1966–67 Detroit Red Wings season

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. This 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).

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)

Regular season

Final standings
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
1966–67 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —2–11–16–6–25–7–22–8–42–11–1
Chicago 11–2–1—10–45–2–77–5–28–4–2
Detroit 6–6–24–10—4–107–76–6–2
Montreal 7–5–22–5–710–4—7–5–26–6–2
New York 8–2–45–7–27–75–7–2—5–5–4
Toronto 11–2–14–8–26–6–26–6–25–5–4—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 19, 19662–6@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)0–1–0
2LOctober 22, 19664–7Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)0–2–0
3LOctober 23, 19661–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)0–3–0
4LOctober 26, 19662–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)0–4–0
5WOctober 27, 19665–3New York Rangers (1966–67)1–4–0
6WOctober 30, 19668–1Boston Bruins (1966–67)2–4–0
7TNovember 3, 19662–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)2–4–1
8LNovember 5, 19661–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)2–5–1
9WNovember 6, 19666–0Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)3–5–1
10WNovember 10, 19663–0Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)4–5–1
11TNovember 12, 19663–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)4–5–2
12LNovember 13, 19662–5@ New York Rangers (1966–67)4–6–2
13LNovember 19, 19662–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)4–7–2
14LNovember 20, 19662–5@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)4–8–2
15LNovember 22, 19660–3Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)4–9–2
16LNovember 24, 19663–8@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)4–10–2
17LNovember 26, 19661–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)4–11–2
18WDecember 1, 19664–1Boston Bruins (1966–67)5–11–2
19LDecember 3, 19662–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)5–12–2
20LDecember 4, 19661–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)5–13–2
21LDecember 8, 19662–4New York Rangers (1966–67)5–14–2
22LDecember 10, 19661–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)5–15–2
23WDecember 11, 19664–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)6–15–2
24LDecember 14, 19661–4@ New York Rangers (1966–67)6–16–2
25WDecember 15, 19664–0Boston Bruins (1966–67)7–16–2
26WDecember 18, 19665–0New York Rangers (1966–67)8–16–2
27LDecember 21, 19664–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)8–17–2
28LDecember 25, 19660–4Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)8–18–2
29TDecember 27, 19664–4@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)8–18–3
30LDecember 29, 19662–4@ New York Rangers (1966–67)8–19–3
31WDecember 31, 19663–1Boston Bruins (1966–67)9–19–3
32WJanuary 1, 19674–1Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)10–19–3
33WJanuary 5, 19676–4Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)11–19–3
34LJanuary 7, 19673–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)11–20–3
35WJanuary 8, 19673–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)12–20–3
36LJanuary 11, 19671–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)12–21–3
37WJanuary 12, 19674–1Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)13–21–3
38LJanuary 14, 19672–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)13–22–3
39LJanuary 15, 19670–2New York Rangers (1966–67)13–23–3
40WJanuary 19, 19676–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)14–23–3
41WJanuary 21, 19675–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)15–23–3
42WJanuary 22, 19677–2New York Rangers (1966–67)16–23–3
43LJanuary 26, 19673–4Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)16–24–3
44WJanuary 29, 19674–2@ New York Rangers (1966–67)17–24–3
45WFebruary 2, 19674–3Boston Bruins (1966–67)18–24–3
46WFebruary 5, 19676–1Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)19–24–3
47WFebruary 8, 19675–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)20–24–3
48WFebruary 11, 19676–3New York Rangers (1966–67)21–24–3
49LFebruary 12, 19672–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)21–25–3
50LFebruary 14, 19673–6@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)21–26–3
51LFebruary 16, 19671–5Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)21–27–3
52LFebruary 18, 19672–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)21–28–3
53WFebruary 19, 19673–1Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)22–28–3
54LFebruary 22, 19670–1@ New York Rangers (1966–67)22–29–3
55LFebruary 23, 19672–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)22–30–3
56LFebruary 25, 19670–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)22–31–3
57TFebruary 26, 19673–3Boston Bruins (1966–67)22–31–4
58LMarch 4, 19672–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)22–32–4
59WMarch 5, 19675–3@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)23–32–4
60WMarch 8, 19673–1@ New York Rangers (1966–67)24–32–4
61LMarch 12, 19673–7@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)24–33–4
62WMarch 15, 19674–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)25–33–4
63LMarch 18, 19673–5Boston Bruins (1966–67)25–34–4
64LMarch 19, 19675–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)25–35–4
65WMarch 23, 19674–1New York Rangers (1966–67)26–35–4
66LMarch 25, 19671–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)26–36–4
67WMarch 26, 19674–2Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)27–36–4
68LMarch 28, 19672–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)27–37–4
69LMarch 29, 19675–10@ New York Rangers (1966–67)27–38–4
70LApril 2, 19672–4Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)27–39–4

Playoffs

They didn't qualify

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Norm UllmanC6826447026513
Gordie HoweRW6925406553811
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7017385510412
Ted HampsonC651335484102
Bruce MacGregorC7028194714814
Dean PrenticeLW6823224518511
Paul HendersonRW4621194010615
Gary BergmanD7053035129101
Andy BathgateRW608233124001
Floyd SmithRW541114258600
Leo BoivinD694172178001
Howie YoungD/RW4431417100001
Ray CullenC2788168001
Bert MarshallD570101068000
Parker MacDonaldC163582103
Pete GoeganD3126812100
Murray HallRW124374000
Doug RobertsRW133140001
Bob WallD3122426000
Pete MahovlichC3413416000
Bob McCordD1412327000
Ab McDonaldLW122022000
Bob FalkenbergD1611210000
Val FonteyneLW281120000
Bryan WatsonD4801166000
Gerry AbelLW10000000
Hank BassenG80000000
Craig CameronRW10000000
Bart CrashleyD20002000
Roger CrozierG580002000
George GardnerG110000000
Warren GodfreyD20000000
Doug HarveyD20000000
Gary JarrettLW40000000
Real LemieuxLW10000000
Jimmy PetersC20000000
Dave RochefortC10000000
Ted TaylorLW20000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roger Crozier325658222941823.354
George Gardner56011360363.860
Hank Bassen3848240223.440
Team:420070273942403.434

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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;

Roster
1966–1967 Detroit Red Wings Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Draft picks

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

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
16Steve Atkinson CanadaNiagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
212Jim Whittaker CanadaOshawa Generals (OHA)
318Lee Carpenter CanadaHamilton Red Wings (OHA)
424Grant Cole CanadaSt. Michael's Buzzers (OHA)

See also

References
  1. "1966-67 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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