1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 42nd season. The Red Wings finished last in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Red Wings held their training camp in Detroit.
==Regular Season==
Rick McCann played his first NHL game (of 43) on December 6, 1967 in a 3-3 tie with the New York Rangers while Gary Marsh played his first NHL game (of 7) on December 14, 1967 in a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Black Hawks.
Warren Godfrey was called up for the December 28, 1967 match and played 12 games for the Red Wings during the season, the last of his 788 game NHL career. Danny Lawson played his first NHL game (and only one of the season) on January 10, 1968 in a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Irv Spencer was called up for the 8-5 loss on January 20, 1968 to the Pittsburgh Penguins and played 4 more games for Detroit, the last of his 230 game NHL career.
Nick Libett was called up for his first NHL game on February 10, 1968 in a 1-1 tie with the Boston Bruins. Libett became a regular and played the next 11 seasons for Detroit.
With playoff chances fading, the Red Wings made a blockbuster trade with the Maple Leafs on March 3, 1968, sending Norm Ullman, Paul Henderson, Floyd Smith and Doug Barrie in exchange for Frank Mahovlich, Pete Stemkowski, Garry Unger and the rights to Carl Brewer. The teams met less than a week later on March 9 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Detroit took a 4-0 lead, led by Mahovlich's goal and two assists. However, Ullman turned the tide with two goals and an assist as Toronto came back to win 7-5. Despite excellent performances from Mahovlich, Ullman, Unger and Henderson for the rest of the season, both teams missed the playoffs.
Galen Head played his only NHL game on March 21, 1968 in a 5-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season 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==
*The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
9 	 	RW 	74	39	43	82 	53 	10 	0 	4
10 	 	C/LW	74	22	48	70 	14 	3 	0 	2
7 	 	C 	58	30	25	55 	26 	7 	0 	4
20 	 	LW 	69	17	38	55 	42 	4 	1 	2
2 	 	D 	74	13	28	41 	109	5 	2 	3
8 	 	LW 	68	18	21	39 	20 	1 	0 	2
17 	 	RW 	57	18	21	39 	14 	5 	1 	2
12 	 	C 	71	15	24	39 	13 	1 	0 	0
19 	 	RW 	50	13	20	33 	35 	4 	0 	2
16 	 	C 	37	9 	18	27 	10 	0 	0 	2
4 	 	D/RW	62	2 	17	19 	112	0 	0 	0
14 	 	RW 	37	8 	9 	17 	12 	1 	0 	1
5 	 	D 	36	7 	10	17 	46 	0 	0 	0
27 	 	LW 	13	7 	9 	16 	2 	0 	0 	1
15 	 	D 	57	2 	14	16 	18 	0 	0 	0
16 	 	C 	13	5 	10	15 	2 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	C 	45	5 	6 	11 	8 	1 	0 	1
21, 22 	 	C 	15	6 	4 	10 	13 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	C 	13	3 	6 	9 	4 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	37	1 	5 	6 	56 	0 	0 	0
14, 21 	 	LW 	6 	1 	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	1
14 	 	LW 	22	2 	1 	3 	12 	1 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	20	0 	3 	3 	10 	0 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	32	0 	3 	3 	10 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	D 	61	0 	3 	3 	87 	0 	0 	0
14, 21, 22	 	RW 	18	2 	0 	2 	13 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	LW 	9 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
3, 21 	 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
14 	 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
1, 30 	 	G 	34	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2177	41	15	15	8 	127	3.50	0
 	1729	34	9 	18	2 	95 	3.30	1
 	534 	12	3 	2 	2 	32 	3.60	0
Team: 	4440	74	27	35	12	254	3.43	1
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==
*Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Farm Teams==
*Fort Worth Wings, CPHL
==Trivia==
*Red Wings who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Norm Ullman during the 8-6 win over the Montreal Canadiens on December 17, 1967.
**Floyd Smith had a four goal game during the 8-6 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on February 1, 1968.
**Gordie Howe during the 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on March 16, 1968.
==Gallery==
Orr_goal-4Feb1968.gif|Bobby Orr scores his last goal of the season, February 4, 1968.
22Feb1968-Bruins_Wings_brawl.jpg|Bruins and Red Wings brawl, February 22, 1968.
28Jan1968-Horvath_Howe.jpg|Bronco Horvath played his last NHL games for the North Stars in 1968, replacing Bill Masterton.
==See Also==
*1967–68 NHL season
==References==
* 
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