1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 34th season. The Red Wings finished 4th in the league 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 4 games to 2.
==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 	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
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	28	45	73 	46
 	C 	70	24	34	58 	46
 	LW 	70	22	29	51 	32
 	C/LW	70	19	28	47 	8
 	C 	54	20	19	39 	16
 	D 	70	3 	23	26 	62
 	D 	69	7 	17	24 	38
 	C 	66	6 	17	23 	10
 	C 	63	10	10	20 	12
 	RW 	59	8 	12	20 	50
 	D/C 	50	6 	12	18 	10
 	RW 	47	5 	13	18 	33
 	D 	49	8 	7 	15 	6
 	D 	69	5 	9 	14 	60
 	RW 	55	4 	9 	13 	23
 	LW 	69	4 	7 	11 	2
 	LW 	31	2 	5 	7 	2
 	D 	21	3 	0 	3 	6
 	C 	17	1 	2 	3 	8
 	RW 	27	1 	2 	3 	12
 	D 	38	0 	3 	3 	30
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	W 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	58	0 	0 	0 	22
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3480	58	24	20	14	155	2.67	5
 	540 	9 	2 	6 	1 	30 	3.33	1
 	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
 	C/LW	6 	2	6	8 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	5	6 	4
 	C 	6 	2	2	4 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	3	4 	6
 	LW 	6 	0	4	4 	0
 	C 	6 	3	0	3 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	2	3 	4
 	C 	6 	1	2	3 	0
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	0
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	2
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	10
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	13
 	C 	6 	1	0	1 	4
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	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==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe
*Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Marcel Pronovost, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
==Game Ads==
59-60NHLDetroitCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
59-60NHLExhDetRWWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
==References==
Detroit Red Wings season, 1958–59
Detroit Red Wings season, 1958–59
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons