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1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season

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Division
  
4th NHL

Goals for
  
200

General Manager
  
Sid Abel

1962–63 record
  
32–25–13

Goals against
  
194

Coach
  
Sid Abel

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.

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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

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

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 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

    1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season Wikipedia