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1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Division3rd NHL
1963–64 record33–25–12
Home record22–7–6
Road record11–18–6
Goals for192
Goals against172
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsFrank Mahovlich (26)
AssistsDave Keon (37)
PointsDave Keon (60)
Penalty minutesEddie Shack (128)
WinsJohnny Bower (24)
Goals against averageJohnny Bower (2.11)

The 1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 47th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and involved winning their 12th Stanley Cup.

Offseason

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Regular season

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On November 8, 1963: Maple Leaf Gardens would be the first arena in the NHL to have separate penalty boxes.[1]

Season standings

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National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 36 21 13 209 167 +42 85
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 36 22 12 218 169 +49 84
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 33 25 12 192 172 +20 78
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 30 29 11 191 204 −13 71
5 New York Rangers 70 22 38 10 186 242 −56 54
6 Boston Bruins 70 18 40 12 170 212 −42 48

Record vs. opponents

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1963–64 NHL Records [3]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 3–9–2 3–10–1 2–7–5 5–7–2 5–7–2
Chicago 9–3–2 — 5–6–3 7–5–2 9–3–2 7–5–2
Detroit 10–3–1 6–5–3 — 5–7–2 6–6–2 3–8–3
Montreal 7–2–5 5–7–2 7–5–2 — 10–3–1 7–5–2
New York 7–5–2 3–9–2 6–6–2 3–10–1 — 3–8–3
Toronto 7–5–2 5–7–2 8–3–3 5–7–2 8–3–3 —


Schedule and results

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1963–64 Game Log (33–25–12) (Home: 22–7–6; Road: 11–18–6)
October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–3–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
1 W October 12, 1963 5–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 1–0–0 2
2 L October 13, 1963 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 1–1–0 2
3 W October 16, 1963 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 2–1–0 4
4 W October 19, 1963 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 3–1–0 6
5 L October 20, 1963 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 3–2–0 6
6 W October 26, 1963 6–4 New York Rangers (1963–64) 4–2–0 8
7 L October 27, 1963 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 4–3–0 8
8 W October 30, 1963 6–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 5–3–0 10
November: 4–4–4 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–2–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
9 L November 2, 1963 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 5–4–0 10
10 W November 7, 1963 4–3 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 6–4–0 12
11 T November 9, 1963 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 6–4–1 13
12 T November 13, 1963 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 6–4–2 14
13 W November 14, 1963 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 7–4–2 16
14 W November 16, 1963 5–4 New York Rangers (1963–64) 8–4–2 18
15 L November 17, 1963 0–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 8–5–2 18
16 L November 20, 1963 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 8–6–2 18
17 W November 23, 1963 4–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 9–6–2 20
18 T November 24, 1963 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 9–6–3 21
19 L November 28, 1963 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 9–7–3 21
20 T November 30, 1963 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 9–7–4 22
December: 9–3–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–2–2)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
21 W December 1, 1963 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 10–7–4 24
22 W December 4, 1963 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 11–7–4 26
23 W December 7, 1963 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 12–7–4 28
24 W December 8, 1963 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 13–7–4 30
25 L December 11, 1963 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 13–8–4 30
26 W December 14, 1963 5–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 14–8–4 32
27 T December 15, 1963 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 14–8–5 33
28 L December 18, 1963 3–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 14–9–5 33
29 W December 21, 1963 2–0 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 15–9–5 35
30 T December 22, 1963 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 15–9–6 36
31 W December 25, 1963 5–1 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 16–9–6 38
32 W December 28, 1963 2–0 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 17–9–6 40
33 L December 29, 1963 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 17–10–6 40
34 W December 31, 1963 5–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 18–10–6 42
January: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
35 W January 4, 1964 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 19–10–6 44
36 L January 5, 1964 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 19–11–6 44
37 W January 8, 1964 6–1 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 20–11–6 46
38 W January 11, 1964 3–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 21–11–6 48
39 L January 12, 1964 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 21–12–6 48
40 L January 15, 1964 4–5 New York Rangers (1963–64) 21–13–6 48
41 L January 18, 1964 0–11 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 21–14–6 48
42 W January 19, 1964 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 22–14–6 50
43 L January 22, 1964 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 22–15–6 50
44 T January 25, 1964 1–1 New York Rangers (1963–64) 22–15–7 51
45 L January 26, 1964 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 22–16–7 51
46 L January 29, 1964 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 22–17–7 51
February: 5–5–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 1–4–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
47 W February 1, 1964 5–1 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 23–17–7 53
48 T February 2, 1964 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 23–17–8 54
49 L February 5, 1964 0–2 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 23–18–8 54
50 T February 8, 1964 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 23–18–9 55
51 L February 9, 1964 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 23–19–9 55
52 L February 12, 1964 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 23–20–9 55
53 W February 15, 1964 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 24–20–9 57
54 L February 16, 1964 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 24–21–9 57
55 T February 19, 1964 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 24–21–10 58
56 W February 22, 1964 5–2 New York Rangers (1963–64) 25–21–10 60
57 W February 23, 1964 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 26–21–10 62
58 L February 26, 1964 0–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 26–22–10 62
59 W February 29, 1964 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 27–22–10 64
March: 6–3–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 2–3–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Pts.
60 L March 1, 1964 3–5 @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 27–23–10 64
61 L March 3, 1964 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 27–24–10 64
62 T March 4, 1964 4–4 Boston Bruins (1963–64) 27–24–11 65
63 W March 7, 1964 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 28–24–11 67
64 L March 8, 1964 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 28–25–11 67
65 W March 11, 1964 1–0 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 29–25–11 69
66 W March 14, 1964 7–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 30–25–11 71
67 W March 15, 1964 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 31–25–11 73
68 T March 18, 1964 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 31–25–12 74
69 W March 21, 1964 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 32–25–12 76
70 W March 22, 1964 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 33–25–12 78

