# 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 37th season. They finished in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 32 wins, 25 losses, and 13 ties. Detroit defeated the Chicago Black Hawks four games to two in the semi-finals, but lost the Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to one.
This season saw right winger Gordie Howe capture the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. He potted 38 goals and added 48 assists for 86 points. Howe was also named winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, his sixth overall.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 221 | 180 | +41 | 82 |
| 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 194 | 178 | +16 | 81 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 225 | 183 | +42 | 79 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 200 | 194 | +6 | 77 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 211 | 233 | −22 | 56 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 14 | 39 | 17 | 198 | 281 | −83 | 45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 2–10–2 | 2–7–5 | 2–7–5 | 4–7–3 | 4–8–2 |
| Chicago | 10–2–2 | — | 5–6–3 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 4–7–3 |
| Detroit | 7–2–5 | 6–5–3 | — | 3–9–2 | 9–3–2 | 7–6–1 |
| Montreal | 7–2–5 | 7–3–4 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–5–4 | 3–6–5 |
| New York | 7–4–3 | 2–10–2 | 3–9–2 | 5–5–4 | — | 5–8–1 |
| Toronto | 8–4–2 | 7–4–3 | 6–7–1 | 6–3–5 | 8–5–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

1962–63 Game Log (32–25–13) :
October: 5–0–2 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–0–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
1WOctober 11, 19622–1@ New York Rangers (1962–63)1–0–0
2TOctober 13, 19620–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)1–0–1
3WOctober 14, 19623–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)2–0–1
4WOctober 18, 19625–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)3–0–1
5WOctober 21, 19623–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)4–0–1
6TOctober 25, 19623–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)4–0–2
7WOctober 28, 19622–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)5–0–2 :
November: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
8WNovember 1, 19624–0New York Rangers (1962–63)6–0–2
9WNovember 3, 19627–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)7–0–2
10WNovember 4, 19623–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)8–0–2
11LNovember 8, 19621–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)8–1–2
12TNovember 10, 19623–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)8–1–3
13WNovember 11, 19623–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)9–1–3
14LNovember 14, 19622–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)9–2–3
15LNovember 17, 19622–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)9–3–3
16WNovember 18, 19623–1@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)10–3–3
17LNovember 22, 19620–3Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)10–4–3
18TNovember 24, 19621–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)10–4–4
19WNovember 25, 19623–2Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)11–4–4
20LNovember 29, 19620–5New York Rangers (1962–63)11–5–4 :
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 0–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
21LDecember 2, 19621–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)11–6–4
22TDecember 5, 19623–3@ New York Rangers (1962–63)11–6–5
23WDecember 6, 19625–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)12–6–5
24LDecember 8, 19621–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)12–7–5
25WDecember 9, 19624–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)13–7–5
26WDecember 13, 19623–2New York Rangers (1962–63)14–7–5
27WDecember 15, 19623–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)15–7–5
28LDecember 16, 19622–5@ New York Rangers (1962–63)15–8–5
29LDecember 20, 19623–5Boston Bruins (1962–63)15–9–5
30TDecember 23, 19622–2Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)15–9–6
31WDecember 25, 19622–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)16–9–6
32LDecember 26, 19624–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)16–10–6
33LDecember 29, 19621–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)16–11–6
34TDecember 31, 19621–1New York Rangers (1962–63)16–11–7 :
January: 5–4–3 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 3–3–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
35LJanuary 1, 19632–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)16–12–7
36TJanuary 6, 19635–5Boston Bruins (1962–63)16–12–8
37WJanuary 10, 19633–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)17–12–8
38LJanuary 12, 19631–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)17–13–8
39WJanuary 13, 19634–2New York Rangers (1962–63)18–13–8
40WJanuary 17, 19635–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)19–13–8
41LJanuary 19, 19631–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)19–14–8
42TJanuary 20, 19632–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)19–14–9
43TJanuary 24, 19631–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)19–14–10
44LJanuary 26, 19630–3Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)19–15–10
45WJanuary 27, 19635–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)20–15–10
46WJanuary 30, 19636–1@ New York Rangers (1962–63)21–15–10 :
February: 3–7–3 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
47TFebruary 2, 19634–4@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)21–15–11
48LFebruary 3, 19632–6Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)21–16–11
49TFebruary 6, 19633–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)21–16–12
50TFebruary 7, 19633–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)21–16–13
51WFebruary 10, 19632–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)22–16–13
52LFebruary 13, 19632–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)22–17–13
53WFebruary 16, 19633–1Boston Bruins (1962–63)23–17–13
54LFebruary 17, 19631–6Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)23–18–13
55LFebruary 21, 19633–5Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)23–19–13
56LFebruary 23, 19632–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)23–20–13
57WFebruary 24, 19633–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)24–20–13
58LFebruary 26, 19633–4New York Rangers (1962–63)24–21–13
59LFebruary 28, 19633–5@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)24–22–13 :
March: 8–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–2–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
60WMarch 2, 19637–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)25–22–13
61WMarch 3, 19633–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)26–22–13
62LMarch 5, 19633–4Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)26–23–13
63LMarch 9, 19633–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)26–24–13
64WMarch 10, 19634–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)27–24–13
65WMarch 14, 19639–4New York Rangers (1962–63)28–24–13
66LMarch 16, 19633–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)28–25–13
67WMarch 17, 19634–2Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)29–25–13
68WMarch 19, 19635–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)30–25–13
69WMarch 23, 19632–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)31–25–13
70WMarch 24, 19633–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)32–25–13 :

## Playoffs

1963 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log :
1963 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–2
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LMarch 26, 19634–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)0–1
2LMarch 28, 19632–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)0–2
3WMarch 31, 19634–2Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)1–2
4WApril 2, 19634–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)2–2
5WApril 4, 19634–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)3–2
6WApril 7, 19637–4Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)4–2 :
1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LApril 9, 19632–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)0–1
2LApril 11, 19632–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)0–2
3WApril 14, 19633–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–2
4LApril 16, 19632–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–3
5LApril 18, 19631–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–4 :

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 100 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 70 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 8 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 69 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 32 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 53 |
| Bill Gadsby | D | 70 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 116 |
| Doug Barkley | D | 70 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 78 |
| Floyd Smith | RW | 51 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 67 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 |
| Alex Faulkner | C | 70 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 67 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 47 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 36 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
| Larry Jeffrey | LW | 53 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 62 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 69 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| Billy McNeill | RW | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Eddie Joyal | C | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Howie Young | D/RW | 64 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 273 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 62 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 48 |
| Lowell MacDonald | LW | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Hank Bassen | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Ron Harris | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Elik | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Henderson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Allan Johnson | RW/C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Lafreniere | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Lucas | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Marcon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Riggin | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 2781 | 48 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 118 | 2.55 | 3 |
| Hank Bassen | 960 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 3.19 | 0 |
| Dennis Riggin | 459 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 2.88 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 191 | 2.73 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 11 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 22 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Larry Jeffrey | LW | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Alex Faulkner | C | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Floyd Smith | RW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Bill Gadsby | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Doug Barkley | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Howie Young | D/RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Eddie Joyal | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Dillabough | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lowell MacDonald | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 660 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 3.18 | 0 |
| Team: | 660 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 3.18 | 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 honors

* Art Ross Trophy: Gordie Howe
* Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
* Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star