# 1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 47th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and involved winning their 12th Stanley Cup.

## Regular season

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

### Season standings

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

1963–64 Game Log (33–25–12) (Home: 22–7–6; Road: 11–18–6) :
October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–3–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
1WOctober 12, 19635–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)1–0–02
2LOctober 13, 19632–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)1–1–02
3WOctober 16, 19634–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)2–1–04
4WOctober 19, 19632–1Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)3–1–06
5LOctober 20, 19632–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)3–2–06
6WOctober 26, 19636–4New York Rangers (1963–64)4–2–08
7LOctober 27, 19630–2@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)4–3–08
8WOctober 30, 19636–3Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)5–3–010 :
November: 4–4–4 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–2–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
9LNovember 2, 19630–2Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)5–4–010
10WNovember 7, 19634–3@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)6–4–012
11TNovember 9, 19633–3Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)6–4–113
12TNovember 13, 19632–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)6–4–214
13WNovember 14, 19635–4@ New York Rangers (1963–64)7–4–216
14WNovember 16, 19635–4New York Rangers (1963–64)8–4–218
15LNovember 17, 19630–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)8–5–218
16LNovember 20, 19631–3Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)8–6–218
17WNovember 23, 19634–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)9–6–220
18TNovember 24, 19633–3@ New York Rangers (1963–64)9–6–321
19LNovember 28, 19630–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)9–7–321
20TNovember 30, 19631–1Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)9–7–422 :
December: 9–3–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–2–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
21WDecember 1, 19634–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)10–7–424
22WDecember 4, 19633–0Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)11–7–426
23WDecember 7, 19633–0Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)12–7–428
24WDecember 8, 19635–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)13–7–430
25LDecember 11, 19631–3Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)13–8–430
26WDecember 14, 19635–3New York Rangers (1963–64)14–8–432
27TDecember 15, 19634–4@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)14–8–533
28LDecember 18, 19633–7@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)14–9–533
29WDecember 21, 19632–0Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)15–9–535
30TDecember 22, 19631–1@ New York Rangers (1963–64)15–9–636
31WDecember 25, 19635–1@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)16–9–638
32WDecember 28, 19632–0Boston Bruins (1963–64)17–9–640
33LDecember 29, 19630–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)17–10–640
34WDecember 31, 19635–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)18–10–642 :
January: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
35WJanuary 4, 19643–0Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)19–10–644
36LJanuary 5, 19642–3@ New York Rangers (1963–64)19–11–644
37WJanuary 8, 19646–1Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)20–11–646
38WJanuary 11, 19643–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)21–11–648
39LJanuary 12, 19643–6@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)21–12–648
40LJanuary 15, 19644–5New York Rangers (1963–64)21–13–648
41LJanuary 18, 19640–11Boston Bruins (1963–64)21–14–648
42WJanuary 19, 19642–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)22–14–650
43LJanuary 22, 19640–3Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)22–15–650
44TJanuary 25, 19641–1New York Rangers (1963–64)22–15–751
45LJanuary 26, 19640–2@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)22–16–751
46LJanuary 29, 19641–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)22–17–751 :
February: 5–5–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 1–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
47WFebruary 1, 19645–1Boston Bruins (1963–64)23–17–753
48TFebruary 2, 19642–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)23–17–854
49LFebruary 5, 19640–2Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)23–18–854
50TFebruary 8, 19643–3Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)23–18–955
51LFebruary 9, 19641–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)23–19–955
52LFebruary 12, 19640–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)23–20–955
53WFebruary 15, 19644–0Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)24–20–957
54LFebruary 16, 19642–4@ New York Rangers (1963–64)24–21–957
55TFebruary 19, 19641–1Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)24–21–1058
56WFebruary 22, 19645–2New York Rangers (1963–64)25–21–1060
57WFebruary 23, 19644–3@ New York Rangers (1963–64)26–21–1062
58LFebruary 26, 19640–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)26–22–1062
59WFebruary 29, 19644–1Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)27–22–1064 :
March: 6–3–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 2–3–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
60LMarch 1, 19643–5@ Boston Bruins (1963–64)27–23–1064
61LMarch 3, 19642–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)27–24–1064
62TMarch 4, 19644–4Boston Bruins (1963–64)27–24–1165
63WMarch 7, 19644–2Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)28–24–1167
64LMarch 8, 19643–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)28–25–1167
65WMarch 11, 19641–0Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)29–25–1169
66WMarch 14, 19647–3New York Rangers (1963–64)30–25–1171
67WMarch 15, 19643–1@ New York Rangers (1963–64)31–25–1173
68TMarch 18, 19642–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)31–25–1274
69WMarch 21, 19645–3Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)32–25–1276
70WMarch 22, 19644–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)33–25–1278 :

### Player statistics
#### 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 | 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
### Schedule and results

1964 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log :
1964 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LMarch 26, 19640–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)0–1
2WMarch 28, 19642–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)1–1
3LMarch 31, 19642–3Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)1–2
4WApril 2, 19645–3Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)2–2
5LApril 4, 19642–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)2–3
6WApril 7, 19643–0Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)3–3
7WApril 9, 19643–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64)4–3 :
1964 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1WApril 11, 19643–2Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)1–0
2LApril 14, 19643–4OTDetroit Red Wings (1963–64)1–1
3LApril 16, 19643–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)1–2
4WApril 18, 19644–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)2–2
5LApril 21, 19641–2Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)2–3
6WApril 23, 19644–3OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)3–3
7WApril 25, 19644–0Detroit Red Wings (1963–64)4–3 :
The final 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.

### Player statistics
#### 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 |

## Awards and records

* Tim Horton, Runner-Up, Norris Trophy

## 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 LeafsFred Hucul |
| February 22, 1964 | To New York RangersDick Duff Bob Nevin Arnie Brown Bill Collins Rod Seiling | To Toronto Maple LeafsAndy Bathgate Don McKenney |

### Waivers

| December 3, 1963 | From Detroit Red WingsJohn MacMillan |

## Draft picks

Toronto'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 | 6 | Walt McKechnie | Canada | London Nationals (WJBHL) |
| 2 | 12 | Neil Clairmont | Canada | Parry Sound Midgets (OAAAMHL) |
| 3 | 17 | Jim McKenny | Canada | Toronto Neil McNeill Maroons (MetJHL) |
| 4 | 21 | Gerry Meehan | Canada | Toronto Neil McNeill Maroons (MetJHL) |