1966–67 Detroit Red Wings season

1966–67 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th NHL
1966–67 record27–39–4
Goals for212
Goals against241
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachSid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
Alternate captainsLeo Boivin
Norm Ullman
Team leaders
GoalsBruce MacGregor (28)
AssistsNorm Ullman (44)
PointsNorm Ullman (70)
Penalty minutesGary Bergman (129)
WinsRoger Crozier (22)
Goals against averageRoger Crozier (3.35)

The 1966–67 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 27 wins, 39 losses, and 4 ties for 58 points. The season would mark the beginning of a downfall for the once mighty Red Wings, over the next twenty seasons between 1967 and 1986, the Red Wings would make the playoffs only four times (1970, 1978, 1984, 1985) winning only one playoff series (1978).

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 70 41 17 12 264 170 +94 94
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 32 25 13 202 188 +14 77
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 32 27 11 204 211 −7 75
4 New York Rangers 70 30 28 12 188 189 −1 72
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 27 39 4 212 241 −29 58
6 Boston Bruins 70 17 43 10 182 253 −71 44
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

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1966–67 NHL Records [1]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–11–1 6–6–2 5–7–2 2–8–4 2–11–1
Chicago 11–2–1 — 10–4 5–2–7 7–5–2 8–4–2
Detroit 6–6–2 4–10 — 4–10 7–7 6–6–2
Montreal 7–5–2 2–5–7 10–4 — 7–5–2 6–6–2
New York 8–2–4 5–7–2 7–7 5–7–2 — 5–5–4
Toronto 11–2–1 4–8–2 6–6–2 6–6–2 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

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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

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They didn't qualify

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Norm Ullman C 68 26 44 70 26 5 1 3
Gordie Howe RW 69 25 40 65 53 8 1 1
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 17 38 55 10 4 1 2
Ted Hampson C 65 13 35 48 4 1 0 2
Bruce MacGregor C 70 28 19 47 14 8 1 4
Dean Prentice LW 68 23 22 45 18 5 1 1
Paul Henderson RW 46 21 19 40 10 6 1 5
Gary Bergman D 70 5 30 35 129 1 0 1
Andy Bathgate RW 60 8 23 31 24 0 0 1
Floyd Smith RW 54 11 14 25 8 6 0 0
Leo Boivin D 69 4 17 21 78 0 0 1
Howie Young D/RW 44 3 14 17 100 0 0 1
Ray Cullen C 27 8 8 16 8 0 0 1
Bert Marshall D 57 0 10 10 68 0 0 0
Parker MacDonald C 16 3 5 8 2 1 0 3
Pete Goegan D 31 2 6 8 12 1 0 0
Murray Hall RW 12 4 3 7 4 0 0 0
Doug Roberts RW 13 3 1 4 0 0 0 1
Bob Wall D 31 2 2 4 26 0 0 0
Pete Mahovlich C 34 1 3 4 16 0 0 0
Bob McCord D 14 1 2 3 27 0 0 0
Ab McDonald LW 12 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Falkenberg D 16 1 1 2 10 0 0 0
Val Fonteyne LW 28 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Bryan Watson D 48 0 1 1 66 0 0 0
Gerry Abel LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Bassen G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Cameron RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bart Crashley D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Roger Crozier G 58 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
George Gardner G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Godfrey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Harvey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Jarrett LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Real Lemieux LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Peters C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Rochefort C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Taylor LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roger Crozier 3256 58 22 29 4 182 3.35 4
George Gardner 560 11 3 6 0 36 3.86 0
Hank Bassen 384 8 2 4 0 22 3.44 0
Team: 4200 70 27 39 4 240 3.43 4

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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

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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Detroit's draft picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 6 Steve Atkinson  Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
2 12 Jim Whittaker  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)
3 18 Lee Carpenter  Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
4 24 Grant Cole  Canada St. Michael's Buzzers (OHA)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1966-67 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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