1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season
1962–63 Detroit Red Wings | ||
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Division | 4th NHL | |
1962–63 record | 32–25–13 | |
Goals for | 200 | |
Goals against | 194 | |
Team information | ||
General Manager | Sid Abel | |
Coach | Sid Abel | |
Captain | Alex Delvecchio | |
Alternate captains | Marcel Pronovost | |
Arena | Detroit Olympia | |
Team leaders | ||
Goals | Gordie Howe (38) | |
Assists | Gordie Howe (48) | |
Points | Gordie Howe (86) | |
Penalties in minutes | Howie Young (273) | |
Wins | Terry Sawchuk (22) | |
Goals against average | Terry Sawchuk (2.55) | |
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The 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 31st 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
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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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 |
Schedule and results
1962–63 Game Log (32–25–13) | |
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October: 5–0–2 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–0–2)
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November: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–2)
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December: 5–6–3 (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 0–4–1)
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January: 5–4–3 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 3–3–0)
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February: 3–7–3 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–2)
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March: 8–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–2–0)
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Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Howe, GordieGordie Howe | RW | 70 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 100 |
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio | C/LW | 70 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 8 |
MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald | C | 69 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 32 |
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman | C | 70 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 53 |
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby | D | 70 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 116 |
Barkley, DougDoug Barkley | D | 70 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 78 |
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith | RW | 51 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 |
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor | C | 67 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 |
Faulkner, AlexAlex Faulkner | C | 70 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne | LW | 67 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 |
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost | LW | 47 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk | LW | 36 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey | LW | 53 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 62 |
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost | D | 69 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill | RW | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal | C | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
Young, HowieHowie Young | D/RW | 64 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 273 |
Goegan, PetePete Goegan | D | 62 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 48 |
MacDonald, LowellLowell MacDonald | LW | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Bassen, HankHank Bassen | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Harris, RonRon Harris | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Elik, BoBo Elik | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Johnson, AllanAllan Johnson | RW/C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lafreniere, RogerRoger Lafreniere | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Lucas, DaveDave Lucas | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcon, LouLou Marcon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Riggin, DennisDennis Riggin | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk | 2781 | 48 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 118 | 2.55 | 3 |
Bassen, HankHank Bassen | 960 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 3.19 | 0 |
Riggin, DennisDennis 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 |
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Howe, GordieGordie Howe | RW | 11 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 22 |
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman | C | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio | C/LW | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey | LW | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Faulkner, AlexAlex Faulkner | C | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald | C | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith | RW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost | LW | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk | LW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Barkley, DougDoug Barkley | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Goegan, PetePete Goegan | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Young, HowieHowie Young | D/RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
MacDonald, LowellLowell MacDonald | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Sawchuk, TerryTerry 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;
Playoffs
1963 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log | |
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1963 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–2
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1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
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Roster
1962–1963 Detroit Red Wings Roster | ||||||
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Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centers
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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
References
- ↑ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ↑ "1962–63 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ↑ "1962-63 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.