1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season

1967–68 Detroit Red Wings
Division	6th East
1967–68 record	27–35–12
Goals for	245
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Sid Abel
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
Alternate captains	Dean Prentice
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (39)
Assists	Alex Delvecchio (48)
Points	Gordie Howe (82)
Penalty minutes	Howie Young (112)
Wins	Roy Edwards (15)
Goals against average	Roger Crozier (3.30)

The 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 42nd season. The Red Wings finished last in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Pre-season

The Red Wings held their training camp in Detroit.

Regular Season

Rick McCann played his first NHL game (of 43) on December 6, 1967 in a 3-3 tie with the New York Rangers while Gary Marsh played his first NHL game (of 7) on December 14, 1967 in a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Warren Godfrey was called up for the December 28, 1967 match and played 12 games for the Red Wings during the season, the last of his 788 game NHL career. Danny Lawson played his first NHL game (and only one of the season) on January 10, 1968 in a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Irv Spencer was called up for the 8-5 loss on January 20, 1968 to the Pittsburgh Penguins and played 4 more games for Detroit, the last of his 230 game NHL career.

Nick Libett was called up for his first NHL game on February 10, 1968 in a 1-1 tie with the Boston Bruins. Libett became a regular and played the next 11 seasons for Detroit.

Norm Ullman from Paul Henderson, March 9, 1968.

With playoff chances fading, the Red Wings made a blockbuster trade with the Maple Leafs on March 3, 1968, sending Norm Ullman, Paul Henderson, Floyd Smith and Doug Barrie in exchange for Frank Mahovlich, Pete Stemkowski, Garry Unger and the rights to Carl Brewer. The teams met less than a week later on March 9 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Detroit took a 4-0 lead, led by Mahovlich's goal and two assists. However, Ullman turned the tide with two goals and an assist as Toronto came back to win 7-5. Despite excellent performances from Mahovlich, Ullman, Unger and Henderson for the rest of the season, both teams missed the playoffs.

Galen Head played his only NHL game on March 21, 1968 in a 5-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.

Final Standings

East Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	74	42	22	10	236	167	94
New York Rangers	74	39	23	12	226	183	90
Boston Bruins	74	37	27	10	259	216	84
Chicago Black Hawks	74	32	26	16	212	222	80
Toronto Maple Leafs	74	33	31	10	209	176	76
Detroit Red Wings	74	27	35	12	245	257	66

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 11, 1967	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	0–0–1
2	L	October 14, 1967	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	0–1–1
3	W	October 15, 1967	3–2	New York Rangers (1967–68)	1–1–1
4	W	October 18, 1967	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	2–1–1
5	L	October 19, 1967	3–6	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	2–2–1
6	W	October 22, 1967	1–0	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	3–2–1
7	W	October 26, 1967	8–2	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	4–2–1
8	W	October 28, 1967	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	5–2–1
9	W	October 29, 1967	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	6–2–1
10	L	November 2, 1967	3–9	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	6–3–1
11	L	November 4, 1967	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	6–4–1
12	L	November 5, 1967	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	6–5–1
13	W	November 9, 1967	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	7–5–1
14	W	November 12, 1967	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	8–5–1
15	T	November 16, 1967	1–1	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	8–5–2
16	W	November 17, 1967	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	9–5–2
17	T	November 19, 1967	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	9–5–3
18	L	November 22, 1967	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	9–6–3
19	L	November 25, 1967	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	9–7–3
20	L	November 26, 1967	5–7	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	9–8–3
21	W	November 29, 1967	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	10–8–3
22	T	November 30, 1967	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	10–8–4
23	W	December 3, 1967	6–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	11–8–4
24	T	December 6, 1967	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	11–8–5
25	T	December 7, 1967	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	11–8–6
26	W	December 9, 1967	3–2	New York Rangers (1967–68)	12–8–6
27	L	December 14, 1967	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	12–9–6
28	L	December 16, 1967	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	12–10–6
29	W	December 17, 1967	8–6	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	13–10–6
30	L	December 20, 1967	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	13–11–6
31	L	December 23, 1967	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	13–12–6
32	L	December 25, 1967	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	13–13–6
33	W	December 28, 1967	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	14–13–6
34	W	December 30, 1967	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	15–13–6
35	W	December 31, 1967	6–4	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	16–13–6
36	W	January 4, 1968	9–3	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	17–13–6
37	L	January 6, 1968	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	17–14–6
38	L	January 7, 1968	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	17–15–6
39	L	January 10, 1968	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	17–16–6
40	L	January 11, 1968	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	17–17–6
41	T	January 13, 1968	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	17–17–7
42	L	January 17, 1968	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	17–18–7
43	L	January 20, 1968	5–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	17–19–7
44	L	January 21, 1968	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	17–20–7
45	W	January 24, 1968	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	18–20–7
46	T	January 25, 1968	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	18–20–8
47	W	January 27, 1968	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	19–20–8
48	L	January 28, 1968	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	19–21–8
49	L	February 1, 1968	6–8	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	19–22–8
50	W	February 3, 1968	8–1	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	20–22–8
51	L	February 4, 1968	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	20–23–8
52	L	February 8, 1968	2–3	New York Rangers (1967–68)	20–24–8
53	T	February 10, 1968	1–1	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	20–24–9
54	T	February 11, 1968	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	20–24–10
55	L	February 15, 1968	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	20–25–10
56	L	February 17, 1968	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	20–26–10
57	L	February 18, 1968	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	20–27–10
58	L	February 22, 1968	2–3	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	20–28–10
59	W	February 24, 1968	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	21–28–10
60	L	February 29, 1968	2–4	New York Rangers (1967–68)	21–29–10
61	W	March 3, 1968	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	22–29–10
62	L	March 6, 1968	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	22–30–10
63	L	March 9, 1968	5–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	22–31–10
64	W	March 10, 1968	7–5	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	23–31–10
65	T	March 12, 1968	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	23–31–11
66	W	March 13, 1968	4–2	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	24–31–11
67	W	March 16, 1968	6–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	25–31–11
68	L	March 17, 1968	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	25–32–11
69	L	March 21, 1968	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	25–33–11
70	L	March 23, 1968	4–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	25–34–11
71	W	March 24, 1968	5–3	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	26–34–11
72	W	March 28, 1968	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	27–34–11
73	L	March 30, 1968	1–3	New York Rangers (1967–68)	27–35–11
74	T	March 31, 1968	5–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	27–35–12

