1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1959–60 1959 Detroit Red Wings 4th 26–29–15 18–14–3 8–15–12 186 197 Jack Adams Sid Abel Gordie Howe Alex DelvecchioRed KellyMarcel Pronovost Detroit Olympia Gordie Howe (28) Gordie Howe (29) Gordie Howe (73) Jim Morrison (62) Terry Sawchuk (24) Terry Sawchuk (2.67) The 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 26 wins, 29 losses, and 15 ties for 67 points. They lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to two. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1959–60 regular season1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1960_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 10, 1959||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 11, 1959||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 14, 1959||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||2–0–1 |- |4||W||October 15, 1959||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||3–0–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1959||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||4–0–1 |- |6||W||October 22, 1959||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||5–0–1 |- |7||L||October 25, 1959||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||5–1–1 |- |8||T||October 28, 1959||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||5–1–2 |- |9||L||October 29, 1959||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||5–2–2 |- |10||T||October 31, 1959||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||5–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 1, 1959||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||6–2–3 |- |12||L||November 5, 1959||3–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||6–3–3 |- |13||T||November 7, 1959||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||6–3–4 |- |14||T||November 8, 1959||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||6–3–5 |- |15||W||November 12, 1959||6–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||7–3–5 |- |16||W||November 14, 1959||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||8–3–5 |- |17||L||November 15, 1959||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||8–4–5 |- |18||W||November 16, 1959||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||9–4–5 |- |19||L||November 18, 1959||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||9–5–5 |- |20||T||November 21, 1959||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||9–5–6 |- |21||W||November 22, 1959||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||10–5–6 |- |22||L||November 26, 1959||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||10–6–6 |- |23||L||November 28, 1959||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||10–7–6 |- |24||L||November 29, 1959||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||10–8–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||W||December 5, 1959||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||11–8–6 |- |26||T||December 6, 1959||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||11–8–7 |- |27||W||December 9, 1959||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||12–8–7 |- |28||W||December 12, 1959||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||13–8–7 |- |29||W||December 13, 1959||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||14–8–7 |- |30||W||December 17, 1959||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||15–8–7 |- |31||L||December 19, 1959||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||15–9–7 |- |32||W||December 20, 1959||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||16–9–7 |- |33||L||December 25, 1959||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||16–10–7 |- |34||L||December 27, 1959||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||16–11–7 |- |35||L||December 31, 1959||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||16–12–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||T||January 1, 1960||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||16–12–8 |- |37||W||January 3, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||17–12–8 |- |38||L||January 6, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||17–13–8 |- |39||T||January 9, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||17–13–9 |- |40||L||January 10, 1960||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||17–14–9 |- |41||L||January 13, 1960||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||17–15–9 |- |42||W||January 16, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||18–15–9 |- |43||W||January 17, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||19–15–9 |- |44||W||January 21, 1960||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||20–15–9 |- |45||L||January 23, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||20–16–9 |- |46||T||January 24, 1960||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||20–16–10 |- |47||L||January 28, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||20–17–10 |- |48||L||January 30, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||20–18–10 |- |49||T||January 31, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||20–18–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||L||February 4, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||20–19–11 |- |51||L||February 6, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||20–20–11 |- |52||W||February 7, 1960||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||21–20–11 |- |53||L||February 11, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||21–21–11 |- |54||L||February 13, 1960||1–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||21–22–11 |- |55||L||February 14, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||21–23–11 |- |56||T||February 18, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||21–23–12 |- |57||W||February 20, 1960||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||22–23–12 |- |58||L||February 21, 1960||3–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||22–24–12 |- |59||T||February 24, 1960||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||22–24–13 |- |60||W||February 27, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||23–24–13 |- |61||L||February 28, 1960||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||23–25–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||W||March 1, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||24–25–13 |- |63||T||March 5, 1960||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||24–25–14 |- |64||L||March 6, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1959–60) ||24–26–14 |- |65||W||March 8, 1960||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1959–60) ||25–26–14 |- |66||L||March 12, 1960||1–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) ||25–27–14 |- |67||T||March 13, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||25–27–15 |- |68||L||March 15, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) ||25–28–15 |- |69||W||March 19, 1960||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1959–60) ||26–28–15 |- |70||L||March 20, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) ||26–29–15 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Howe RW 70 28 45 73 46 Norm Ullman C 70 24 34 58 46 Gary Aldcorn LW 70 22 29 51 32 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 19 28 47 8 Murray Oliver C 54 20 19 39 16 Jim Morrison Jim Morrison (ice hockey) D 70 3 23 26 62 Marcel Pronovost D 69 7 17 24 38 Len Lunde C 66 6 17 23 10 Gerry Melnyk C 63 10 10 20 12 John McKenzie John McKenzie (ice hockey) RW 59 8 12 20 50 Red Kelly D/C 50 6 12 18 10 Billy McNeill ice hockey RW 47 5 13 18 33 Jack McIntyre ice hockey D 49 8 7 15 6 Warren Godfrey D 69 5 9 14 60 Barry Cullen RW 55 4 9 13 23 Val Fonteyne LW 69 4 7 11 2 Brian Smith Brian Smith (ice hockey b. 1937) LW 31 2 5 7 2 Pete Goegan D 21 3 0 3 6 Len Haley RW 27 1 2 3 12 Forbes Kennedy C 17 1 2 3 8 Lou Marcon D 38 0 3 3 30 Marc Reaume D 9 0 1 1 2 Gilles Boisvert ice hockey G 3 0 0 0 0 Lloyd Haddon D 8 0 0 0 2 Stu McNeill C 5 0 0 0 0 Dennis Riggin G 9 0 0 0 0 Terry Sawchuk G 58 0 0 0 22 Bob Solinger W 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 3480 58 24 20 14 155 2.67 5 Dennis Riggin 540 9 2 6 1 30 3.33 1 Gilles Boisvert ice hockey 180 3 0 3 0 9 3.00 0 Team: 4200 70 26 29 15 194 2.77 6 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Alex Delvecchio C/LW 6 2 6 8 0 Gordie Howe RW 6 1 5 6 4 Norm Ullman C 6 2 2 4 0 Len Haley RW 6 1 3 4 6 Val Fonteyne LW 6 0 4 4 0 Gerry Melnyk C 6 3 0 3 0 Gary Aldcorn LW 6 1 2 3 4 Len Lunde C 6 1 2 3 0 Jack McIntyre ice hockey D 6 1 1 2 0 Marcel Pronovost D 6 1 1 2 2 Jim Morrison Jim Morrison (ice hockey) D 6 0 2 2 0 Warren Godfrey D 6 1 0 1 10 Pete Goegan D 6 1 0 1 13 Murray Oliver C 6 1 0 1 4 Barry Cullen RW 4 0 0 0 2 Lloyd Haddon D 1 0 0 0 0 John McKenzie John McKenzie (ice hockey) RW 2 0 0 0 0 Marc Reaume D 2 0 0 0 0 Terry Sawchuk G 6 0 0 0 0 Brian Smith Brian Smith (ice hockey b. 1937) LW 5 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 405 6 2 4 20 2.96 0 Team: 405 6 2 4 20 2.96 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1960.html 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 records Gordie Howe, Hart Memorial Trophy Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team Marcel Pronovost, Defense, NHL First All-Star Team References Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1959 in Detroit Category:1960 in Detroit