# 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 Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

## Final standings
### Regular season

National Hockey League vte :
| | | 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1963–64 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–9–2 | 3–10–1 | 2–7–5 | 5–7–2 | 5–7–2 |
| Chicago | 9–3–2 | — | 5–6–3 | 7–5–2 | 9–3–2 | 7–5–2 |
| Detroit | 10–3–1 | 6–5–3 | — | 5–7–2 | 6–6–2 | 3–8–3 |
| Montreal | 7–2–5 | 5–7–2 | 7–5–2 | — | 10–3–1 | 7–5–2 |
| New York | 7–5–2 | 3–9–2 | 6–6–2 | 3–10–1 | — | 3–8–3 |
| Toronto | 7–5–2 | 5–7–2 | 8–3–3 | 5–7–2 | 8–3–3 | — |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1963–64 Game Log (30–29–11) :
October: 4–4–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 0–3–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
1WOctober 10, 19635–3Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)1–0–0
2WOctober 13, 19633–0Boston Bruins (1963–64)2–0–0
3LOctober 16, 19630–3@ New York Rangers (1963–64)2–1–0
4LOctober 19, 19631–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)2–2–0
5WOctober 20, 19633–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)3–2–0
6TOctober 24, 19632–2Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)3–2–1
7LOctober 27, 19634–6Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)3–3–1
8LOctober 29, 19631–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)3–4–1
9WOctober 31, 19634–1New York Rangers (1963–64)4–4–1 :
November: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
10LNovember 2, 19631–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)4–5–1
11LNovember 3, 19631–4@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)4–6–1
12WNovember 7, 19631–0New York Rangers (1963–64)5–6–1
13WNovember 10, 19633–0Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)6–6–1
14TNovember 16, 19631–1@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)6–6–2
15LNovember 17, 19632–5@ New York Rangers (1963–64)6–7–2
16LNovember 20, 19632–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)6–8–2
17LNovember 27, 19632–3@ New York Rangers (1963–64)6–9–2
18LNovember 28, 19633–7Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)6–10–2
19TNovember 30, 19631–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)6–10–3 :
December: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–4–0; Road: 1–2–3)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
20LDecember 1, 19631–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)6–11–3
21WDecember 5, 19634–2Boston Bruins (1963–64)7–11–3
22LDecember 7, 19632–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)7–12–3
23LDecember 8, 19633–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)7–13–3
24WDecember 11, 19633–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)8–13–3
25WDecember 14, 19635–4Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)9–13–3
26TDecember 15, 19634–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)9–13–4
27TDecember 18, 19631–1@ New York Rangers (1963–64)9–13–5
28WDecember 19, 19633–0Boston Bruins (1963–64)10–13–5
29LDecember 21, 19630–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)10–14–5
30LDecember 22, 19631–6Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)10–15–5
31WDecember 25, 19634–3New York Rangers (1963–64)11–15–5
32TDecember 28, 19631–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)11–15–6
33WDecember 29, 19632–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)12–15–6
34LDecember 31, 19634–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)12–16–6 :
January: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
35LJanuary 4, 19642–5@ New York Rangers (1963–64)12–17–6
36TJanuary 5, 19643–3Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)12–17–7
37WJanuary 7, 19645–0@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)13–17–7
38WJanuary 9, 19645–3Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)14–17–7
39LJanuary 11, 19643–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)14–18–7
40WJanuary 12, 19645–3New York Rangers (1963–64)15–18–7
41LJanuary 16, 19641–5@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)15–19–7
42WJanuary 18, 19642–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)16–19–7
43LJanuary 19, 19641–3New York Rangers (1963–64)16–20–7
44WJanuary 25, 19645–3Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)17–20–7
45LJanuary 26, 19642–3@ New York Rangers (1963–64)17–21–7
46TJanuary 29, 19642–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)17–21–8 :
February: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
47LFebruary 1, 19643–9@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)17–22–8
48TFebruary 2, 19642–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)17–22–9
49LFebruary 5, 19642–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)17–23–9
50WFebruary 6, 19644–0Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)18–23–9
51WFebruary 8, 19643–2@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)19–23–9
52WFebruary 9, 19644–2New York Rangers (1963–64)20–23–9
53WFebruary 13, 19644–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)21–23–9
54WFebruary 15, 19644–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)22–23–9
55LFebruary 16, 19642–5Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)22–24–9
56TFebruary 19, 19641–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)22–24–10
57WFebruary 22, 19643–2Boston Bruins (1963–64)23–24–10
58WFebruary 23, 19643–2Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)24–24–10
59LFebruary 27, 19642–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)24–25–10
60LFebruary 29, 19641–2@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)24–26–10 :
March: 6–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
61TMarch 1, 19642–2@ New York Rangers (1963–64)24–26–11
62WMarch 3, 19643–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)25–26–11
63WMarch 5, 19647–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)26–26–11
64LMarch 7, 19642–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)26–27–11
65WMarch 8, 19645–3@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)27–27–11
66WMarch 12, 19642–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)28–27–11
67WMarch 15, 19645–3Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)29–27–11
68WMarch 19, 19649–3New York Rangers (1963–64)30–27–11
69LMarch 21, 19643–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)30–28–11
70LMarch 22, 19641–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)30–29–11 :

### Playoffs

1964 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log :
1964 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–3
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LMarch 26, 19641–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)0–1
2WMarch 29, 19645–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)1–1
3WMarch 31, 19643–0Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)2–1
4LApril 2, 19642–3OTChicago Black Hawks (1963–64)2–2
5LApril 5, 19642–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)2–3
6WApril 7, 19647–2Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)3–3
7WApril 9, 19644–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)4–3 :
1964 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LApril 11, 19642–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)0–1
2WApril 14, 19644–3OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)1–1
3WApril 16, 19644–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)2–1
4LApril 18, 19642–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)2–2
5WApril 21, 19642–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)3–2
6LApril 23, 19643–4OTToronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)3–3
7LApril 25, 19640–4@ 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;

## 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 | Peter Mahovlich | Canada | St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL) |
| 2 | 8 | Bill Cosburn | Canada | Bick's Pickles Midgets (OAAAMHL) |