1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season

1959–60 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th NHL
1959–60 record26–29–15
Goals for186
Goals against197
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachSid Abel
CaptainGordie Howe
Alternate captainsAlex Delvecchio
Red Kelly
Marcel Pronovost
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (28)
AssistsGordie Howe (29)
PointsGordie Howe (73)
Penalty minutesJim Morrison (62)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (24)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (2.67)

The 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) 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, four games to two.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 40 18 12 255 178 +77 92
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 35 26 9 199 195 +4 79
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 28 29 13 191 180 +11 69
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 26 29 15 186 197 −11 67
5 Boston Bruins 70 28 34 8 220 241 −21 64
6 New York Rangers 70 17 38 15 187 247 −60 49

Record vs. opponents

1959–60 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 5–6–3 5–8–1 4–8 8–4–2 6–6–2
Chicago 6–5–3 — 4–8–2 3–7–4 11–1–2 4–8–2
Detroit 8–5–1 8–4–2 — 2–7–5 4–6–4 4–9–1
Montreal 8–4 7–3–4 7–2–5 — 6–6–2 10–3–1
New York 4–8–2 1–11–2 6–4–4 6–6–2 — 2–9–3
Toronto 6–6–2 8–4–2 9–4–1 3–10–1 9–2–3 —


Schedule and 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

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Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 70 28 45 73 46
Norm Ullman C 70 24 34 58 46
Gary Aldcorn LW 70 22 29 51 32
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 19 28 47 8
Murray Oliver C 54 20 19 39 16
Jim Morrison D 70 3 23 26 62
Marcel Pronovost D 69 7 17 24 38
Len Lunde C 66 6 17 23 10
Gerry Melnyk C 63 10 10 20 12
John McKenzie RW 59 8 12 20 50
Red Kelly D/C 50 6 12 18 10
Billy McNeill RW 47 5 13 18 33
Jack McIntyre D 49 8 7 15 6
Warren Godfrey D 69 5 9 14 60
Barry Cullen RW 55 4 9 13 23
Val Fonteyne LW 69 4 7 11 2
Brian Smith LW 31 2 5 7 2
Pete Goegan D 21 3 0 3 6
Len Haley RW 27 1 2 3 12
Forbes Kennedy C 17 1 2 3 8
Lou Marcon D 38 0 3 3 30
Marc Reaume D 9 0 1 1 2
Gilles Boisvert G 3 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Haddon D 8 0 0 0 2
Stu McNeill C 5 0 0 0 0
Dennis Riggin G 9 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 58 0 0 0 22
Bob Solinger W 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 3480 58 24 20 14 155 2.67 5
Dennis Riggin 540 9 2 6 1 30 3.33 1
Gilles Boisvert 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
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 6 2 6 8 0
Gordie Howe RW 6 1 5 6 4
Norm Ullman C 6 2 2 4 0
Len Haley RW 6 1 3 4 6
Val Fonteyne LW 6 0 4 4 0
Gerry Melnyk C 6 3 0 3 0
Gary Aldcorn LW 6 1 2 3 4
Len Lunde C 6 1 2 3 0
Jack McIntyre D 6 1 1 2 0
Marcel Pronovost D 6 1 1 2 2
Jim Morrison D 6 0 2 2 0
Warren Godfrey D 6 1 0 1 10
Pete Goegan D 6 1 0 1 13
Murray Oliver C 6 1 0 1 4
Barry Cullen RW 4 0 0 0 2
Lloyd Haddon D 1 0 0 0 0
John McKenzie RW 2 0 0 0 0
Marc Reaume D 2 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 6 0 0 0 0
Brian Smith LW 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 405 6 2 4 20 2.96 0
Team: 405 6 2 4 20 2.96 0

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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

References

  1. ^ "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1959–60 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.