1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season

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.

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)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens74422210236167+6994
2New York Rangers74392312226183+4390
3Boston Bruins74372710259216+4384
4Chicago Black Hawks74322616212222−1080
5Toronto Maple Leafs74333110209176+3376
6Detroit Red Wings74273512245257−1266

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MON NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TOR
Boston —5–3–25–3–23–12–25–56–2–22–23–12–22–1–12–5–3
Chicago 3–5–2—4–3–32–1–13–12–6–23–4–33–0–13–12–1–12–0–25–4–1
Detroit 3–5–23–4–3—1–2–12–23–6–13–5–23–0–13–13–12–1–11–8–1
Los Angeles 1–31–2–12–1–1—2–6–22–22–24–4–25–4–16–44–3–32–2
Minnesota 2–21–32–26–2–2—1–2–10–2–25–2–33–6–13–4–33–5–21–2–1
Montreal 5–56–2–26–3–12–22–1–1—4–4–23–12–1–14–03–0–15–3–2
New York 2–6–24–3–35–3–22–22–0–24–4–2—4–03–13–0–13–17–3
Oakland 2–20–3–10–3–14–4–22–5–31–30–4—4–3–31–5–40–7–31–3
Philadelphia 1–31–31–34–5–16–3–11–2–11–33–4–3—3–4–37–1–23–1
Pittsburgh 2–21–2–11–34–64–3–30–40–3–15–1–44–3–3—4–62–1–1
St. Louis 1–2–10–2–21–2–13–4–35–3–20–3–11–37–0–31–7–26–4—2–1–1
Toronto 5–2–34–5–18–1–12–22–1–13–5–23–73–11–31–2–11–2–1—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 11, 19674–4@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)0–0–1
2LOctober 14, 19672–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)0–1–1
3WOctober 15, 19673–2New York Rangers (1967–68)1–1–1
4WOctober 18, 19673–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)2–1–1
5LOctober 19, 19673–6Boston Bruins (1967–68)2–2–1
6WOctober 22, 19671–0St. Louis Blues (1967–68)3–2–1
7WOctober 26, 19678–2Oakland Seals (1967–68)4–2–1
8WOctober 28, 19673–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)5–2–1
9WOctober 29, 19675–1Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)6–2–1
10LNovember 2, 19673–9Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)6–3–1
11LNovember 4, 19672–3@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)6–4–1
12LNovember 5, 19674–6Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)6–5–1
13WNovember 9, 19675–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)7–5–1
14WNovember 12, 19673–1Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)8–5–1
15TNovember 16, 19671–1@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)8–5–2
16WNovember 17, 19674–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)9–5–2
17TNovember 19, 19672–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)9–5–3
18LNovember 22, 19672–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)9–6–3
19LNovember 25, 19672–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)9–7–3
20LNovember 26, 19675–7@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)9–8–3
21WNovember 29, 19673–1@ New York Rangers (1967–68)10–8–3
22TNovember 30, 19673–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)10–8–4
23WDecember 3, 19676–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)11–8–4
24TDecember 6, 19673–3@ New York Rangers (1967–68)11–8–5
25TDecember 7, 19672–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)11–8–6
26WDecember 9, 19673–2New York Rangers (1967–68)12–8–6
27LDecember 14, 19671–3Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)12–9–6
28LDecember 16, 19673–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)12–10–6
29WDecember 17, 19678–6Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)13–10–6
30LDecember 20, 19670–2@ New York Rangers (1967–68)13–11–6
31LDecember 23, 19673–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)13–12–6
32LDecember 25, 19671–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)13–13–6
33WDecember 28, 19675–3Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)14–13–6
34WDecember 30, 19675–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)15–13–6
35WDecember 31, 19676–4Boston Bruins (1967–68)16–13–6
36WJanuary 4, 19689–3Oakland Seals (1967–68)17–13–6
37LJanuary 6, 19682–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)17–14–6
38LJanuary 7, 19683–4Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)17–15–6
39LJanuary 10, 19681–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)17–16–6
40LJanuary 11, 19684–5@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)17–17–6
