1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
Team Record: 26-29-15 - 67 points
in the NHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Sid Abel (26-29-15)
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1959-60 season with a record of 26 wins and 29 losses and 15 ties for 67 points in the NHL.
The team netted 186 goals, worst in the league and conceded 197. Gordie Howe scored 28 goals for the team and contributed 45 assists. Terry Sawchuk earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.69 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Sid Abel coached the team. The 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | R | 70 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 46 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.64 | 1.04 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 46 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.49 | 0.83 |
| Gary Aldcorn | L | 70 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 32 | 0 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.73 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C | 70 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.67 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 54 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.72 |
| Jim Morrison | D | 70 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 62 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 69 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.35 |
| Len Lunde | C | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.35 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 63 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.32 |
| John McKenzie | R | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.34 |
| Red Kelly | C | 50 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.36 |
| Billy McNeill | R | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.38 |
| Jack McIntyre | L | 49 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.31 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 69 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.20 |
| Barry Cullen | R | 55 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.24 |
| Val Fonteyne | L | 69 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.16 |
| Brian Smith | L | 31 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.23 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Len Haley | R | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 |
| Forbes Kennedy | C | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
| Lou Marcon | D | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| Marc Reaume | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Lloyd Haddon | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Stu McNeill | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gilles Boisvert | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Bob Solinger | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Riggin | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1227 | 186 | 304 | 490 | 538 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Sawchuk | 58 | 3480 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 156 | 2.69 | 1695 | 1539 | .908 |
| Dennis Riggin | 9 | 540 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 3.44 | 252 | 221 | .877 |
| Gilles Boisvert | 3 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.67 | 81 | 73 | .901 |
| Totals | 70 | 4200 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 195 | 2.79 | 2028 | 1833 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | R | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.83 | 1.00 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| Gary Aldcorn | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.50 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Jim Morrison | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Len Lunde | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.50 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| John McKenzie | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack McIntyre | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Barry Cullen | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Val Fonteyne | L | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | |
| Brian Smith | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Goegan | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Len Haley | R | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 |
| Marc Reaume | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Haddon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 104 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 45 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Sawchuk | 6 | 405 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.96 | 209 | 189 | .904 |
| Totals | 6 | 405 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.96 | 209 | 189 | .904 |