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
9	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	74	39	43	82	53	10	0	4
10	Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	74	22	48	70	14	3	0	2
7	Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	58	30	25	55	26	7	0	4
20	Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	69	17	38	55	42	4	1	2
2	Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	74	13	28	41	109	5	2	3
8	Jarrett, GaryGary Jarrett	LW	68	18	21	39	20	1	0	2
17	Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	RW	57	18	21	39	14	5	1	2
12	MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	71	15	24	39	13	1	0	0
19	Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	50	13	20	33	35	4	0	2
16	Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	37	9	18	27	10	0	0	2
4	Young, HowieHowie Young	D/RW	62	2	17	19	112	0	0	0
14	Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	37	8	9	17	12	1	0	1
5	Douglas, KentKent Douglas	D	36	7	10	17	46	0	0	0
27	Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	13	7	9	16	2	0	0	1
15	Crashley, BartBart Crashley	D	57	2	14	16	18	0	0	0
16	Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	13	5	10	15	2	0	0	0
11	Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	C	45	5	6	11	8	1	0	1
21, 22	Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	15	6	4	10	13	0	0	0
23	Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	13	3	6	9	4	0	0	0
5	Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	37	1	5	6	56	0	0	0
14, 21	Marsh, GaryGary Marsh	LW	6	1	3	4	4	0	0	1
14	Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	22	2	1	3	12	1	0	0
3	Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	20	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
3	Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	32	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
18	Watson, JimJim Watson	D	61	0	3	3	87	0	0	0
14, 21, 22	Anderson, RonRon Anderson	RW	18	2	0	2	13	0	0	0
21	Brenneman, JohnJohn Brenneman	LW	9	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
21	Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
3, 21	Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
21	Richardson, DaveDave Richardson	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Head, GalenGalen Head	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	McCann, RickRick McCann	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	McCord, BobBob McCord	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	Gardner, GeorgeGeorge Gardner	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1, 30	Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1	Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	2177	41	15	15	8	127	3.50	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	1729	34	9	18	2	95	3.30	1
Gardner, GeorgeGeorge Gardner	534	12	3	2	2	32	3.60	0
Team:	4440	74	27	35	12	254	3.43	1

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 First Team All-Star

Farm Teams

• Fort Worth Wings, CPHL

Trivia

• Red Wings who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
  • Norm Ullman during the 8-6 win over the Montreal Canadiens on December 17, 1967.
  • Floyd Smith had a four goal game during the 8-6 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on February 1, 1968.
  • Gordie Howe during the 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on March 16, 1968.

Gallery

Bobby Orr scores his last goal of the season, February 4, 1968.

Bruins and Red Wings brawl, February 22, 1968.

Bronco Horvath played his last NHL games for the North Stars in 1968, replacing Bill Masterton.

See Also

• 1967–68 NHL season

References

• 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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