1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season

1963–64 Detroit Red Wings
Division	4th NHL
1963–64 record	30-29-11
Goals for	191
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	Sid Abel
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
Alternate captains	Norm Ullman Marcel Pronovost
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)

The 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 38th season. The Red Wings finished 4th in the league 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 the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.

Regular Season

Gordie Howe scores his 545th career goal, November 10, 1963.

The Detroit Red Wings blanked the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 on November 10th. While the Wings were a man short, Gordie Howe scored on Charlie Hodge for his 545th career goal, breaking Maurice Richard's record. Yet another record was tied by Terry Sawchuk when he recorded his 94th career NHL shutout, tying him with George Hainsworth as the all-time NHL shutout leader.

There was a lengthy delay in the start of a game between Detroit and Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens on November 30th while the ice surface was repaired. A rodeo had been held and the cleaning job took longer than expected. Despite a terrible ice surface, a ragged game was played that ended in a 1-1 tie. Roger Crozier was hit with a slap shot by Frank Mahovlich but returned after a ten minute rest. The plucky goalkeeper sustained a double fracture of the cheekbone and was unable to play the next night. The game was delayed for 20 minutes while Hank Bassen was located to replace Crozier. Toronto won the game 4-1.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	70	36	21	13	209	167	982	85
Chicago Black Hawks	70	36	22	12	218	169	1116	84
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	33	25	12	192	172	928	78
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	29	11	191	204	771	71
New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	186	242	715	54
Boston Bruins	70	18	40	12	170	212	858	48

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

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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
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
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
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
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
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

Player Stats

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
Stratton, ArtArt Stratton	C/LW	5	0	3	3	2
MacMillan, JohnJohn MacMillan	RW	20	0	3	3	6
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	15	1	1	2	2
Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	D	42	0	2	2	30
Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin	D	3	0	1	1	2
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	7	0	1	1	0
Mitchell, BillBill Mitchell	D	1	0	0	0	0
Watson, JimJim Watson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	3	0	0	0	7
Menard, HowieHowie Menard	C	3	0	0	0	0
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	4	0	0	0	2
Cushenan, IanIan Cushenan	D	5	0	0	0	4
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	12	0	0	0	8
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	G	1	0	0	0	0
Gray, HarrisonHarrison Gray	G	1	0	0	0	0
Rupp, PatPat Rupp	G	1	0	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	15	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	53	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
Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough	C	1	0	0	0	0
Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	D	3	0	0	0	2
Faulkner, AlexAlex Faulkner	C	4	0	0	0	0
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer	D	11	0	0	0	0
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	14	0	0	0	12
Champoux, BobBob Champoux	G	1	0	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	3	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	13	0	0	0	2

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

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, NHL Second Team All-Star

Notable Games

• Montreal 9 Detroit 3:Feb. 1, 1964

Farm Teams

• Cincinnati Wings, Central Professional Hockey League
• Edmonton Oil Kings, Central Alberta Hockey League
• Hamilton Red Wings, Ontario Hockey Association
• Pittsburgh Hornets, American Hockey League
• Weyburn Red Wings, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

Trivia

• The Red Wings and Boston Bruins were scheduled to play on November 24, 1963 but the game was postponed to honor the memory of U.S. President John Kennedy.

Gallery

Gordie Howe checks Bob Leiter, November 3, 1963.

Dean Prentice, Gordie Howe, Leo Boivin, Ted Green, March 8, 1964.

Pre-season @ Windsor

References

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

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