1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup Champions
Division	3rd NHL
1963–64 record	33–25–12
Goals for	192
Goals against	172
Team information
General Manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Frank Mahovlich (26)
Assists	Dave Keon (37)
Points	Dave Keon (60)
Penalties in minutes	Eddie Shack (128)
Wins	Johnny Bower (24)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.11)
<1962–63	1964–65>

The Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

Offseason

Regular season

On November 8, 1963: Maple Leaf Gardens would be the first arena in the NHL to have separate penalty boxes.^[1]

Season 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

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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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1963	5–1	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1963	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1963	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	2–1–0
4	W	October 19, 1963	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	3–1–0
5	L	October 20, 1963	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	3–2–0
6	W	October 26, 1963	6–4	New York Rangers (1963–64)	4–2–0
7	L	October 27, 1963	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	4–3–0
8	W	October 30, 1963	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	5–3–0
9	L	November 2, 1963	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	5–4–0
10	W	November 7, 1963	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	6–4–0
11	T	November 9, 1963	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	6–4–1
12	T	November 13, 1963	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	6–4–2
13	W	November 14, 1963	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	7–4–2
14	W	November 16, 1963	5–4	New York Rangers (1963–64)	8–4–2
15	L	November 17, 1963	0–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	8–5–2
16	L	November 20, 1963	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	8–6–2
17	W	November 23, 1963	4–1	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	9–6–2
18	T	November 24, 1963	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	9–6–3
19	L	November 28, 1963	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	9–7–3
20	T	November 30, 1963	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	9–7–4
21	W	December 1, 1963	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	10–7–4
22	W	December 4, 1963	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	11–7–4
23	W	December 7, 1963	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	12–7–4
24	W	December 8, 1963	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	13–7–4
25	L	December 11, 1963	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	13–8–4
26	W	December 14, 1963	5–3	New York Rangers (1963–64)	14–8–4
27	T	December 15, 1963	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	14–8–5
28	L	December 18, 1963	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	14–9–5
29	W	December 21, 1963	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	15–9–5
30	T	December 22, 1963	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	15–9–6
31	W	December 25, 1963	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	16–9–6
32	W	December 28, 1963	2–0	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	17–9–6
33	L	December 29, 1963	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	17–10–6
34	W	December 31, 1963	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	18–10–6
35	W	January 4, 1964	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	19–10–6
36	L	January 5, 1964	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	19–11–6
37	W	January 8, 1964	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	20–11–6
38	W	January 11, 1964	3–1	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	21–11–6
39	L	January 12, 1964	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	21–12–6
40	L	January 15, 1964	4–5	New York Rangers (1963–64)	21–13–6
41	L	January 18, 1964	0–11	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	21–14–6
42	W	January 19, 1964	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	22–14–6
43	L	January 22, 1964	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	22–15–6
44	T	January 25, 1964	1–1	New York Rangers (1963–64)	22–15–7
45	L	January 26, 1964	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	22–16–7
46	L	January 29, 1964	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	22–17–7
47	W	February 1, 1964	5–1	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	23–17–7
48	T	February 2, 1964	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	23–17–8
49	L	February 5, 1964	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	23–18–8
50	T	February 8, 1964	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	23–18–9
51	L	February 9, 1964	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	23–19–9
52	L	February 12, 1964	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	23–20–9
53	W	February 15, 1964	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	24–20–9
54	L	February 16, 1964	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	24–21–9
55	T	February 19, 1964	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	24–21–10
56	W	February 22, 1964	5–2	New York Rangers (1963–64)	25–21–10
57	W	February 23, 1964	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	26–21–10
58	L	February 26, 1964	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	26–22–10
59	W	February 29, 1964	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	27–22–10
60	L	March 1, 1964	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)	27–23–10
61	L	March 3, 1964	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	27–24–10
62	T	March 4, 1964	4–4	Boston Bruins (1963–64)	27–24–11
63	W	March 7, 1964	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	28–24–11
64	L	March 8, 1964	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	28–25–11
65	W	March 11, 1964	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	29–25–11
66	W	March 14, 1964	7–3	New York Rangers (1963–64)	30–25–11
67	W	March 15, 1964	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1963–64)	31–25–11
68	T	March 18, 1964	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)	31–25–12
69	W	March 21, 1964	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	32–25–12
70	W	March 22, 1964	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)	33–25–12

