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1962–63 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1962–63
year	1962
Team	Detroit Red Wings
LeagueRank	4th
Record	32–25–13
HomeRecord	19–10–6
RoadRecord	13–15–7
GoalsFor	200
GoalsAgainst	194
GeneralManager	Sid Abel
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
AltCaptain	Marcel Pronovost
Arena	Detroit Olympia
GoalsLeader	Gordie Howe (38)
AssistsLeader	Gordie Howe (48)
PointsLeader	Gordie Howe (86)
PIMLeader	Howie Young (273)
WinsLeader	Terry Sawchuk (22)
GAALeader	Terry 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.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 11, 1962||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 13, 1962||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 14, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) ||2–0–1 |- |4||W||October 18, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||3–0–1 |- |5||W||October 21, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||4–0–1 |- |6||T||October 25, 1962||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||4–0–2 |- |7||W||October 28, 1962||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||5–0–2

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Playoffs

|- |1||L||March 26, 1963||4–5 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) || 0–1 |- |2||L||March 28, 1963||2–5 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) || 0–2 |- |3||W||March 31, 1963||4–2 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) || 1–2 |- |4||W||April 2, 1963||4–1 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) || 2–2 |- |5||W||April 4, 1963||4–2 || || align="left" | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) || 3–2 |- |6||W||April 7, 1963||7–4 || || align="left" | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) || 4–2

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
RW	70	38	48	86	100
C/LW	70	20	44	64	8
C	69	33	28	61	32
C	70	26	30	56	53
D	70	4	24	28	116
D	70	3	24	27	78
RW	51	9	17	26	10
C	67	11	11	22	12
C	70	10	10	20	6
LW	67	6	14	20	2
LW	47	13	5	18	18
LW	36	6	11	17	37
LW	53	5	11	16	62
D	69	4	9	13	48
RW	42	3	7	10	12
C	14	2	8	10	0
D/RW	64	4	5	9	273
D	62	1	8	9	48
LW	26	2	1	3	8
G	16	0	1	1	14
D	1	0	1	1	0
LW	3	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	9
RW/C	2	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	4
D	1	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0
G	48	0	0	0	14

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2781	48	22	16	7	118	2.55	3
	960	16	6	5	5	51	3.19	0
	459	9	4	4	1	22	2.88	0
Team:	4200	70	32	25	13	191	2.73	3

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
RW	11	7	9	16	22
C	11	4	12	16	14
C/LW	11	3	6	9	2
LW	9	3	3	6	8
C	8	5	0	5	2
C	11	3	2	5	2
RW	11	2	3	5	4
D	11	1	4	5	36
C	10	1	4	5	10
LW	11	1	4	5	6
D	11	1	4	5	8
LW	11	3	0	3	4
D	11	0	3	3	16
D	11	0	2	2	12
D/RW	8	0	2	2	16
C	11	1	0	1	2
C	1	0	0	0	0
LW	11	0	0	0	2
LW	1	0	0	0	2
D	2	0	0	0	2
G	11	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	660	11	5	6	35	3.18	0
Team:	660	11	5	6	35	3.18	0

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

Red Wings on Hockey Database

References

"1962-63 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1962-63 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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