1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season

1967–68 Detroit Red Wings
Division6th East
1967–68 record27–35–12
Goals for245
Goals against257
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachSid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (39)
AssistsAlex Delvecchio (48)
PointsGordie Howe (82)
Penalty minutesGary Bergman (109)
WinsRoy Edwards (15)
Goals against averageRoger Crozier (3.30)

The 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 42nd season of competition, 36th season as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the East Division, and missed the play-offs for the second straight season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 74 42 22 10 236 167 +69 94
2 New York Rangers 74 39 23 12 226 183 +43 90
3 Boston Bruins 74 37 27 10 259 216 +43 84
4 Chicago Black Hawks 74 32 26 16 212 222 −10 80
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 74 33 31 10 209 176 +33 76
6 Detroit Red Wings 74 27 35 12 245 257 −12 66

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and 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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gordie Howe RW 74 39 43 82 53 10 0 4
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 74 22 48 70 14 3 0 2
Norm Ullman C 58 30 25 55 26 7 0 4
Dean Prentice LW 69 17 38 55 42 4 1 2
Gary Bergman D 74 13 28 41 109 5 2 3
Gary Jarrett LW 68 18 21 39 20 1 0 2
Floyd Smith RW 57 18 21 39 14 5 1 2
Bruce MacGregor C 71 15 24 39 13 1 0 0
Paul Henderson RW 50 13 20 33 35 4 0 2
Ted Hampson C 37 9 18 27 10 0 0 2
Howie Young D/RW 62 2 17 19 112 0 0 0
Doug Roberts RW 37 8 9 17 12 1 0 1
Kent Douglas D 36 7 10 17 46 0 0 0
Frank Mahovlich LW 13 7 9 16 2 0 0 1
Bart Crashley D 57 2 14 16 18 0 0 0
Garry Unger C 13 5 10 15 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Peters C 45 5 6 11 8 1 0 1
Pete Mahovlich C 15 6 4 10 13 0 0 0
Pete Stemkowski C 13 3 6 9 4 0 0 0
Bert Marshall D 37 1 5 6 56 0 0 0
Gary Marsh LW 6 1 3 4 4 0 0 1
Nick Libett LW 22 2 1 3 12 1 0 0
Bob Falkenberg D 20 0 3 3 10 0 0 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 32 0 3 3 10 0 0 0
Jim Watson D 61 0 3 3 87 0 0 0
Ron Anderson RW 18 2 0 2 13 0 0 0
John Brenneman LW 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Warren Godfrey D 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Irv Spencer D 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Roger Crozier G 34 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Roy Edwards G 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Gardner G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galen Head RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Lawson RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick McCann C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob McCord D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Richardson LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards 2177 41 15 15 8 127 3.50 0
Roger Crozier 1729 34 9 18 2 95 3.30 1
George Gardner 534 12 3 2 2 32 3.60 0
Team: 4440 74 27 35 12 254 3.43 1

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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

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 9 Ron Barkwell  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (MJHL)
2 17 Al Karlander  Canada Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1967-68 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.