	1930-31 • 1931-32
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Detroit Red Wings
Team	Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Draft Picks • Little Caesars Arena
Stanley Cups	1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
Affiliates	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL), Toledo Walleye (ECHL)

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[1] 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[2] 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

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1959–60 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	All-Star Game • 1960 Stanley Cup Finals