# 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 26 wins, 29 losses, and 15 ties for 67 points. They lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to two.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 255 | 178 | +77 | 92 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 199 | 195 | +4 | 79 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 191 | 180 | +11 | 69 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 186 | 197 | −11 | 67 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 220 | 241 | −21 | 64 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 38 | 15 | 187 | 247 | −60 | 49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1959–60 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–6–3 | 5–8–1 | 4–8 | 8–4–2 | 6–6–2 |
| Chicago | 6–5–3 | — | 4–8–2 | 3–7–4 | 11–1–2 | 4–8–2 |
| Detroit | 8–5–1 | 8–4–2 | — | 2–7–5 | 4–6–4 | 4–9–1 |
| Montreal | 8–4 | 7–3–4 | 7–2–5 | — | 6–6–2 | 10–3–1 |
| New York | 4–8–2 | 1–11–2 | 6–4–4 | 6–6–2 | — | 2–9–3 |
| Toronto | 6–6–2 | 8–4–2 | 9–4–1 | 3–10–1 | 9–2–3 | — |

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 10, 1959 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | October 11, 1959 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | W | October 14, 1959 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | W | October 15, 1959 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | W | October 18, 1959 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 4–0–1 |
| 6 | W | October 22, 1959 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 5–0–1 |
| 7 | L | October 25, 1959 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | T | October 28, 1959 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 5–1–2 |
| 9 | L | October 29, 1959 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 5–2–2 |
| 10 | T | October 31, 1959 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 5–2–3 |
| 11 | W | November 1, 1959 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 6–2–3 |
| 12 | L | November 5, 1959 | 3–8 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 6–3–3 |
| 13 | T | November 7, 1959 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 6–3–4 |
| 14 | T | November 8, 1959 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 6–3–5 |
| 15 | W | November 12, 1959 | 6–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 7–3–5 |
| 16 | W | November 14, 1959 | 4–0 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 8–3–5 |
| 17 | L | November 15, 1959 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 8–4–5 |
| 18 | W | November 16, 1959 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 9–4–5 |
| 19 | L | November 18, 1959 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 9–5–5 |
| 20 | T | November 21, 1959 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 9–5–6 |
| 21 | W | November 22, 1959 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 10–5–6 |
| 22 | L | November 26, 1959 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 10–6–6 |
| 23 | L | November 28, 1959 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 10–7–6 |
| 24 | L | November 29, 1959 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 10–8–6 |
| 25 | W | December 5, 1959 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 11–8–6 |
| 26 | T | December 6, 1959 | 4–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 11–8–7 |
| 27 | W | December 9, 1959 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 12–8–7 |
| 28 | W | December 12, 1959 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 13–8–7 |
| 29 | W | December 13, 1959 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 14–8–7 |
| 30 | W | December 17, 1959 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 15–8–7 |
| 31 | L | December 19, 1959 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 15–9–7 |
| 32 | W | December 20, 1959 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 16–9–7 |
| 33 | L | December 25, 1959 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 16–10–7 |
| 34 | L | December 27, 1959 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 16–11–7 |
| 35 | L | December 31, 1959 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 16–12–7 |
| 36 | T | January 1, 1960 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 16–12–8 |
| 37 | W | January 3, 1960 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 17–12–8 |
| 38 | L | January 6, 1960 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 17–13–8 |
| 39 | T | January 9, 1960 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 17–13–9 |
| 40 | L | January 10, 1960 | 3–4 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 17–14–9 |
| 41 | L | January 13, 1960 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 17–15–9 |
| 42 | W | January 16, 1960 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 18–15–9 |
| 43 | W | January 17, 1960 | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 19–15–9 |
| 44 | W | January 21, 1960 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 20–15–9 |
| 45 | L | January 23, 1960 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 20–16–9 |
| 46 | T | January 24, 1960 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 20–16–10 |
| 47 | L | January 28, 1960 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 20–17–10 |
| 48 | L | January 30, 1960 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 20–18–10 |
| 49 | T | January 31, 1960 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 20–18–11 |
| 50 | L | February 4, 1960 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 20–19–11 |
| 51 | L | February 6, 1960 | 4–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 20–20–11 |
| 52 | W | February 7, 1960 | 5–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 21–20–11 |
| 53 | L | February 11, 1960 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 21–21–11 |
| 54 | L | February 13, 1960 | 1–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 21–22–11 |
| 55 | L | February 14, 1960 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 21–23–11 |
| 56 | T | February 18, 1960 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 21–23–12 |
| 57 | W | February 20, 1960 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 22–23–12 |
| 58 | L | February 21, 1960 | 3–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 22–24–12 |
| 59 | T | February 24, 1960 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 22–24–13 |
| 60 | W | February 27, 1960 | 4–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 23–24–13 |
| 61 | L | February 28, 1960 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 23–25–13 |
| 62 | W | March 1, 1960 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 24–25–13 |
| 63 | T | March 5, 1960 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 24–25–14 |
| 64 | L | March 6, 1960 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1959–60) | 24–26–14 |
| 65 | W | March 8, 1960 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) | 25–26–14 |
| 66 | L | March 12, 1960 | 1–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) | 25–27–14 |
| 67 | T | March 13, 1960 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 25–27–15 |
| 68 | L | March 15, 1960 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) | 25–28–15 |
| 69 | W | March 19, 1960 | 6–3 | New York Rangers (1959–60) | 26–28–15 |
| 70 | L | March 20, 1960 | 2–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) | 26–29–15 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 46 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 46 |
| Gary Aldcorn | LW | 70 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 32 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 70 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 8 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 54 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 16 |
| Jim Morrison | D | 70 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 62 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 69 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 38 |
| Len Lunde | C | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 63 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 12 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 50 |
| Red Kelly | D/C | 50 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| Billy McNeill | RW | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 33 |
| Jack McIntyre | D | 49 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 69 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 60 |
| Barry Cullen | RW | 55 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 69 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Brian Smith | LW | 31 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Len Haley | RW | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Forbes Kennedy | C | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Lou Marcon | D | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Marc Reaume | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gilles Boisvert | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Haddon | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stu McNeill | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Riggin | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Bob Solinger | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 3480 | 58 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 155 | 2.67 | 5 |
| Dennis Riggin | 540 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 3.33 | 1 |
| Gilles Boisvert | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 194 | 2.77 | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Len Haley | RW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Aldcorn | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Len Lunde | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack McIntyre | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Morrison | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Barry Cullen | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lloyd Haddon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Reaume | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Smith | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 405 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2.96 | 0 |
| Team: | 405 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2.96 | 0 |
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, Hart Memorial Trophy
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
* Marcel Pronovost, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team