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Player statistics

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Dave Keon 70 23 37 60 6
Frank Mahovlich 70 26 29 55 66
Bob Pulford 70 18 30 48 73
Red Kelly 70 11 34 45 16
George Armstrong 66 20 17 37 14
Tim Horton 70 9 20 29 71
Allan Stanley 70 6 21 27 60
Eddie Shack 64 11 10 21 128
Ron Stewart 65 14 5 19 46
Jim Pappin 50 11 8 19 33
Bob Nevin 49 7 12 19 26
Billy Harris 63 6 12 18 17
Bob Baun 52 4 14 18 113
Andy Bathgate 15 3 15 18 8
Dick Duff 52 7 10 17 59
Don McKenney 15 9 6 15 2
Carl Brewer 57 4 9 13 114
Larry Hillman 33 0 4 4 31
Ed Litzenberger 19 2 0 2 0
Gerry Ehman 4 1 1 2 0
Al Arbour 6 0 1 1 0
Kent Douglas 43 0 1 1 29
Johnny Bower 51 0 0 0 4
Arnie Brown 4 0 0 0 6
Ron Ellis 1 0 0 0 0
John MacMillan 13 0 0 0 4
Don Simmons 21 0 0 0 0
Pete Stemkowski 1 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower 3009 51 24 16 11 106 2.11 5
Don Simmons 1191 21 9 9 1 63 3.17 3
Team: 4200 70 33 25 12 169 2.41 8

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Playoffs

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Schedule and results

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1964 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log
1964 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series
1 L March 26, 1964 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 0–1
2 W March 28, 1964 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 1–1
3 L March 31, 1964 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 1–2
4 W April 2, 1964 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 2–2
5 L April 4, 1964 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 2–3
6 W April 7, 1964 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 3–3
7 W April 9, 1964 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 4–3
1964 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs wins series 4–3
No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series
1 W April 11, 1964 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 1–0
2 L April 14, 1964 3–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 1–1
3 L April 16, 1964 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 1–2
4 W April 18, 1964 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 2–2
5 L April 21, 1964 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 2–3
6 W April 23, 1964 4–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 3–3
7 W April 25, 1964 4–0 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 4–3

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The final series is famous for the courageous play of Bob Baun. In game six of the Finals, he took a Gordie Howe slapshot on his ankle and had to leave play. He returned in overtime and scored the winning goal. He also played in game seven despite the pain and only after the series was over, was it revealed that he had broken the ankle.

Player statistics

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Mahovlich 14 4 11 15 20
George Armstrong 14 5 8 13 10
Red Kelly 14 4 9 13 4
Don McKenney 12 4 8 12 0
Dave Keon 14 7 2 9 2
Andy Bathgate 14 5 4 9 25
Bob Pulford 14 5 3 8 20
Allan Stanley 14 1 6 7 20
Bob Baun 14 2 3 5 42
Tim Horton 14 0 4 4 20
Ron Stewart 14 0 4 4 24
Billy Harris 9 1 1 2 4
Gerry Ehman 9 1 0 1 4
Carl Brewer 12 0 1 1 30
Eddie Shack 13 0 1 1 25
Al Arbour 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Bower 14 0 0 0 0
Larry Hillman 11 0 0 0 2
Ed Litzenberger 1 0 0 0 10
Jim Pappin 11 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower 850 14 8 6 30 2.12 2
Team: 850 14 8 6 30 2.12 2

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Transactions

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The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1963–64 season.

Trades

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August 1, 1963 To Calgary Stampeders (WHL)
Cash 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Fred Hucul
February 22, 1964 To New York Rangers
Dick Duff
Bob Nevin
Arnie Brown
Bill Collins
Rod Seiling 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Andy Bathgate
Don McKenney

Waivers

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December 3, 1963 From Detroit Red Wings
John MacMillan

Draft picks

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Toronto's draft picks at the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 6 Walt McKechnie  Canada London Nationals (WJBHL)
2 12 Neil Clairmont  Canada Parry Sound Midgets (OAAAMHL)
3 17 Jim McKenny  Canada Toronto Neil McNeill Maroons (MetJHL)
4 21 Gerry Meehan  Canada Toronto Neil McNeill Maroons (MetJHL)

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.72, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ^ "1963–1964 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  6. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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