# 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. 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).

## Regular season
### Final standings

| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1966–67 NHL Records :
| 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

| 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 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### 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 |
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) |
| 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) |