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

		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

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

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

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