41TJanuary 13, 19684–4Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)17–17–7
42LJanuary 17, 19681–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)17–18–7
43LJanuary 20, 19685–8@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)17–19–7
44LJanuary 21, 19680–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)17–20–7
45WJanuary 24, 19684–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)18–20–7
46TJanuary 25, 19684–4St. Louis Blues (1967–68)18–20–8
47WJanuary 27, 19683–2Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)19–20–8
48LJanuary 28, 19681–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)19–21–8
49LFebruary 1, 19686–8Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)19–22–8
50WFebruary 3, 19688–1Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)20–22–8
51LFebruary 4, 19684–5@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)20–23–8
52LFebruary 8, 19682–3New York Rangers (1967–68)20–24–8
53TFebruary 10, 19681–1Boston Bruins (1967–68)20–24–9
54TFebruary 11, 19683–3@ New York Rangers (1967–68)20–24–10
55LFebruary 15, 19680–2Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)20–25–10
56LFebruary 17, 19684–7Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)20–26–10
57LFebruary 18, 19681–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)20–27–10
58LFebruary 22, 19682–3Boston Bruins (1967–68)20–28–10
59WFebruary 24, 19683–1Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)21–28–10
60LFebruary 29, 19682–4New York Rangers (1967–68)21–29–10
61WMarch 3, 19685–2Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)22–29–10
62LMarch 6, 19681–6@ New York Rangers (1967–68)22–30–10
63LMarch 9, 19685–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)22–31–10
64WMarch 10, 19687–5@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)23–31–10
65TMarch 12, 19682–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)23–31–11
66WMarch 13, 19684–2@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)24–31–11
67WMarch 16, 19686–3@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)25–31–11
68LMarch 17, 19681–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)25–32–11
69LMarch 21, 19682–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)25–33–11
70LMarch 23, 19684–7@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)25–34–11
71WMarch 24, 19685–3Boston Bruins (1967–68)26–34–11
72WMarch 28, 19683–1Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)27–34–11
73LMarch 30, 19681–3New York Rangers (1967–68)27–35–11
74TMarch 31, 19685–5@ 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 HoweRW74394382531004
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7422487014302
Norm UllmanC5830255526704
Dean PrenticeLW6917385542412
Gary BergmanD74132841109523
Gary JarrettLW6818213920102
Floyd SmithRW5718213914512
Bruce MacGregorC7115243913100
Paul HendersonRW5013203335402
Ted HampsonC379182710002
Howie YoungD/RW6221719112000
Doug RobertsRW37891712101
Kent DouglasD367101746000
Frank MahovlichLW1379162001
Bart CrashleyD572141618000
Garry UngerC13510152000
Jimmy PetersC4556118101
Pete MahovlichC15641013000
Pete StemkowskiC133694000
Bert MarshallD3715656000
Gary MarshLW61344001
Nick LibettLW2221312100
Bob FalkenbergD2003310000
Jean-Guy TalbotD3203310000
Jim WatsonD6103387000
Ron AndersonRW1820213000
John BrennemanLW90220000
Warren GodfreyD120110000
Irv SpencerD50114000
Roger CrozierG340002000
Roy EdwardsG410000000
George GardnerG120000000
Galen HeadRW10000000
Danny LawsonRW10000000
Rick McCannC30000000
Bob McCordD30002000
Dave RichardsonLW10000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards217741151581273.500
Roger Crozier1729349182953.301
George Gardner53412322323.600
Team:4440742735122543.431

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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

Roster
1967–1968 Detroit Red Wings Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Draft picks

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

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
19Ron Barkwell CanadaFlin Flon Bombers (MJHL)
217Al Karlander CanadaMichigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)

Farm teams

See also

References
  1. "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1967-68 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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