1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season

1962–63 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th NHL
1962–63 record32–25–13
Goals for200
Goals against194
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachSid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
Alternate captainsMarcel Pronovost
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (38)
AssistsGordie Howe (48)
PointsGordie Howe (86)
Penalty minutesHowie Young (273)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (22)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (2.55)

The 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 37th 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
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

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–10–2 2–7–5 2–7–5 4–7–3 4–8–2
Chicago 10–2–2 — 5–6–3 3–7–4 10–2–2 4–7–3
Detroit 7–2–5 6–5–3 — 3–9–2 9–3–2 7–6–1
Montreal 7–2–5 7–3–4 9–3–2 — 5–5–4 3–6–5
New York 7–4–3 2–10–2 3–9–2 5–5–4 — 5–8–1
Toronto 8–4–2 7–4–3 6–7–1 6–3–5 8–5–1 —


Schedule and results

1962–63 Game Log (32–25–13)
October: 5–0–2 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–0–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
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
November: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
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
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 0–4–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
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
January: 5–4–3 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 3–3–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
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
February: 3–7–3 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
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
March: 8–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–2–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
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

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Howe RW 70 38 48 86 100
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 20 44 64 8
Parker MacDonald C 69 33 28 61 32
Norm Ullman C 70 26 30 56 53
Bill Gadsby D 70 4 24 28 116
Doug Barkley D 70 3 24 27 78
Floyd Smith RW 51 9 17 26 10
Bruce MacGregor C 67 11 11 22 12
Alex Faulkner C 70 10 10 20 6
Val Fonteyne LW 67 6 14 20 2
Andre Pronovost LW 47 13 5 18 18
Vic Stasiuk LW 36 6 11 17 37
Larry Jeffrey LW 53 5 11 16 62
Marcel Pronovost D 69 4 9 13 48
Billy McNeill RW 42 3 7 10 12
Eddie Joyal C 14 2 8 10 0
Howie Young D/RW 64 4 5 9 273
Pete Goegan D 62 1 8 9 48
Lowell MacDonald LW 26 2 1 3 8
Hank Bassen G 16 0 1 1 14
Ron Harris D 1 0 1 1 0
Bo Elik LW 3 0 0 0 0
Paul Henderson RW 2 0 0 0 9
Allan Johnson RW/C 2 0 0 0 0
Roger Lafreniere LW 3 0 0 0 4
Dave Lucas D 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Marcon D 1 0 0 0 0
Gerry Odrowski D 1 0 0 0 0
Dennis Riggin G 9 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 48 0 0 0 14
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 2781 48 22 16 7 118 2.55 3
Hank Bassen 960 16 6 5 5 51 3.19 0
Dennis 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
Gordie Howe RW 11 7 9 16 22
Norm Ullman C 11 4 12 16 14
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 11 3 6 9 2
Larry Jeffrey LW 9 3 3 6 8
Alex Faulkner C 8 5 0 5 2
Parker MacDonald C 11 3 2 5 2
Floyd Smith RW 11 2 3 5 4
Bill Gadsby D 11 1 4 5 36
Bruce MacGregor C 10 1 4 5 10
Andre Pronovost LW 11 1 4 5 6
Marcel Pronovost D 11 1 4 5 8
Vic Stasiuk LW 11 3 0 3 4
Doug Barkley D 11 0 3 3 16
Pete Goegan D 11 0 2 2 12
Howie Young D/RW 8 0 2 2 16
Eddie Joyal C 11 1 0 1 2
Bob Dillabough C 1 0 0 0 0
Val Fonteyne LW 11 0 0 0 2
Lowell MacDonald LW 1 0 0 0 2
Gerry Odrowski D 2 0 0 0 2
Terry Sawchuk G 11 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 660 11 5 6 35 3.18 0
Team: 660 11 5 6 35 3.18 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;

Playoffs

1963 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log
1963 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Red Wings wins series 4–2
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series
1 L March 26, 1963 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 0–1
2 L March 28, 1963 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 0–2
3 W March 31, 1963 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 1–2
4 W April 2, 1963 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 2–2
5 W April 4, 1963 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 3–2
6 W April 7, 1963 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 4–2
1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series
1 L April 9, 1963 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 0–1
2 L April 11, 1963 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 0–2
3 W April 14, 1963 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 1–2
4 L April 16, 1963 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 1–3
5 L April 18, 1963 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 1–4

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1962–63 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  4. ^ "1962-63 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.