1971–72 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1971–72 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 46th season and saw the debut of Marcel Dionne. The Red Wings finished 5th in the East Division and missed the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
During his first season for Detroit in 1971-72, Marcel Dionne set an NHL record for scoring by a rookie with 77 points. This record has since been surpassed.
===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 	L 	October 9, 1971 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 10, 1971 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 16, 1971 	2–9 	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	0–3–0
4 	W 	October 17, 1971 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	October 20, 1971 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	1–4–0
6 	W 	October 22, 1971 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	October 24, 1971 	3–6 	California Golden Seals (1971–72) 	2–5–0
8 	L 	October 26, 1971 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	2–6–0
9 	L 	October 27, 1971 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1971–72) 	2–7–0
10 	L 	October 30, 1971 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	2–8–0
11 	W 	October 31, 1971 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	3–8–0
12 	L 	November 1, 1971 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	3–9–0
13 	T 	November 4, 1971 	4–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	3–9–1
14 	L 	November 6, 1971 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	3–10–1
15 	T 	November 7, 1971 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	3–10–2
16 	W 	November 10, 1971 	2–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	4–10–2
17 	W 	November 13, 1971 	6–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	5–10–2
18 	T 	November 16, 1971 	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	5–10–3
19 	L 	November 20, 1971 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 	5–11–3
20 	T 	November 21, 1971 	2–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	5–11–4
21 	L 	November 24, 1971 	1–6 	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	5–12–4
22 	W 	November 27, 1971 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1971–72) 	6–12–4
23 	W 	November 28, 1971 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	7–12–4
24 	L 	December 1, 1971 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	7–13–4
25 	T 	December 2, 1971 	1–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	7–13–5
26 	W 	December 4, 1971 	5–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 	8–13–5
27 	L 	December 5, 1971 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	8–14–5
28 	L 	December 8, 1971 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	8–15–5
29 	W 	December 11, 1971 	6–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	9–15–5
30 	W 	December 14, 1971 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	10–15–5
31 	T 	December 17, 1971 	3–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	10–15–6
32 	L 	December 18, 1971 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 	10–16–6
33 	W 	December 22, 1971 	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	11–16–6
34 	L 	December 25, 1971 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	11–17–6
35 	W 	December 26, 1971 	5–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	12–17–6
36 	W 	December 29, 1971 	7–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	13–17–6
37 	W 	December 31, 1971 	6–3 	California Golden Seals (1971–72) 	14–17–6
38 	W 	January 2, 1972 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	15–17–6
39 	L 	January 5, 1972 	2–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	15–18–6
40 	T 	January 7, 1972 	4–4 	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	15–18–7
41 	W 	January 9, 1972 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	16–18–7
42 	W 	January 11, 1972 	5–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	17–18–7
43 	W 	January 15, 1972 	7–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 	18–18–7
44 	L 	January 16, 1972 	2–9 	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	18–19–7
45 	L 	January 19, 1972 	1–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	18–20–7
46 	W 	January 22, 1972 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	19–20–7
47 	W 	January 23, 1972 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	20–20–7
48 	W 	January 27, 1972 	3–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	21–20–7
49 	T 	January 29, 1972 	4–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 	21–20–8
50 	L 	January 30, 1972 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	21–21–8
51 	W 	February 1, 1972 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	22–21–8
52 	L 	February 3, 1972 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	22–22–8
53 	L 	February 5, 1972 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	22–23–8
54 	W 	February 6, 1972 	8–2 	California Golden Seals (1971–72) 	23–23–8
55 	W 	February 10, 1972 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	24–23–8
56 	T 	February 12, 1972 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	24–23–9
57 	L 	February 16, 1972 	2–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	24–24–9
58 	W 	February 19, 1972 	6–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	25–24–9
59 	L 	February 20, 1972 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1971–72) 	25–25–9
60 	W 	February 22, 1972 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	26–25–9
61 	W 	February 24, 1972 	2–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	27–25–9
62 	L 	February 26, 1972 	1–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	27–26–9
63 	L 	February 27, 1972 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	27–27–9
64 	W 	February 29, 1972 	8–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	28–27–9
65 	L 	March 2, 1972 	4–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	28–28–9
66 	L 	March 4, 1972 	4–5 	Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	28–29–9
67 	W 	March 5, 1972 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	29–29–9
68 	L 	March 8, 1972 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	29–30–9
69 	L 	March 11, 1972 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1971–72) 	29–31–9
70 	L 	March 12, 1972 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	29–32–9
71 	L 	March 16, 1972 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1971–72) 	29–33–9
72 	W 	March 19, 1972 	7–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	30–33–9
73 	W 	March 21, 1972 	7–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	31–33–9
74 	W 	March 22, 1972 	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 	32–33–9
75 	L 	March 25, 1972 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	32–34–9
76 	W 	March 28, 1972 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	33–34–9
77 	T 	March 29, 1972 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1971–72) 	33–34–10
78 	L 	April 2, 1972 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	33–35–10
==Playoffs==
*The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Marcel Dionne 	78	28	49	77 	14
Mickey Redmond 	78	42	29	71 	34
Red Berenson 	78	28	41	69 	16
Alex Delvecchio	75	20	45	65 	22
Nick Libett 	77	31	22	53 	50
Tim Ecclestone 	72	18	35	53 	33
Bill Collins 	71	15	25	40 	38
Al Karlander 	71	15	20	35 	29
Leon Rochefort 	64	17	12	29 	10
Guy Charron 	64	9 	16	25 	14
Doug Volmar 	39	9 	5 	14 	8
Dan Johnson 	43	2 	5 	7 	8
Ab McDonald 	19	2 	3 	5 	0
Brian Conacher 	22	3 	1 	4 	4
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000341972.html
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Gary Bergman 	75	6	31	37 	138
Ron Stackhouse	73	5	25	30 	83
Arnie Brown 	77	2	23	25 	84
Larry Johnston	65	4	20	24 	111
Ron Harris 	61	1	10	11 	80
Bob Wall 	45	2	4 	6 	9
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	MIN 	W 	L 	T	SO	GA 	GAA
Andy Brown	10	560 	4 	5 	1	0 	37 	3.96
Joe Daley 	29	1620	11	10	5	0 	85 	3.15
Al Smith 	43	2500	18	20	4	4 	135	3.24
==Awards and Records==
* Marcel Dionne, most points by a rookie (77 points, since surpassed)
==Transactions==
The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 1971–72 season:
===Trades===
October 22, 1971	To Detroit Red WingsRon Stackhouse 	To California Golden SealsTom Webster
January 13, 1971	To Detroit Red WingsMickey RedmondGuy CharronBill Collins	To Montreal CanadiensFrank Mahovlich
==Draft Picks==
Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
==Gallery==
D._Smith_goal-20Oct1971.gif|Dallas Smith deflects Phil Esposito's pass in, October 20, 1971.
==References==
*Red Wings on Hockey Database
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