1963–64 Boston Bruins season

1963–64 Boston Bruins
League	6th NHL
1963–64 record	18–40–12
Home record	13–15–7
Road record	5–25–5
Goals for	170
Goals against	212
Team information
General manager	Lynn Patrick
Coach	Milt Schmidt
Captain	Leo Boivin
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Murray Oliver (24)
Assists	Murray Oliver (44)
Points	Murray Oliver (68)
Penalty minutes	Ted Green (145)
Wins	Ed Johnston (18)
Goals against average	Ed Johnston (3.01)

The 1963–64 Boston Bruins season was the 40th season for the franchise. The Bruins missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. Goaltender Ed Johnston appeared in every game, becoming the final goaltender in NHL history to play every minute of every game.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

		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

1963–64 NHL Records
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

1963–64 regular season
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 T October 8, 1963 4–4 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 0–0–1 2 L October 12, 1963 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 0–1–1 3 L October 13, 1963 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 0–2–1 4 L October 16, 1963 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 0–3–1 5 L October 19, 1963 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 0–4–1 6 L October 20, 1963 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 0–5–1 7 L October 24, 1963 0–2 New York Rangers (1963–64) 0–6–1 8 W October 27, 1963 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 1–6–1 9 L October 30, 1963 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 1–7–1
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 10 W November 3, 1963 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 2–7–1 11 L November 7, 1963 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 2–8–1 12 W November 10, 1963 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 3–8–1 13 L November 13, 1963 4–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 3–9–1 14 T November 16, 1963 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 3–9–2 15 L November 17, 1963 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 3–10–2 16 T November 20, 1963 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 3–10–3 17 L November 23, 1963 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 3–11–3 18 W November 28, 1963 5–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 4–11–3 19 T November 30, 1963 0–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 4–11–4
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 20 L December 1, 1963 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 4–12–4 21 T December 4, 1963 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 4–12–5 22 L December 5, 1963 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 4–13–5 23 W December 7, 1963 8–6 New York Rangers (1963–64) 5–13–5 24 T December 8, 1963 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 5–13–6 25 W December 12, 1963 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 6–13–6 26 L December 14, 1963 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 6–14–6 27 T December 15, 1963 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 6–14–7 28 W December 18, 1963 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 7–14–7 29 L December 19, 1963 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 7–15–7 30 L December 22, 1963 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 7–16–7 31 L December 25, 1963 1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 7–17–7 32 L December 28, 1963 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 7–18–7 33 L December 29, 1963 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 7–19–7
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 34 T January 1, 1964 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 7–19–8 35 L January 4, 1964 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 7–20–8 36 L January 5, 1964 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 7–21–8 37 L January 7, 1964 0–5 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 7–22–8 38 L January 9, 1964 3–5 New York Rangers (1963–64) 7–23–8 39 L January 11, 1964 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 7–24–8 40 W January 12, 1964 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 8–24–8 41 W January 16, 1964 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 9–24–8 42 W January 18, 1964 11–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 10–24–8 43 T January 19, 1964 1–1 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 10–24–9 44 L January 22, 1964 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 10–25–9 45 L January 23, 1964 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 10–26–9 46 W January 25, 1964 6–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 11–26–9 47 W January 26, 1964 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 12–26–9 48 L January 30, 1964 1–3 New York Rangers (1963–64) 12–27–9
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 49 L February 1, 1964 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 12–28–9 50 L February 2, 1964 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 12–29–9 51 W February 5, 1964 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 13–29–9 52 W February 6, 1964 4–0 New York Rangers (1963–64) 14–29–9 53 L February 8, 1964 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 14–30–9 54 T February 9, 1964 4–4 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 14–30–10 55 L February 13, 1964 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 14–31–10 56 L February 16, 1964 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 14–32–10 57 L February 20, 1964 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 14–33–10 58 L February 22, 1964 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 14–34–10 59 L February 23, 1964 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 14–35–10 60 L February 27, 1964 2–4 New York Rangers (1963–64) 14–36–10 61 W February 29, 1964 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 15–36–10
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 62 W March 1, 1964 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 16–36–10 63 T March 4, 1964 4–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 16–36–11 64 T March 5, 1964 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 16–36–12 65 L March 8, 1964 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 16–37–12 66 W March 11, 1964 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1963–64) 17–37–12 67 L March 12, 1964 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 17–38–12 68 W March 15, 1964 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 18–38–12 69 L March 21, 1964 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 18–39–12 70 L March 22, 1964 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 18–40–12
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Murray Oliver	C	70	24	44	68	41
John Bucyk	LW	62	18	36	54	36
Dean Prentice	LW	70	23	16	39	37
Orland Kurtenbach	C	70	12	25	37	91
Doug Mohns	LW/D	70	9	17	26	95
Forbes Kennedy	C	70	8	17	25	95
Tom Johnson	D	70	4	21	25	33
Leo Boivin	D	65	10	14	24	42
Andy Hebenton	RW	70	12	11	23	8
Tommy Williams	RW	37	8	15	23	8
Gary Dornhoefer	RW	32	12	10	22	20
Bobby Leiter	C	56	6	13	19	43
Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	54	5	13	18	43
Ted Green	D	70	4	10	14	145
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	65	7	4	11	15
Bob McCord	D	65	1	9	10	49
Wayne Rivers	RW	12	2	7	9	6
Ed Westfall	D/RW	55	1	5	6	35
Wayne Connelly	C	26	2	3	5	12
Ron Schock	C	5	1	2	3	0
Don Awrey	D	16	1	0	1	4
Bob Beckett	C	7	0	1	1	0
Ted Irvine	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	70	0	0	0	0
Skip Krake	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Eddie Johnston	4200	70	18	40	12	211	3.01	6
Team:	4200	70	18	40	12	211	3.01	6

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 1963 NHL entry draft, which was the first amateur draft in league history, picking 16-year-olds. None of the players picked ever played professional hockey.

Round	Player	Nationality	Position	College/junior/club team (league)
1	Orest Romashyna	West Germany	LW	New Hamburg (Junior C)
2	Terrance Lane	Canada	–	Georgetown Midgets
3	Roger Bamburak	Canada	RW	Isaac Brock
4	Jim Blair	Canada	LW	Georgetown Midgets

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database