1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season

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1962–63 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th NHL
1962–63 record32–25–13
Goals for200
Goals against194
Team information
General manager Sid Abel
CoachSid 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)
Penalty 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' 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.

Contents

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]
GPWLTGFGADIFFPts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 70352312221180+4182
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70322117194178+1681
3 Montreal Canadiens 70281923225183+4279
4 Detroit Red Wings 70322513200194+677
5 New York Rangers 70223612211233−2256
6 Boston Bruins 70143917198281−8345

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records [2]
TeamBOSCHIDETMTLNYRTOR
Boston —2–10–22–7–52–7–54–7–34–8–2
Chicago 10–2–2—5–6–33–7–410–2–24–7–3
Detroit 7–2–56–5–3—3–9–29–3–27–6–1
Montreal 7–2–57–3–49–3–2—5–5–43–6–5
New York 7–4–32–10–23–9–25–5–4—5–8–1
Toronto 8–4–27–4–36–7–16–3–58–5–1—

Schedule and results

1962–63 Game Log (32–25–13)
October: 5–0–2 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–0–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
1WOctober 11, 19622–1@ New York Rangers (1962–63)1–0–0
2TOctober 13, 19620–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)1–0–1
3WOctober 14, 19623–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)2–0–1
4WOctober 18, 19625–3 Boston Bruins (1962–63)3–0–1
5WOctober 21, 19623–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)4–0–1
6TOctober 25, 19623–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)4–0–2
7WOctober 28, 19622–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)5–0–2
November: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
8WNovember 1, 19624–0 New York Rangers (1962–63)6–0–2
9WNovember 3, 19627–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)7–0–2
10WNovember 4, 19623–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)8–0–2
11LNovember 8, 19621–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)8–1–2
12TNovember 10, 19623–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)8–1–3
13WNovember 11, 19623–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)9–1–3
14LNovember 14, 19622–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)9–2–3
15LNovember 17, 19622–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)9–3–3
16WNovember 18, 19623–1@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)10–3–3
17LNovember 22, 19620–3 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)10–4–3
18TNovember 24, 19621–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)10–4–4
19WNovember 25, 19623–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)11–4–4
20LNovember 29, 19620–5 New York Rangers (1962–63)11–5–4
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 0–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
21LDecember 2, 19621–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)11–6–4
22TDecember 5, 19623–3@ New York Rangers (1962–63)11–6–5
23WDecember 6, 19625–3 Boston Bruins (1962–63)12–6–5
24LDecember 8, 19621–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)12–7–5
25WDecember 9, 19624–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)13–7–5
26WDecember 13, 19623–2 New York Rangers (1962–63)14–7–5
27WDecember 15, 19623–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)15–7–5
28LDecember 16, 19622–5@ New York Rangers (1962–63)15–8–5
29LDecember 20, 19623–5 Boston Bruins (1962–63)15–9–5
30TDecember 23, 19622–2 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)15–9–6
31WDecember 25, 19622–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)16–9–6
32LDecember 26, 19624–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)16–10–6
33LDecember 29, 19621–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)16–11–6
34TDecember 31, 19621–1 New York Rangers (1962–63)16–11–7
January: 5–4–3 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 3–3–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
35LJanuary 1, 19632–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)16–12–7
36TJanuary 6, 19635–5 Boston Bruins (1962–63)16–12–8
37WJanuary 10, 19633–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)17–12–8
38LJanuary 12, 19631–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)17–13–8
39WJanuary 13, 19634–2 New York Rangers (1962–63)18–13–8
40WJanuary 17, 19635–3 Boston Bruins (1962–63)19–13–8
41LJanuary 19, 19631–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)19–14–8
42TJanuary 20, 19632–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)19–14–9
43TJanuary 24, 19631–1 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)19–14–10
44LJanuary 26, 19630–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)19–15–10
45WJanuary 27, 19635–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)20–15–10
46WJanuary 30, 19636–1@ New York Rangers (1962–63)21–15–10
February: 3–7–3 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
47TFebruary 2, 19634–4@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)21–15–11
48LFebruary 3, 19632–6 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)21–16–11
49TFebruary 6, 19633–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)21–16–12
50TFebruary 7, 19633–3 Boston Bruins (1962–63)21–16–13
51WFebruary 10, 19632–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)22–16–13
52LFebruary 13, 19632–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)22–17–13
53WFebruary 16, 19633–1 Boston Bruins (1962–63)23–17–13
54LFebruary 17, 19631–6 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)23–18–13
55LFebruary 21, 19633–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)23–19–13
56LFebruary 23, 19632–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)23–20–13
57WFebruary 24, 19633–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)24–20–13
58LFebruary 26, 19633–4 New York Rangers (1962–63)24–21–13
59LFebruary 28, 19633–5@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)24–22–13
March: 8–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–2–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
60WMarch 2, 19637–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)25–22–13
61WMarch 3, 19633–2@ New York Rangers (1962–63)26–22–13
62LMarch 5, 19633–4 Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)26–23–13
63LMarch 9, 19633–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)26–24–13
64WMarch 10, 19634–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)27–24–13
65WMarch 14, 19639–4 New York Rangers (1962–63)28–24–13
66LMarch 16, 19633–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)28–25–13
67WMarch 17, 19634–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)29–25–13
68WMarch 19, 19635–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)30–25–13
69WMarch 23, 19632–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)31–25–13
70WMarch 24, 19633–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)32–25–13

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM
Gordie Howe RW70384886100
Alex Delvecchio C/LW702044648
Parker MacDonald C6933286132
Norm Ullman C7026305653
Bill Gadsby D7042428116
Doug Barkley D703242778
Floyd Smith RW519172610
Bruce MacGregor C6711112212
Alex Faulkner C701010206
Val Fonteyne LW67614202
Andre Pronovost LW471351818
Vic Stasiuk LW366111737
Larry Jeffrey LW535111662
Marcel Pronovost D69491348
Billy McNeill RW42371012
Eddie Joyal C1428100
Howie Young D/RW64459273
Pete Goegan D6218948
Lowell MacDonald LW262138
Hank Bassen G1601114
Ron Harris D10110
Bo Elik LW30000
Paul Henderson RW20009
Allan Johnson RW/C20000
Roger Lafreniere LW30004
Dave Lucas D10000
Lou Marcon D10000
Gerry Odrowski D10000
Dennis Riggin G90000
Terry Sawchuk G4800014
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLTGAGAASO
Terry Sawchuk 278148221671182.553
Hank Bassen 96016655513.190
Dennis Riggin 4599441222.880
Team:4200703225131912.733

Playoffs

Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM
Gordie Howe RW11791622
Norm Ullman C114121614
Alex Delvecchio C/LW113692
Larry Jeffrey LW93368
Alex Faulkner C85052
Parker MacDonald C113252
Floyd Smith RW112354
Bill Gadsby D1114536
Bruce MacGregor C1014510
Andre Pronovost LW111456
Marcel Pronovost D111458
Vic Stasiuk LW113034
Doug Barkley D1103316
Pete Goegan D1102212
Howie Young D/RW802216
Eddie Joyal C111012
Bob Dillabough C10000
Val Fonteyne LW110002
Lowell MacDonald LW10002
Gerry Odrowski D20002
Terry Sawchuk G110000
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLGAGAASO
Terry Sawchuk 6601156353.180
Team:6601156353.180

[4]

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.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LMarch 26, 19634–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)0–1
2LMarch 28, 19632–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)0–2
3WMarch 31, 19634–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)1–2
4WApril 2, 19634–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)2–2
5WApril 4, 19634–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)3–2
6WApril 7, 19637–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)4–2
1963 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs wins series 4–1
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LApril 9, 19632–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)0–1
2LApril 11, 19632–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)0–2
3WApril 14, 19633–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–2
4LApril 16, 19632–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–3
5LApril 18, 19631–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–4

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References

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  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.
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