1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 37th season. They advanced to the 1963 Stanley Cup Finals and lost 4 games to 1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 11, 1962 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 13, 1962 	0–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	1–0–1
3 	W 	October 14, 1962 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	October 18, 1962 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	3–0–1
5 	W 	October 21, 1962 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	4–0–1
6 	T 	October 25, 1962 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	4–0–2
7 	W 	October 28, 1962 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	5–0–2
8 	W 	November 1, 1962 	4–0 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	6–0–2
9 	W 	November 3, 1962 	7–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	7–0–2
10 	W 	November 4, 1962 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	8–0–2
11 	L 	November 8, 1962 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	8–1–2
12 	T 	November 10, 1962 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	8–1–3
13 	W 	November 11, 1962 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	9–1–3
14 	L 	November 14, 1962 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	9–2–3
15 	L 	November 17, 1962 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	9–3–3
16 	W 	November 18, 1962 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	10–3–3
17 	L 	November 22, 1962 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	10–4–3
18 	T 	November 24, 1962 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	10–4–4
19 	W 	November 25, 1962 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	11–4–4
20 	L 	November 29, 1962 	0–5 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	11–5–4
21 	L 	December 2, 1962 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	11–6–4
22 	T 	December 5, 1962 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	11–6–5
23 	W 	December 6, 1962 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	12–6–5
24 	L 	December 8, 1962 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	12–7–5
25 	W 	December 9, 1962 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	13–7–5
26 	W 	December 13, 1962 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	14–7–5
27 	W 	December 15, 1962 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	15–7–5
28 	L 	December 16, 1962 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	15–8–5
29 	L 	December 20, 1962 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	15–9–5
30 	T 	December 23, 1962 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	15–9–6
31 	W 	December 25, 1962 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	16–9–6
32 	L 	December 26, 1962 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	16–10–6
33 	L 	December 29, 1962 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	16–11–6
34 	T 	December 31, 1962 	1–1 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	16–11–7
35 	L 	January 1, 1963 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	16–12–7
36 	T 	January 6, 1963 	5–5 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	16–12–8
37 	W 	January 10, 1963 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	17–12–8
38 	L 	January 12, 1963 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	17–13–8
39 	W 	January 13, 1963 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	18–13–8
40 	W 	January 17, 1963 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	19–13–8
41 	L 	January 19, 1963 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	19–14–8
42 	T 	January 20, 1963 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	19–14–9
43 	T 	January 24, 1963 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	19–14–10
44 	L 	January 26, 1963 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	19–15–10
45 	W 	January 27, 1963 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	20–15–10
46 	W 	January 30, 1963 	6–1 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	21–15–10
47 	T 	February 2, 1963 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	21–15–11
48 	L 	February 3, 1963 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	21–16–11
49 	T 	February 6, 1963 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	21–16–12
50 	T 	February 7, 1963 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	21–16–13
51 	W 	February 10, 1963 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	22–16–13
52 	L 	February 13, 1963 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	22–17–13
53 	W 	February 16, 1963 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	23–17–13
54 	L 	February 17, 1963 	1–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	23–18–13
55 	L 	February 21, 1963 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	23–19–13
56 	L 	February 23, 1963 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	23–20–13
57 	W 	February 24, 1963 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	24–20–13
58 	L 	February 26, 1963 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	24–21–13
59 	L 	February 28, 1963 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	24–22–13
60 	W 	March 2, 1963 	7–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	25–22–13
61 	W 	March 3, 1963 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1962–63) 	26–22–13
62 	L 	March 5, 1963 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	26–23–13
63 	L 	March 9, 1963 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	26–24–13
64 	W 	March 10, 1963 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	27–24–13
65 	W 	March 14, 1963 	9–4 	New York Rangers (1962–63) 	28–24–13
66 	L 	March 16, 1963 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	28–25–13
67 	W 	March 17, 1963 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	29–25–13
68 	W 	March 19, 1963 	5–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	30–25–13
69 	W 	March 23, 1963 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	31–25–13
70 	W 	March 24, 1963 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	32–25–13
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	38	48	86 	100
 	C/LW	70	20	44	64 	8
 	C 	69	33	28	61 	32
 	C 	70	26	30	56 	53
 	D 	70	4 	24	28 	116
 	D 	70	3 	24	27 	78
 	RW 	51	9 	17	26 	10
 	C 	67	11	11	22 	12
 	C 	70	10	10	20 	6
 	LW 	67	6 	14	20 	2
 	LW 	47	13	5 	18 	18
 	LW 	36	6 	11	17 	37
 	LW 	53	5 	11	16 	62
 	D 	69	4 	9 	13 	48
 	RW 	42	3 	7 	10 	12
 	C 	14	2 	8 	10 	0
 	D/RW	64	4 	5 	9 	273
 	D 	62	1 	8 	9 	48
 	LW 	26	2 	1 	3 	8
 	G 	16	0 	1 	1 	14
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	9
 	RW/C	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	14
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2781	48	22	16	7 	118	2.55	3
 	960 	16	6 	5 	5 	51 	3.19	0
 	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
 	RW 	11	7	9 	16 	22
 	C 	11	4	12	16 	14
 	C/LW	11	3	6 	9 	2
 	LW 	9 	3	3 	6 	8
 	C 	8 	5	0 	5 	2
 	C 	11	3	2 	5 	2
 	RW 	11	2	3 	5 	4
 	D 	11	1	4 	5 	36
 	C 	10	1	4 	5 	10
 	LW 	11	1	4 	5 	6
 	D 	11	1	4 	5 	8
 	LW 	11	3	0 	3 	4
 	D 	11	0	3 	3 	16
 	D 	11	0	2 	2 	12
 	D/RW	8 	0	2 	2 	16
 	C 	11	1	0 	1 	2
 	C 	1 	0	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0 	0 	2
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	11	0	0 	0 	2
 	G 	11	0	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	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 Records==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe
*Art Ross Trophy: Gordie Howe
*Gordie Howe, NHL First Team All-Star
*Terry Sawchuk, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Gallery==
25Oct1962-Johnston_save_Wings.jpg|Eddie Johnston makes a save in his first NHL game, October 25, 1962.
62-63NHLExhDetCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
62-63NHLExhTorWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
62-63DetRW.jpg|Team picture
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
Detroit Red Wings season, 1962–63
Detroit Red Wings season, 1962–63
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