1966–67 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1966–67 1966 Detroit Red Wings 27–39–4 21–11–3 6–28–1 5th 212 241 Sid Abel Sid Abel Alex Delvecchio Leo BoivinNorm Ullman Detroit Olympia Bruce MacGregor (28) Norm Ullman (44) Norm Ullman (70) Gary Bergman (129) Roger Crozier (22) Roger 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). The team would miss the playoffs for the first time since the 1961–62 season 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1966–67 regular season1966-67 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1967_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 19, 1966||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 22, 1966||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 23, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||October 26, 1966||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||0–4–0 |- |5||W||October 27, 1966||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||1–4–0 |- |6||W||October 30, 1966||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||2–4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |7||T||November 3, 1966||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||2–4–1 |- |8||L||November 5, 1966||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||2–5–1 |- |9||W||November 6, 1966||6–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||3–5–1 |- |10||W||November 10, 1966||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||4–5–1 |- |11||T||November 12, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||4–5–2 |- |12||L||November 13, 1966||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||4–6–2 |- |13||L||November 19, 1966||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||4–7–2 |- |14||L||November 20, 1966||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||4–8–2 |- |15||L||November 22, 1966||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||4–9–2 |- |16||L||November 24, 1966||3–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||4–10–2 |- |17||L||November 26, 1966||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||4–11–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |18||W||December 1, 1966||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||5–11–2 |- |19||L||December 3, 1966||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||5–12–2 |- |20||L||December 4, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||5–13–2 |- |21||L||December 8, 1966||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||5–14–2 |- |22||L||December 10, 1966||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||5–15–2 |- |23||W||December 11, 1966||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||6–15–2 |- |24||L||December 14, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||6–16–2 |- |25||W||December 15, 1966||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||7–16–2 |- |26||W||December 18, 1966||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||8–16–2 |- |27||L||December 21, 1966||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||8–17–2 |- |28||L||December 25, 1966||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||8–18–2 |- |29||T||December 27, 1966||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||8–18–3 |- |30||L||December 29, 1966||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||8–19–3 |- |31||W||December 31, 1966||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||9–19–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||W||January 1, 1967||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||10–19–3 |- |33||W||January 5, 1967||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||11–19–3 |- |34||L||January 7, 1967||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||11–20–3 |- |35||W||January 8, 1967||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||12–20–3 |- |36||L||January 11, 1967||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||12–21–3 |- |37||W||January 12, 1967||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||13–21–3 |- |38||L||January 14, 1967||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||13–22–3 |- |39||L||January 15, 1967||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||13–23–3 |- |40||W||January 19, 1967||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||14–23–3 |- |41||W||January 21, 1967||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||15–23–3 |- |42||W||January 22, 1967||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||16–23–3 |- |43||L||January 26, 1967||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||16–24–3 |- |44||W||January 29, 1967||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||17–24–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |45||W||February 2, 1967||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||18–24–3 |- |46||W||February 5, 1967||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||19–24–3 |- |47||W||February 8, 1967||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||20–24–3 |- |48||W||February 11, 1967||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||21–24–3 |- |49||L||February 12, 1967||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||21–25–3 |- |50||L||February 14, 1967||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||21–26–3 |- |51||L||February 16, 1967||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||21–27–3 |- |52||L||February 18, 1967||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||21–28–3 |- |53||W||February 19, 1967||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||22–28–3 |- |54||L||February 22, 1967||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||22–29–3 |- |55||L||February 23, 1967||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||22–30–3 |- |56||L||February 25, 1967||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||22–31–3 |- |57||T||February 26, 1967||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||22–31–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |58||L||March 4, 1967||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||22–32–4 |- |59||W||March 5, 1967||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||23–32–4 |- |60||W||March 8, 1967||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||24–32–4 |- |61||L||March 12, 1967||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||24–33–4 |- |62||W||March 15, 1967||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||25–33–4 |- |63||L||March 18, 1967||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1966–67) ||25–34–4 |- |64||L||March 19, 1967||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||25–35–4 |- |65||W||March 23, 1967||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1966–67) ||26–35–4 |- |66||L||March 25, 1967||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||26–36–4 |- |67||W||March 26, 1967||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||27–36–4 |- |68||L||March 28, 1967||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) ||27–37–4 |- |69||L||March 29, 1967||5–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1966–67) ||27–38–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |70||L||April 2, 1967||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||27–39–4 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Norm Ullman C 68 26 44 70 26513 Gordie Howe RW 69 25 40 65 53811 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 17 38 55 10412 Ted Hampson C 65 13 35 48 4102 Bruce MacGregor C 70 28 19 47 14814 Dean Prentice LW 68 23 22 45 18511 Paul Henderson RW 46 21 19 40 10615 Gary Bergman D 70 5 30 35 129101 Andy Bathgate RW 60 8 23 31 24001 Floyd Smith ice hockey RW 54 11 14 25 8600 Leo Boivin D 69 4 17 21 78001 Howie Young D/RW 44 3 14 17 100001 Ray Cullen C 27 8 8 16 8001 Bert Marshall D 57 0 10 10 68000 Parker MacDonald C 16 3 5 8 2103 Pete Goegan D 31 2 6 8 12100 Murray Hall Murray Hall (ice hockey) RW 12 4 3 7 4000 Doug Roberts Doug Roberts (ice hockey) RW 13 3 1 4 0001 Bob Wall Bob Wall (ice hockey) D 31 2 2 4 26000 Pete Mahovlich C 34 1 3 4 16000 Bob McCord D 14 1 2 3 27000 Ab McDonald LW 12 2 0 2 2000 Bob Falkenberg D 16 1 1 2 10000 Val Fonteyne LW 28 1 1 2 0000 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 48 0 1 1 66000 Gerry Abel LW 1 0 0 0 0000 Hank Bassen G 8 0 0 0 0000 Craig Cameron Craig Cameron (hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Bart Crashley D 2 0 0 0 2000 Roger Crozier G 58 0 0 0 2000 George Gardner George Gardner (ice hockey) G 11 0 0 0 0000 Warren Godfrey D 2 0 0 0 0000 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 2 0 0 0 0000 Gary Jarrett LW 4 0 0 0 0000 Real Lemieux LW 1 0 0 0 0000 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Jr. C 2 0 0 0 0000 Dave Rochefort C 1 0 0 0 0000 Ted Taylor Ted Taylor (ice hockey) LW 2 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Roger Crozier 3256 58 22 29 4 182 3.35 4 George Gardner George Gardner (ice hockey) 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 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1966-67 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1967.html 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; Draft picks 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)16 Steve Atkinson Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)212 Jim Whittaker Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)318 Lee Carpenter Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)424 Grant Cole Canada St. Michael's Buzzers (OHA) See also 1966–67 NHL season References Detroit Red Wings Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings