1966–67 Detroit Red Wings season

1966–67 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th NHL
1966–67 record	27–39–4
Goals for	212
Goals against	241
Team information
General manager	Sid Abel
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
Alternate captains	Leo Boivin Norm Ullman
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Bruce MacGregor (28)
Assists	Norm Ullman (44)
Points	Norm Ullman (70)
Penalty minutes	Gary Bergman (129)
Wins	Roger Crozier (22)
Goals against average	Roger Crozier (3.35)

The 1966–67 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 41st season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Chicago Black Hawks	70	41	17	12	94	264	170	757
Montreal Canadiens	70	32	25	13	77	202	188	879
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	27	11	75	204	211	736
New York Rangers	70	30	28	12	72	188	189	664
Detroit Red Wings	70	27	39	4	58	212	241	719
Boston Bruins	70	17	43	10	44	182	253	764

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 19, 1966	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	0–1–0
2	L	October 22, 1966	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	0–2–0
3	L	October 23, 1966	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	0–3–0
4	L	October 26, 1966	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	0–4–0
5	W	October 27, 1966	5–3	New York Rangers (1966–67)	1–4–0
6	W	October 30, 1966	8–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	2–4–0
7	T	November 3, 1966	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	2–4–1
8	L	November 5, 1966	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	2–5–1
9	W	November 6, 1966	6–0	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	3–5–1
10	W	November 10, 1966	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	4–5–1
11	T	November 12, 1966	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	4–5–2
12	L	November 13, 1966	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	4–6–2
13	L	November 19, 1966	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	4–7–2
14	L	November 20, 1966	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	4–8–2
15	L	November 22, 1966	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	4–9–2
16	L	November 24, 1966	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	4–10–2
17	L	November 26, 1966	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	4–11–2
18	W	December 1, 1966	4–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	5–11–2
19	L	December 3, 1966	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	5–12–2
20	L	December 4, 1966	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	5–13–2
21	L	December 8, 1966	2–4	New York Rangers (1966–67)	5–14–2
22	L	December 10, 1966	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	5–15–2
23	W	December 11, 1966	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	6–15–2
24	L	December 14, 1966	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	6–16–2
25	W	December 15, 1966	4–0	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	7–16–2
26	W	December 18, 1966	5–0	New York Rangers (1966–67)	8–16–2
27	L	December 21, 1966	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	8–17–2
28	L	December 25, 1966	0–4	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	8–18–2
29	T	December 27, 1966	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	8–18–3
30	L	December 29, 1966	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	8–19–3
31	W	December 31, 1966	3–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	9–19–3
32	W	January 1, 1967	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	10–19–3
33	W	January 5, 1967	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	11–19–3
34	L	January 7, 1967	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	11–20–3
35	W	January 8, 1967	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	12–20–3
36	L	January 11, 1967	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	12–21–3
37	W	January 12, 1967	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	13–21–3
38	L	January 14, 1967	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	13–22–3
39	L	January 15, 1967	0–2	New York Rangers (1966–67)	13–23–3
40	W	January 19, 1967	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	14–23–3
41	W	January 21, 1967	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	15–23–3
42	W	January 22, 1967	7–2	New York Rangers (1966–67)	16–23–3
43	L	January 26, 1967	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	16–24–3
44	W	January 29, 1967	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	17–24–3
45	W	February 2, 1967	4–3	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	18–24–3
46	W	February 5, 1967	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	19–24–3
47	W	February 8, 1967	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	20–24–3
48	W	February 11, 1967	6–3	New York Rangers (1966–67)	21–24–3
49	L	February 12, 1967	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	21–25–3
50	L	February 14, 1967	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	21–26–3
51	L	February 16, 1967	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	21–27–3
52	L	February 18, 1967	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	21–28–3
53	W	February 19, 1967	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	22–28–3
54	L	February 22, 1967	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	22–29–3
55	L	February 23, 1967	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	22–30–3
56	L	February 25, 1967	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	22–31–3
57	T	February 26, 1967	3–3	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	22–31–4
58	L	March 4, 1967	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	22–32–4
59	W	March 5, 1967	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	23–32–4
60	W	March 8, 1967	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	24–32–4
61	L	March 12, 1967	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	24–33–4
62	W	March 15, 1967	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	25–33–4
63	L	March 18, 1967	3–5	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	25–34–4
64	L	March 19, 1967	5–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	25–35–4
65	W	March 23, 1967	4–1	New York Rangers (1966–67)	26–35–4
66	L	March 25, 1967	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	26–36–4
67	W	March 26, 1967	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	27–36–4
68	L	March 28, 1967	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	27–37–4
69	L	March 29, 1967	5–10	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	27–38–4
70	L	April 2, 1967	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	27–39–4

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	68	26	44	70	26	5	1	3
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	69	25	40	65	53	8	1	1
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	17	38	55	10	4	1	2
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	65	13	35	48	4	1	0	2
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	70	28	19	47	14	8	1	4
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	68	23	22	45	18	5	1	1
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	46	21	19	40	10	6	1	5
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	70	5	30	35	129	1	0	1
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	RW	60	8	23	31	24	0	0	1
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	RW	54	11	14	25	8	6	0	0
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	69	4	17	21	78	0	0	1
Young, HowieHowie Young	D/RW	44	3	14	17	100	0	0	1
Cullen, RayRay Cullen	C	27	8	8	16	8	0	0	1
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	57	0	10	10	68	0	0	0
MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald	C	16	3	5	8	2	1	0	3
Goegan, PetePete Goegan	D	31	2	6	8	12	1	0	0
Hall, MurrayMurray Hall	RW	12	4	3	7	4	0	0	0
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	13	3	1	4	0	0	0	1
Wall, BobBob Wall	D	31	2	2	4	26	0	0	0
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	34	1	3	4	16	0	0	0
McCord, BobBob McCord	D	14	1	2	3	27	0	0	0
McDonald, AbAb McDonald	LW	12	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	16	1	1	2	10	0	0	0
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne	LW	28	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	48	0	1	1	66	0	0	0
Abel, GerryGerry Abel	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron, CraigCraig Cameron	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochefort, DaveDave Rochefort	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crashley, BartBart Crashley	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor, TedTed Taylor	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarrett, GaryGary Jarrett	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gardner, GeorgeGeorge Gardner	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	58	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	3256	58	22	29	4	182	3.35	4
Gardner, GeorgeGeorge Gardner	560	11	3	6	0	36	3.86	0
Bassen, HankHank Bassen	384	8	2	4	0	22	3.44	0
Team:	4200	70	27	39	4	240	3.43	4

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus 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

• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Norm Ullman, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Paul Henderson and Bobby Orr in 1966-67 season action.

Video

Nearly 10 minutes of random clips from the 1966-67 season set to Mexican horn music. At 1:45, Boston's Wayne Connelly scores, assisted by Ron Schock, which tied the December 28, 1966 game versus the Montreal Canadiens at 1-1.

Blades and Brass

See Also

• 1966–67 NHL season

References

• 1966–67 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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