1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season

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

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	76	46	19	11	271	202	+69	103
2	Boston Bruins	76	42	18	16	303	221	+82	100
3	New York Rangers	76	41	26	9	231	196	+35	91
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	15	234	217	+17	85
5	Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	12	239	221	+18	78
6	Chicago Black Hawks	76	34	33	9	280	246	+34	77

Schedule and 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

Player statistics

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
Anderson, RonRon Anderson	RW	7	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Crashley, BartBart Crashley	D	1	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
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	5	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
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Snow, SandySandy Snow	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Speck, FredFred Speck	C	5	0	0	0	2	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;

Roster

1968–1969 Detroit Red Wings Roster

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Gary Bergman
3 – Bob Falkenberg
3 – Poul Popiel
4 – Bobby Baun
5 – Kent Douglas
8 – Bart Crashley
16 – Ron Harris
21 – Gerry Hart
21 – Jim Watson

Wingers

8 – Reynald Leclerc
9 – Gordie Howe
12 – Bruce MacGregor
14 – Nick Libett
15 – Ron Anderson
15 – Hank Monteith
15 – Sandy Snow
17 – Wayne Connelly
18 – Ed Hatoum
18 – Danny Lawson
20 – Dean Prentice
27 – Frank Mahovlich

Centers

7 – Garry Unger
8 – Rick McCann
10 – Alex Delvecchio –C
11 – Pete Mahovlich
15 – Fred Speck
19 – Pete Stemkowski
GM: Sid Abel
Coach: Bill Gadsby

References

↑ "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1968-69 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

"1968–69 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Roster

See also

References

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