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1963-64 Topps NHL Hockey Cards

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The 1963-64 Topps NHL hockey card set consists of 66 cards featuring players from the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers. It would be the last year that Topps and Parkhurst would split the six team league in two with Parkhurst getting out of the hockey card business. Previously, Parkhurst printed cards featuring players from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.

Not a heavy rookie card class, the 1963-64 Topps set features Ed Johnston, Ed Westfall, Ed Van Impe and Gilles Villemure as its star RC class. The usual suspects shine as far as value is concerned with Bobby Hull, Jacques Plante and Stan Mikita leading the way.

Out of the 66 cards, three are team pictures and one is a checklist, the rest are individual player cards. The front of each card features a player head shot, along with a black and white glimpse of an action photo. The action photos are inserted randomly but the Glenn Hall card is interesting in that Hall appears in both the profile picture and the action shot.

As far as uncorrected errors, this set seems to be without flaws. We have no documented UER’s. Perhaps, the only error Topps made with this set was the scratch off trivia answers on the back. Most did not stand the test of time and are no longer visible.

1963-64 Topps NHL Checklist

NumberPlayer
1Milt Schmidt [Coach]
2Ed Johnston RC
3Doug Mohns
4Tom Johnson
5Leo Boivin
6Bob McCord RC
7Ted Green
8Ed Westfall RC
9Charlie Burns
10Murray Oliver
11Johnny Bucyk
12Tom Williams
13Dean Prentice
14Bob Leiter RC
15Andy Hebenton
16Jean-Guy Gendron
17Wayne Rivers RC
18Jerry Toppazzini
19Forbes Kennedy
20Orland Kurtenbach
21Boston Bruins [Team Card]
22Billy Reay [Coach]
23Glenn Hall
24Denis DeJordy
25Pierre Pilote
26Elmer Vasko
27Wayne Hillman
28Al MacNeil
29Howie Young RC
30Ed Van Impe RC
31Reg Fleming
32Bob Turner
33Bobby Hull
34Bill Hay
35Murray Balfour
36Stan Mikita
37Ab McDonald
38Ken Wharram
39Eric Nesterenko
40Ron Murphy
41Ron “Chico” Maki
42John McKenzie
43Chicago Blackhawks Team Card
44George “Red” Sullivan
45Jacques Plante
46Gilles Villemure RC
47Doug Harvey
48Harry Howell
49Albert Langlois
50Jim Neilson
51Larry Cahan
52Andy Bathgate
53Don McKenney
54Vic Hadfield
55Earl Ingarfield
56Camille Henry
57Rod Gilbert
58Phil Goyette
59Don Marshall
60Dick Meissner
61Val Fonteyne
62Ken Schinkel
63Jean Ratelle
64Don Johns RC
65New York Rangers Team Card
66Checklist

1963-64 Topps NHL Hockey Card Collection [Video]

1963-64 NHL Season

In the 1963-64 NHL regular season, the Montreal Canadiens edged out the Chicago Blackhawks by a single point for first place in the six team league. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings also qualified for the post season. The New York Rangers and Boston Bruins fell way behind and were out of contention.

The Stanley Cup playoffs were rather upsetting. The third seed Maple Leafs ousted the Habs in the first round while the fourth place Red Wings took out the Blackhawks. The Maple Leafs ultimately captured the championship over Detroit. It was the first time since the seven game series format was introduced in 1938-39 that each playoff matchup went the distance.

The Canadiens and Blackhawks dominated the individual awards. From Chicago, Stan Mikita took the Art Ross, Pierre Pilote won the Norris and Ken Wharram was awarded the Lady Byng. From Montreal, Jacques Laperriere won the Calder, Jean Beliveau won the Hart and Charlie Hodge won the Vezina.

The All-Star selections were as equally unbalanced with Chicago taking five of the six First Team positions. Tim Horton of the Maple Leafs was the only non-Blackhawks to be selected to the top team. Gordie Howe of the Red Wings and Frank Mahovlich from Toronto made the Second Team to break up the two team monopoly.

1963-64 NHL Standings

TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
Montreal Canadiens7036211385209167
Chicago Blackhawks7036221284218169
Toronto Maple Leafs7033251278192172
Detroit Red Wings7030291171191204
New York Rangers7022381054186242
Boston Bruins7018401248170212

1963-64 NHL Top 10 Scoring Leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Stan MikitaChicago Black Hawks70395089146
Bobby HullChicago Black Hawks7043448750
Jean BeliveauMontreal Canadiens6828507842
Andy BathgateNYR / Toronto7119587734
Gordie HoweDetroit Red Wings6926477370
Kenny WharramChicago Black Hawks7039327118
Murray OliverBoston Bruins7024446841
Phil GoyetteNew York Rangers6724416515
Rod GilbertNew York Rangers7024406462
Dave KeonToronto Maple Leafs702337606

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