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68-69DetRW
1968–69 Detroit Red Wings
Division 5th East
1968–69 record 33–31–12
Goals for 239
Goals against 221
Team information
General manager Sid Abel
Coach Bill Gadsby
Captain Alex Delvecchio
Alternate captains Gary Bergman
Dean Prentice
Arena Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals Frank Mahovlich (49)
Assists Gordie Howe (59)
Points Gordie Howe (103)
Penalty minutes Bobby Baun (121)
Wins Roy Edwards (18)
Goals against average Roy Edwards (2.54)

The 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 43rd season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season[]

Pre-season[]

The Red Wings held their training camp in Port Huron, Michigan.

Regular Season[]

1968-Dec4-Howe 700th

Gordie Howe scores his 700th career goal, December 4, 1968.

Gordie Howe scored the 700th goal of his career during the 7-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on December 4, 1968.

Final Standings[]

East Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Montreal Canadiens 76 46 19 11 271 202 103
Boston Bruins 76 42 18 16 303 221 100
New York Rangers 76 41 26 9 231 196 91
Toronto Maple Leafs 76 35 26 15 234 217 85
Detroit Red Wings 76 33 31 12 239 221 78
Chicago Black Hawks 76 34 33 9 280 246 77

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1968 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 0–1–0
2 L October 13, 1968 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 0–2–0
3 W October 17, 1968 7–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 1–2–0
4 L October 20, 1968 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 1–3–0
5 W October 27, 1968 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 2–3–0
6 W October 31, 1968 7–5 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 3–3–0
7 L November 2, 1968 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 3–4–0
8 T November 3, 1968 4–4 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 3–4–1
9 W November 6, 1968 6–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 4–4–1
10 W November 7, 1968 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 5–4–1
11 L November 9, 1968 4–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 5–5–1
12 T November 10, 1968 4–4 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 5–5–2
13 L November 13, 1968 1–2 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 5–6–2
14 W November 14, 1968 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 6–6–2
15 T November 16, 1968 1–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 6–6–3
16 L November 20, 1968 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 6–7–3
17 W November 23, 1968 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 7–7–3
18 W November 27, 1968 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 8–7–3
19 L November 28, 1968 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 8–8–3
20 T December 1, 1968 3–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 8–8–4
21 W December 4, 1968 7–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 9–8–4
22 W December 5, 1968 4–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 10–8–4
23 L December 7, 1968 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 10–9–4
24 W December 8, 1968 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 11–9–4
25 L December 11, 1968 3–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 11–10–4
26 L December 12, 1968 0–6 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 11–11–4
27 W December 14, 1968 3–1 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 12–11–4
28 W December 15, 1968 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 13–11–4
29 L December 19, 1968 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 13–12–4
30 L December 21, 1968 3–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 13–13–4
31 W December 22, 1968 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 14–13–4
32 L December 25, 1968 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 14–14–4
33 T December 27, 1968 3–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 14–14–5
34 T December 29, 1968 3–3 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 14–14–6
35 W December 31, 1968 6–3 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 15–14–6
36 L January 1, 1969 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 15–15–6
37 L January 4, 1969 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 15–16–6
38 W January 5, 1969 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 16–16–6
39 W January 9, 1969 6–2 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 17–16–6
40 W January 11, 1969 3–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 18–16–6
41 W January 12, 1969 5–1 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 19–16–6
42 W January 15, 1969 4–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 20–16–6
43 W January 16, 1969 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 21–16–6
44 T January 18, 1969 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 21–16–7
45 L January 19, 1969 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 21–17–7
46 T January 23, 1969 2–2 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 21–17–8
47 W January 25, 1969 5–3 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 22–17–8
48 W January 26, 1969 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 23–17–8
49 L January 29, 1969 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 23–18–8
50 L February 1, 1969 0–2 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 23–19–8
51 L February 2, 1969 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 23–20–8
52 W February 4, 1969 2–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 24–20–8
53 W February 6, 1969 6–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 25–20–8
54 W February 8, 1969 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 26–20–8
55 W February 9, 1969 5–0 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 27–20–8
56 L February 13, 1969 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 27–21–8
57 L February 15, 1969 2–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 27–22–8
58 W February 16, 1969 6–3 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 28–22–8
59 T February 19, 1969 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 28–22–9
60 W February 20, 1969 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 29–22–9
61 L February 22, 1969 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 29–23–9
62 W February 23, 1969 9–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 30–23–9
63 L February 26, 1969 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 30–24–9
64 W March 1, 1969 4–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 31–24–9
65 W March 2, 1969 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 32–24–9
66 T March 5, 1969 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 32–24–10
67 L March 6, 1969 1–4 New York Rangers (1968–69) 32–25–10
68 W March 8, 1969 7–4 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 33–25–10
69 L March 15, 1969 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 33–26–10
70 L March 16, 1969 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 33–27–10
71 T March 19, 1969 4–4 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 33–27–11
72 L March 20, 1969 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 33–28–11
73 L March 22, 1969 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 33–29–11
74 L March 27, 1969 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 33–30–11
75 T March 29, 1969 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 33–30–12
76 L March 30, 1969 5–9 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 33–31–12

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
Howe, GordieGordie Howe RW 76 44 59 103 58 9 0 6
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio C/LW 72 25 58 83 8 7 0 2
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 76 49 29 78 38 7 0 5
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski C 71 21 31 52 81 3 2 4
Unger, GarryGarry Unger C 76 24 20 44 33 5 1 4
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor C 69 18 23 41 14 2 3 3
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman D 76 7 30 37 80 2 0 2
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice LW 74 14 20 34 18 2 1 1
Douglas, KentKent Douglas D 69 2 29 31 97 1 0 0
Libett, NickNick Libett LW 75 10 14 24 34 1 0 2
Baun, BobBob Baun D 76 4 16 20 121 0 0 0
Harris, RonRon Harris D 73 3 13 16 91 0 0 1
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 62 2 13 15 82 0 0 2
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 19 4 9 13 0 1 0 0
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson RW 44 5 7 12 21 0 0 0
Monteith, HankHank Monteith LW 34 1 9 10 6 0 0 0
Leclerc, ReneRene Leclerc RW 43 2 3 5 62 0 0 0
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich C 30 2 2 4 21 0 0 0
Hatoum, EdEd Hatoum RW 16 2 1 3 2 0 0 1
Watson, JimJim Watson D 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Crashley, BartBart Crashley D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
McCann, RickRick McCann C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Snow, SandySandy Snow RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Speck, FredFred Speck C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Anderson, RonRon Anderson RW 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier G 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards G 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards 2099 40 18 11 6 89 2.54 4
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier 1820 38 12 16 3 101 3.33 0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk 641 13 3 4 3 28 2.62 0
Team: 4560 76 33 31 12 218 2.87 4

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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[]

Draft Picks[]

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. 1968-69 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.
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