1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1963–64 1963 Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd 33–25–12 22–7–6 11–18–6 192 172 Punch Imlach Punch Imlach George Armstrong Maple Leaf Gardens Frank Mahovlich (26) Dave Keon (37) Dave Keon (60) Eddie Shack (128) Johnny Bower (24) Johnny Bower (2.11) yes The 1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 47th season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and resulted in the team winning their 12th Stanley Cup. 2 Regular season On November 8, 1963: Maple Leaf Gardens would be the first arena in the NHL to have separate penalty boxes.Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.72, James Duplacey, JG Press, 978-1-57215-037-9 Season standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1963–64 regular season1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1964_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October: 5–3–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 1–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts |- |1||W||October 12, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||1–0–0||2 |- |2||L||October 13, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||1–1–0||2 |- |3||W||October 16, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||2–1–0||4 |- |4||W||October 19, 1963||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||3–1–0||6 |- |5||L||October 20, 1963||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||3–2–0||6 |- |6||W||October 26, 1963||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||4–2–0||8 |- |7||L||October 27, 1963||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||4–3–0||8 |- |8||W||October 30, 1963||6–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||5–3–0||10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November: 4–4–4 (home: 2–2–2; road: 2–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts |- |9||L||November 2, 1963||0–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||5–4–0||10 |- |10||W||November 7, 1963||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||6–4–0||12 |- |11||T||November 9, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||6–4–1||13 |- |12||T||November 13, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||6–4–2||14 |- |13||W||November 14, 1963||5–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||7–4–2||16 |- |14||W||November 16, 1963||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||8–4–2||18 |- |15||L||November 17, 1963||0–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||8–5–2||18 |- |16||L||November 20, 1963||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||8–6–2||18 |- |17||W||November 23, 1963||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||9–6–2||20 |- |18||T||November 24, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||9–6–3||21 |- |19||L||November 28, 1963||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||9–7–3||21 |- |20||T||November 30, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||9–7–4||22 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December: 9–3–2 (home: 5–1–0; road: 4–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts |- |21||W||December 1, 1963||4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||10–7–4||24 |- |22||W||December 4, 1963||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||11–7–4||26 |- |23||W||December 7, 1963||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||12–7–4||28 |- |24||W||December 8, 1963||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||13–7–4||30 |- |25||L||December 11, 1963||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||13–8–4||30 |- |26||W||December 14, 1963||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||14–8–4||32 |- |27||T||December 15, 1963||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||14–8–5||33 |- |28||L||December 18, 1963||3–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||14–9–5||33 |- |29||W||December 21, 1963||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||15–9–5||35 |- |30||T||December 22, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||15–9–6||36 |- |31||W||December 25, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||16–9–6||38 |- |32||W||December 28, 1963||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||17–9–6||40 |- |33||L||December 29, 1963||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||17–10–6||40 |- |34||W||December 31, 1963||5–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||18–10–6||42 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January: 4–7–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts |- |35||W||January 4, 1964||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||19–10–6||44 |- |36||L||January 5, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||19–11–6||44 |- |37||W||January 8, 1964||6–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||20–11–6||46 |- |38||W||January 11, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||21–11–6||48 |- |39||L||January 12, 1964||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||21–12–6||48 |- |40||L||January 15, 1964||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||21–13–6||48 |- |41||L||January 18, 1964||0–11 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||21–14–6||48 |- |42||W||January 19, 1964||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||22–14–6||50 |- |43||L||January 22, 1964||0–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||22–15–6||50 |- |44||T||January 25, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||22–15–7||51 |- |45||L||January 26, 1964||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||22–16–7||51 |- |46||L||January 29, 1964||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||22–17–7||51 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February: 5–5–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 1–4–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts |- |47||W||February 1, 1964||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||23–17–7||53 |- |48||T||February 2, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||23–17–8||54 |- |49||L||February 5, 1964||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||23–18–8||54 |- |50||T||February 8, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||23–18–9||55 |- |51||L||February 9, 1964||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||23–19–9||55 |- |52||L||February 12, 1964||0–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||23–20–9||55 |- |53||W||February 15, 1964||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||24–20–9||57 |- |54||L||February 16, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||24–21–9||57 |- |55||T||February 19, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||24–21–10||58 |- |56||W||February 22, 1964||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||25–21–10||60 |- |57||W||February 23, 1964||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||26–21–10||62 |- |58||L||February 26, 1964||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||26–22–10||62 |- |59||W||February 29, 1964||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||27–22–10||64 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March: 6–3–2 (home: 4–0–1; road: 2–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Pts |- |60||L||March 1, 1964||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||27–23–10||64 |- |61||L||March 3, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||27–24–10||64 |- |62||T||March 4, 1964||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1963–64) ||27–24–11||65 |- |63||W||March 7, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||28–24–11||67 |- |64||L||March 8, 1964||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) ||28–25–11||67 |- |65||W||March 11, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||29–25–11||69 |- |66||W||March 14, 1964||7–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1963–64) ||30–25–11||71 |- |67||W||March 15, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1963–64) ||31–25–11||73 |- |68||T||March 18, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) ||31–25–12||74 |- |69||W||March 21, 1964||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||32–25–12||76 |- |70||W||March 22, 1964||4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) ||33–25–12||78 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% 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 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-26 1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1964.html Playoffs The team would make the playoffs for the sixth year in a row. Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1964 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (1) Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs win 4–3 Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series |- |1||L||March 26, 1964||0–2 || || align="left" | @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 0–1 |- |2||W||March 28, 1964||2–1 || || align="left" | @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 1–1 |- |3||L||March 31, 1964||2–3 || || align="left" | Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 1–2 |- |4||W||April 2, 1964||5–3 || || align="left" | Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 2–2 |- |5||L||April 4, 1964||2–4 || || align="left" | @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 2–3 |- |6||W||April 7, 1964||3–0 || || align="left" | Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 3–3 |- |7||W||April 9, 1964||3–1 || || align="left" | @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) || 4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Stanley Cup Finals vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings – Maple Leafs win 4–3 Game Result Date Score OT Opponent Series |- |1||W||April 11, 1964||3–2 || || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 1–0 |- |2||L||April 14, 1964||3–4 || OT || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 1–1 |- |3||L||April 16, 1964||3–4 || || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 1–2 |- |4||W||April 18, 1964||4–2 || || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 2–2 |- |5||L||April 21, 1964||1–2 || || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 2–3 |- |6||W||April 23, 1964||4–3 || OT || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 3–3 |- |7||W||April 25, 1964||4–0 || || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) || 4–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black 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 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Johnny Bower 850 14 8 6 30 2.12 2 Team: 850 14 8 6 30 2.12 2 Awards and records Tim Horton, Runner-Up, Norris TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 0-920445-98-5 Transactions The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1963–64 season. Trades August 1, 1963To Calgary Stampeders (WHL) CashTo Toronto Maple LeafsFred Hucul February 22, 1964To New York RangersDick Duff Bob Nevin Arnie Brown Bill Collins Rod SeilingTo Toronto Maple LeafsAndy Bathgate Don McKenney Waivers December 3, 1963From Detroit Red WingsJohn MacMillan Draft picks 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)16 Walt McKechnie CAN 1957 London Nationals (WJBHL)212 Neil Clairmont CAN 1957 Parry Sound Midgets (OAAAMHL)317 Jim McKenny CAN 1957 Toronto Neil McNeill Maroons (MetJHL)421 Gerry Meehan CAN 1957 Toronto Neil McNeill Maroons (MetJHL) References Maple Leafs on Hockey Database Maple Leafs on Database Hockey Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1963-64 Tor