1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1963–64
Year:	1963
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	30–29–11
Homerecord:	23–9–3
Roadrecord:	7–20–8
Goalsfor:	191
Goalsagainst:	204
Coach:	Sid Abel
Goalsleader:	Gordie Howe (26)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Howe (47)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Howe (73)
Pimleader:	Doug Barkley (115)
Winsleader:	Terry Sawchuk (25)
Gaaleader:	Terry Sawchuk (2.64)

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 Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|1||W||October 10, 1963||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||1–0–0|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|2||W||October 13, 1963||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||2–0–0|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|3||L||October 16, 1963||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||2–1–0|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|4||L||October 19, 1963||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||2–2–0|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|5||W||October 20, 1963||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||3–2–0|- style="text-align:center;"|6||T||October 24, 1963||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||3–2–1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|7||L||October 27, 1963||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||3–3–1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|8||L||October 29, 1963||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||3–4–1|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|9||W||October 31, 1963||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||4–4–1|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|10||L||November 2, 1963||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||4–5–1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|11||L||November 3, 1963||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||4–6–1|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|12||W||November 7, 1963||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||5–6–1|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|13||W||November 10, 1963||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||6–6–1|- style="text-align:center;"|14||T||November 16, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||6–6–2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|15||L||November 17, 1963||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||6–7–2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|16||L||November 20, 1963||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||6–8–2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|17||L||November 27, 1963||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||6–9–2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|18||L||November 28, 1963||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||6–10–2|- style="text-align:center;"|19||T||November 30, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||6–10–3|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|20||L||December 1, 1963||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||6–11–3|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|21||W||December 5, 1963||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||7–11–3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|22||L||December 7, 1963||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||7–12–3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|23||L||December 8, 1963||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||7–13–3|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|24||W||December 11, 1963||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||8–13–3|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|25||W||December 14, 1963||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||9–13–3|- style="text-align:center;"|26||T||December 15, 1963||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||9–13–4|- style="text-align:center;"|27||T||December 18, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||9–13–5|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|28||W||December 19, 1963||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||10–13–5|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|29||L||December 21, 1963||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||10–14–5|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|30||L||December 22, 1963||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||10–15–5|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|31||W||December 25, 1963||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||11–15–5|- style="text-align:center;"|32||T||December 28, 1963||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||11–15–6|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|33||W||December 29, 1963||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||12–15–6|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|34||L||December 31, 1963||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||12–16–6|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|35||L||January 4, 1964||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||12–17–6|- style="text-align:center;"|36||T||January 5, 1964||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||12–17–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|37||W||January 7, 1964||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||13–17–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|38||W||January 9, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||14–17–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|39||L||January 11, 1964||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||14–18–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|40||W||January 12, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||15–18–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|41||L||January 16, 1964||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||15–19–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|42||W||January 18, 1964||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||16–19–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|43||L||January 19, 1964||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||16–20–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|44||W||January 25, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–20–7|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|45||L||January 26, 1964||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||17–21–7|- style="text-align:center;"|46||T||January 29, 1964||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–21–8|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|47||L||February 1, 1964||3–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||17–22–8|- style="text-align:center;"|48||T||February 2, 1964||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||17–22–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|49||L||February 5, 1964||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–23–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|50||W||February 6, 1964||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||18–23–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|51||W||February 8, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||19–23–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|52||W||February 9, 1964||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||20–23–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|53||W||February 13, 1964||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||21–23–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|54||W||February 15, 1964||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||22–23–9|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|55||L||February 16, 1964||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||22–24–9|- style="text-align:center;"|56||T||February 19, 1964||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||22–24–10|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|57||W||February 22, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||23–24–10|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|58||W||February 23, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||24–24–10|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|59||L||February 27, 1964||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||24–25–10|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|60||L||February 29, 1964||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||24–26–10|-|- style="text-align:center;"|61||T||March 1, 1964||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||24–26–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|62||W||March 3, 1964||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||25–26–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|63||W||March 5, 1964||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||26–26–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|64||L||March 7, 1964||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||26–27–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|65||W||March 8, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||27–27–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|66||W||March 12, 1964||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||28–27–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|67||W||March 15, 1964||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||29–27–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|68||W||March 19, 1964||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||30–27–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|69||L||March 21, 1964||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||30–28–11|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|70||L||March 22, 1964||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) ||30–29–11|-

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||March 26, 1964||1–4 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2||W||March 29, 1964||5–4 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|3||W||March 31, 1964||3–0 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||April 2, 1964||2–3 || OT || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|5||L||April 5, 1964||2–3 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|6||W||April 7, 1964||7–2 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|7||W||April 9, 1964||4–2 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) || 4–3|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||April 11, 1964||2–3 || || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2||W||April 14, 1964||4–3 || OT || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|3||W||April 16, 1964||4–3 || || align="left" | Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||April 18, 1964||2–4 || || align="left" | Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|5||W||April 21, 1964||2–1 || || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|6||L||April 23, 1964||3–4 || OT || align="left" | Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|7||L||April 25, 1964||0–4 || || align="left" | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) || 3–4|-

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	69	26	47	73	70
	C/LW	70	23	30	53	11
	C	61	21	30	51	55
	C	68	21	25	46	25
	D	67	11	21	32	115
	C	63	11	21	32	15
	RW	52	18	13	31	22
	LW	58	10	18	28	87
	LW	70	7	16	23	54
	C	50	9	12	21	28
	D	67	3	17	20	42
	D	64	2	16	18	80
	C	47	10	7	17	6
	C	30	5	7	12	9
	D	50	3	6	9	50
	D	17	1	6	7	13
	RW	32	3	3	6	14
	LW	17	2	3	5	4
	LW	10	1	4	5	0
	D	25	3	0	3	8
	RW	20	0	3	3	6
	C/LW	5	0	3	3	2
	RW	15	1	1	2	2
	D	42	0	2	2	30
	C	7	0	1	1	0
	D	3	0	1	1	2
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	15	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	4
	D	4	0	0	0	2
	D	12	0	0	0	8
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	7
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	53	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3140	53	25	20	7	138	2.64	5
	900	15	5	6	4	51	3.40	2
	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
	40	1	0	1	0	5	7.50	0
	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
	RW	14	9	10	19	16
	C	14	7	10	17	6
	C/LW	14	3	8	11	0
	C	14	5	2	7	12
	LW	14	4	3	7	26
	RW	14	4	3	7	4
	LW	14	1	6	7	28
	C	14	3	3	6	2
	RW	14	2	3	5	6
	C	14	2	3	5	10
	C	14	1	4	5	14
	D	14	0	5	5	33
	D	14	0	4	4	22
	D	14	0	2	2	14
	RW	4	0	1	1	2
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0
	C	4	0	0	0	0
	D	14	0	0	0	12
	D	3	0	0	0	2
	G	13	0	0	0	2
	D	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	677	13	6	5	31	2.75	1
	55	1	1	0	4	4.36	0
	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;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1963 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2			St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)
2	8			Bick's Pickles Midgets (OAAAMHL)

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-03 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1963-64 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.