1963–64 Boston Bruins season

1963–64 Boston Bruins
Division	6th NHL
1963–64 record	18-40-12
Goals for	170
Goals against	212
Team information
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	PIM	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	70	36	21	13	209	167	982	85
Chicago Black Hawks	70	36	22	12	218	169	1116	84
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	33	25	12	192	172	928	78
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	29	11	191	204	771	71
New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	186	242	715	54
Boston Bruins	70	18	40	12	170	212	858	48

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Teams that qualified for playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	C	70	24	44	68	41
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	62	18	36	54	36
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	70	23	16	39	37
Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	70	12	25	37	91
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	70	9	17	26	95
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	C	70	8	17	25	95
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	70	4	21	25	33
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	65	10	14	24	42
Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton	RW	70	12	11	23	8
Williams, TommyTommy Williams	RW	37	8	15	23	8
Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	RW	32	12	10	22	20
Leiter, BobbyBobby Leiter	C	56	6	13	19	43
Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	LW	54	5	13	18	43
Green, TedTed Green	D	70	4	10	14	145
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	65	7	4	11	15
McCord, BobBob McCord	D	65	1	9	10	49
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers	RW	12	2	7	9	6
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	55	1	5	6	35
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	26	2	3	5	12
Schock, RonRon Schock	C	5	1	2	3	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	16	1	0	1	4
Beckett, BobBob Beckett	C	7	0	1	1	0
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	70	0	0	0	0
Krake, SkipSkip Krake	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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

No Bruins won an NHL trophy nor was named to the All-Star team.

Notable Games

Boston 11 Toronto 0: Jan 18,1964

Farm Teams

• Estevan Bruins, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
• Hershey Bears, American Hockey League
• Minneapolis Bruins, Central Professional Hockey League
• Niagara Falls Flyers, Ontario Hockey Association
• Oshawa Generals, Ontario Hockey Association

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 for the Bruins.

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

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database