Primary Owner:
John H. Harris

General Manager:
Baz Bastien

Head Coach:
Vic Stasiuk

Captain:
Hank Ciesla

• The Hornets were a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings from 1961 to 1967.

The Hornets played their home games at the Civic Arena.

1963-64 Pittsburgh Hornets Season Capsule
(40-29-3) Finished 1st in Western Division
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• For the second straight season The Hornets doubled their total of wins from the previous season.

• Goaltender Roger Crozier won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award for being the AHL's Rookie of the Year.

• Crozier won the Harry "Hap" Holmes Award for being the best goalkeeper in the AHL. It was the eighth time in the 23-year history of the team that a Hornets' goalie won the award. Baz Bastein won it twice (47-48, & 48-49), and Gil Mayer won it five times (50-51, 52-53, 53-54, 54-55 & 55-56).

• The Civic Arena hosted its first AHL playoff game on April 5, 1964. The Hornets lost, 4-1, to the Quebec Aces.

• Art Stratton, Yves Locas & Roger Crozier were selected as All-Stars.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
14
 Art Stratton
66
17
65
82
29
5
0
2
2
4
11
 Yves Locas
70
40
30
70
52
5
1
2
3
4
7, 14
 Lowell MacDonald
59
31
29
60
6
5
3
1
4
2
19, 25
 Hank Ciesla
69
18
38
56
46
5
1
3
4
8
8, 9, 10
 Ted Hampson
66
15
33
48
6
5
2
2
4
0
7, 8
 Claude Laforge
51
19
23
42
59
5
1
3
4
4
8
 Floyd Smith
21
14
17
31
14
-
-
-
-
-
6
 Adam Keller
71
7
24
31
80
5
0
0
0
0
15, 21
 Bob Dillabough
72
9
19
28
18
5
2
2
4
6
2/3
 Warren Godfrey
57
6
21
27
53
5
1
1
2
0
12
 Paul Henderson
38
10
14
24
18
-
-
-
-
-
5
 Pete Goegan
55
6
17
23
127
5
0
0
0
6
12, 16, 22
 Chuck Holmes
37
8
14
22
28
-
-
-
-
-
20
 Vic Stasiuk
42
10
10
20
32
5
0
0
0
4
2/5
 Ian Cushenan
56
4
16
20
77
5
0
3
3
9
4
 Lou Marcon
49
3
15
18
108
5
0
0
0
15
9
 Norm Beaudin
16
6
9
15
4
5
1
3
4
4
9
 Irv Spencer
18
5
8
13
2
-
-
-
-
-
16, 22
 John MacMillan
31
4
8
12
8
5
1
1
2
0
10
 Pit Martin
21
3
7
10
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
 John Miszuk
25
1
7
8
34
-
-
-
-
-
9
 Billy McNeill
20
1
6
7
23
-
-
-
-
-
8
 Eddie Joyal
5
3
3
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
Alex Faulkner
8
1
4
5
2
-
-
-
-
-
8
 Frank Hincks
2
1
1
2
0
-
-
-
-
-
Bart Crashley
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Gary Doak
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Jack Douglas
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
5
 Doug Messier
8
0
0
0
12
-
-
-
-
-
#
 Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
0, 1
 Roger Crozier
44
0
0
0
6
30
13
1
2,640
103
2.34
4
-
-
3
0
0
0
-
1
2
0
180
9
3.00
0
-
-
0, 1
 Hank Bassen
26
0
0
0
6
9
15
2
1,560
82
3.15
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-