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dave Keon	70	23	37	60	6
Frank Mahovlich	70	26	29	55	66
Bob Pulford	70	18	30	48	73
Red Kelly	70	11	34	45	16
George Armstrong	66	20	17	37	14
Tim Horton	70	9	20	29	71
Allan Stanley	70	6	21	27	60
Eddie Shack	64	11	10	21	128
Ron Stewart	65	14	5	19	46
Jim Pappin	50	11	8	19	33
Bob Nevin	49	7	12	19	26
Billy Harris	63	6	12	18	17
Bob Baun	52	4	14	18	113
Andy Bathgate	15	3	15	18	8
Dick Duff	52	7	10	17	59
Don McKenney	15	9	6	15	2
Carl Brewer	57	4	9	13	114
Larry Hillman	33	0	4	4	31
Ed Litzenberger	19	2	0	2	0
Gerry Ehman	4	1	1	2	0
Al Arbour	6	0	1	1	0
Kent Douglas	43	0	1	1	29
Johnny Bower	51	0	0	0	4
Arnie Brown	4	0	0	0	6
Ron Ellis	1	0	0	0	0
John MacMillan	13	0	0	0	4
Don Simmons	21	0	0	0	0
Pete Stemkowski	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	3009	51	24	16	11	106	2.11				5
Don Simmons	1191	21	9	9	1	63	3.17				3
Team:	4200	70	33	25	12	169	2.41				8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Mahovlich	14	4	11	15	20
George Armstrong	14	5	8	13	10
Red Kelly	14	4	9	13	4
Don McKenney	12	4	8	12	0
Dave Keon	14	7	2	9	2
Andy Bathgate	14	5	4	9	25
Bob Pulford	14	5	3	8	20
Allan Stanley	14	1	6	7	20
Bob Baun	14	2	3	5	42
Tim Horton	14	0	4	4	20
Ron Stewart	14	0	4	4	24
Billy Harris	9	1	1	2	4
Gerry Ehman	9	1	0	1	4
Carl Brewer	12	0	1	1	30
Eddie Shack	13	0	1	1	25
Al Arbour	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bower	14	0	0	0	0
Larry Hillman	11	0	0	0	2
Ed Litzenberger	1	0	0	0	10
Jim Pappin	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	850	14	8	6		30	2.12				2
Team:	850	14	8	6		30	2.12				2

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

This series is famous for the courageous play of Bob Baun. In game six of the Finals, he took a Gordie Howe slapshot on his ankle and had to leave play. He returned in overtime and scored the winning goal. He also played in game seven despite the pain and only after the series was over, was it revealed that he had broken the ankle.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 11	Detroit	2	Toronto	3
April 14	Detroit	4	Toronto	3	OT
April 16	Toronto	3	Detroit	4
April 18	Toronto	4	Detroit	2
April 21	Detroit	2	Toronto	1
April 23	Toronto	4	Detroit	3	OT
April 25	Detroit	0	Toronto	4

Toronto wins Stanley Cup four games to three

1964 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions

Johnny Bower, Don Simmons, Carl Brewer, Tim Horton, Bob Baun, Allan Stanley, Al Arbour, Larry Hillman, Red Kelly, Gerry Ehman, George Armstrong (captain), Frank Mahovlich, Andy Bathgate, Ron Stewart, Billy Harris, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Dave Keon, Ed Litzenberger, Jim Pappin, Punch Imlach (manager-coach), Bob Haggert (trainer)

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1963–64 season.

Trades

August 1, 1963	To Calgary Stampeders (WHL) Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Fred Hucul
February 22, 1964	To New York Rangers Dick Duff Bob Nevin Arnie Brown Bill Collins Rod Seiling	To Toronto Maple Leafs Andy Bathgate Don McKenney

Waivers

December 3, 1963

To Detroit Red Wings John MacMillan

Free agents

Player Former Team Milan Marcetta Chicago Black Hawks

Awards and records

• Tim Horton, Runner-Up, Norris Trophy ^[4]

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Johnny Bower  24 Don Simmons		Defensemen 2 Carl Brewer  3 Al Arbour  7 Tim Horton  16 Arnie Brown  19 Kent Douglas  21 Bobby Baun  22 Larry Hillman  26 Allan Stanley		Wingers 8 Gerry Ehman  8 Ron Ellis  8 John MacMillan  9 Andy Bathgate  9 Dick Duff  10 George Armstrong  - C 11 Bob Nevin  17 Don McKenney  18 Jim Pappin  20 Bob Pulford  23 Eddie Shack  25 Ed Litzenberger  27 Frank Mahovlich		Centres 4 Red Kelly  12 Ron Stewart  14 Dave Keon  15 Billy Harris  25 Pete Stemkowski  GM: Punch Imlach Coach: Punch Imlach

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Maple Leafs on Database Hockey

1. ^ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.72, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
2. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.161, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
3. ^ "1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1964.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
4. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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