1963–64 Detroit Red Wings season

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^[1]
		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 −13	71
5	New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	186	242	-56 −56	54
6	Boston Bruins	70	18	40	12	170	212	-42 −42	48

Schedule and results

Regular season

1963–64 Game Log (30–29–11)

October: 4–4–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 0–3–0)

November: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–2)

December: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–4–0; Road: 1–2–3)

January: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)

February: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)

March: 6–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)

Playoffs

1964 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log

1964 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–3

1964 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3

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Player statistics

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

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

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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;

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

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

↑ "1963–1964 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1963–64 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
↑ "1963-64 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arena	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena New Detroit Arena

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock

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Championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals