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
1Toronto Maple Leafs70352312221180+4182
2Chicago Black Hawks70322117194178+1681
3Montreal Canadiens70281923225183+4279
4Detroit Red Wings70322513200194+677
5New York Rangers70223612211233−2256
6Boston Bruins70143917198281−8345

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
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, 19623–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)2–0–1
4WOctober 18, 19625–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)3–0–1
5WOctober 21, 19623–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)4–0–1
6TOctober 25, 19623–3@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)4–0–2
7WOctober 28, 19622–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)5–0–2
November: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–2)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
8WNovember 1, 19624–0New York Rangers (1962–63)6–0–2
9WNovember 3, 19627–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)7–0–2
10WNovember 4, 19623–1Chicago 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, 19620–3Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)10–4–3
18TNovember 24, 19621–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)10–4–4
19WNovember 25, 19623–2Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)11–4–4
20LNovember 29, 19620–5New York Rangers (1962–63)11–5–4
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 0–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
21LDecember 2, 19621–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)11–6–4
22TDecember 5, 19623–3@ New York Rangers (1962–63)11–6–5
23WDecember 6, 19625–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)12–6–5
24LDecember 8, 19621–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)12–7–5
25WDecember 9, 19624–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)13–7–5
26WDecember 13, 19623–2New York Rangers (1962–63)14–7–5
27WDecember 15, 19623–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)15–7–5
28LDecember 16, 19622–5@ New York Rangers (1962–63)15–8–5
29LDecember 20, 19623–5Boston Bruins (1962–63)15–9–5
30TDecember 23, 19622–2Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)15–9–6
31WDecember 25, 19622–1Toronto 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, 19621–1New 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, 19635–5Boston 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, 19634–2New York Rangers (1962–63)18–13–8
40WJanuary 17, 19635–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)19–13–8
41LJanuary 19, 19631–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)19–14–8
42TJanuary 20, 19632–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)19–14–9
43TJanuary 24, 19631–1Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)19–14–10
44LJanuary 26, 19630–3Chicago 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, 19632–6Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)21–16–11
49TFebruary 6, 19633–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)21–16–12
50TFebruary 7, 19633–3Boston Bruins (1962–63)21–16–13
51WFebruary 10, 19632–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)22–16–13
52LFebruary 13, 19632–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)22–17–13
53WFebruary 16, 19633–1Boston Bruins (1962–63)23–17–13
54LFebruary 17, 19631–6Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)23–18–13
55LFebruary 21, 19633–5Chicago 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, 19633–4New 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, 19633–4Montreal 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, 19639–4New York Rangers (1962–63)28–24–13
66LMarch 16, 19633–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)28–25–13
67WMarch 17, 19634–2Chicago 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, 19633–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)32–25–13

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW70384886100
Alex DelvecchioC/LW702044648
Parker MacDonaldC6933286132
Norm UllmanC7026305653
Bill GadsbyD7042428116
Doug BarkleyD703242778
Floyd SmithRW519172610
Bruce MacGregorC6711112212
Alex FaulknerC701010206
Val FonteyneLW67614202
Andre PronovostLW471351818
Vic StasiukLW366111737
Larry JeffreyLW535111662
Marcel PronovostD69491348
Billy McNeillRW42371012
Eddie JoyalC1428100
Howie YoungD/RW64459273
Pete GoeganD6218948
Lowell MacDonaldLW262138
Hank BassenG1601114
Ron HarrisD10110
Bo ElikLW30000
Paul HendersonRW20009
Allan JohnsonRW/C20000
Roger LafreniereLW30004
Dave LucasD10000
Lou MarconD10000
Gerry OdrowskiD10000
Dennis RigginG90000
Terry SawchukG4800014
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk278148221671182.553
Hank Bassen96016655513.190
Dennis Riggin4599441222.880
Team:4200703225131912.733

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW11791622
Norm UllmanC114121614
Alex DelvecchioC/LW113692
Larry JeffreyLW93368
Alex FaulknerC85052
Parker MacDonaldC113252
Floyd SmithRW112354
Bill GadsbyD1114536
Bruce MacGregorC1014510
Andre PronovostLW111456
Marcel PronovostD111458
Vic StasiukLW113034
Doug BarkleyD1103316
Pete GoeganD1102212
Howie YoungD/RW802216
Eddie JoyalC111012
Bob DillaboughC10000
Val FonteyneLW110002
Lowell MacDonaldLW10002
Gerry OdrowskiD20002
Terry SawchukG110000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk6601156353.180
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, 19634–2Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)1–2
4WApril 2, 19634–1Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)2–2
5WApril 4, 19634–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)3–2
6WApril 7, 19637–4Chicago 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, 19633–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–2
4LApril 16, 19632–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)1–3
5LApril 18, 19631–3@ 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.
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