1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-27-12 - 74 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL
Postseason: 6-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Sid Abel (31-27-12)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1965-66 Detroit Red Wings RosterTeam Record: 31-27-12 - 74 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL
Postseason: 6-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Sid Abel (31-27-12)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Results
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1965-66 season with a record of 31 wins and 27 losses and 12 ties for 74 points, finishing fourth in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.
The Red Wings scored 221 goals and surrendered 194. Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman netted 31 goals for Detroit each, and Gordie Howe contributed 46 assists. Roger Crozier earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.78 goals against average, topping regularly-used goaltenders.
Sid Abel coached the team. The 1965-66 Detroit Red Wings lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | R | 70 | 29 | 46 | 75 | 83 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 31 | 41 | 72 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alex Delvecchio | C | 70 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Floyd Smith | R | 66 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andy Bathgate | R | 70 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Henderson | L | 69 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bruce MacGregor | R | 70 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ab McDonald | L | 43 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Barkley | D | 43 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Bergman | D | 61 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Marshall | D | 61 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Murphy | L | 32 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parker MacDonald | L | 37 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Gadsby | D | 58 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Prentice | L | 19 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Val Fonteyne | L | 59 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Watson | D | 70 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McKenney | C | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Harris | C | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Boivin | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Peters | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pit Martin | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wall | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McCord | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Goegan | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Hall | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwight Carruthers | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bart Crashley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Crozier | G | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Roberts | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Doak | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Bassen | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Gardner | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Watson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1193 | 221 | 373 | 594 | 804 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | 64 | 3734 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 173 | 2.78 | 0 | ||
| Hank Bassen | 11 | 406 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2.51 | 0 | ||
| George Gardner | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 4200 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 191 | 2.73 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | R | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ullman | C | 12 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Delvecchio | C | 12 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Smith | R | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Bathgate | R | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Henderson | L | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce MacGregor | R | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ab McDonald | L | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Bergman | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Marshall | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Parker MacDonald | L | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gadsby | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Prentice | L | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Val Fonteyne | L | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Watson | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Boivin | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Godfrey | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wall | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Goegan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Crozier | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Spencer | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Bassen | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 215 | 36 | 57 | 93 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | 12 | 669 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2.33 | 0 | ||
| Hank Bassen | 1 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.22 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 723 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2.32 | 0 |
