1969–70 Detroit Red Wings season

1969–70 Detroit Red Wings
Division 3rd East
1969–70 record 40–21–15
Goals for 246
Goals against 199
Team information
General Manager Sid Abel
Coach Bill Gadsby, Sid Abel
Captain Alex Delvecchio
Arena Olympia Stadium
Minor league affiliations Fort Worth Wings (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals Garry Unger (42)
Assists Alex Delvecchio (47)
Points Gordie Howe (71)
Penalties in minutes Gary Bergman (122)
Wins Roy Edwards (24)
Goals against average Roy Edwards (2.59)
<1968–69 1970–71>

The 1969–70 Detroit Red Wings season is noted as being Carl Brewer’s comeback season in the NHL. Baun was reunited with former Toronto Maple Leafs teammates Bob Baun, Pete Stemkowski, and Frank Mahovlich. Brewer signed a contract worth $120,000.[1] Brewer was acquired back in March 1968. The Detroit Red Wings acquired Frank Mahovlich, Pete Stemkowski, Garry Unger and Brewer’s rights from Toronto in exchange for Floyd Smith, Norm Ullman, and Paul Henderson.[2] Another important aspect of the season was that Gordie Howe had finally learned how badly treated he was financially by Wings management. Howe was always under the impression that he was the highest paid player on the team. Howe discovered that Bobby Baun was making over $100,000 per season while Howe was paid only $45,000 per season.[3] After this information, Howe confronted management and demanded that he received the appropriate compensation.

Offseason

Former Red Wings' defenceman Doug Barkley was appointed as the head coach of the Fort Worth Wings of the Central Hockey League, which continued to be operated as Detroit's top farm team during the 1969–70 season.[4]

NHL Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1. 10. Jim Rutherford  Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)

Regular season

Two games into the season, Bill Gadsby was released from his coaching duties.[5]

On February 21, 1970, Brewer had one of his best games of the season. In a contest against his former club, the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brewer had 2 assists in the game and was named the third star of the game.[5]

Final standings

East Division[6]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 76 45 22 9 250 170 +80 99
2 Boston Bruins 76 40 17 19 277 216 +61 99
3 Detroit Red Wings 76 40 21 15 246 199 +47 95
4 New York Rangers 76 38 22 16 246 189 +57 92
5 Montreal Canadiens 76 38 22 16 244 201 +43 92
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 29 34 13 222 242 −20 71

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 11, 19693–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 1–0–0
2WOctober 15, 19694–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 2–0–0
3LOctober 16, 19692–3 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 2–1–0
4WOctober 19, 19694–2 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 3–1–0
5TOctober 23, 19692–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 3–1–1
6LOctober 25, 19691–4 New York Rangers (1969–70) 3–2–1
7WOctober 29, 19695–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 4–2–1
8WOctober 31, 19693–1 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 5–2–1
9WNovember 2, 19694–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 6–2–1
10WNovember 5, 19694–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 7–2–1
11LNovember 6, 19692–5 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 7–3–1
12WNovember 8, 19693–2 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 8–3–1
13LNovember 12, 19692–4 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 8–4–1
14LNovember 13, 19691–3 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 8–5–1
15TNovember 15, 19692–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 8–5–2
16TNovember 19, 19695–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 8–5–3
17LNovember 22, 19690–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 8–6–3
18TNovember 26, 19691–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 8–6–4
19WNovember 27, 19695–1 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 9–6–4
20WNovember 29, 19695–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 10–6–4
21LNovember 30, 19690–1 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 10–7–4
22LDecember 3, 19691–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 10–8–4
23TDecember 4, 19694–4 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 10–8–5
24WDecember 6, 19695–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 11–8–5
25LDecember 7, 19691–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 11–9–5
26TDecember 11, 19692–2 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 11–9–6
27WDecember 13, 19693–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 12–9–6
28WDecember 14, 19695–2 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 13–9–6
29LDecember 16, 19694–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 13–10–6
30WDecember 20, 19693–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 14–10–6
31LDecember 21, 19690–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 14–11–6
32TDecember 26, 19693–3 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 14–11–7
33WDecember 28, 19695–3 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 15–11–7
34WDecember 31, 19695–1 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 16–11–7
35WJanuary 3, 19706–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 17–11–7
36WJanuary 4, 19704–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 18–11–7
37LJanuary 7, 19700–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 18–12–7
38WJanuary 10, 19705–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 19–12–7
39WJanuary 17, 19705–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 20–12–7
40WJanuary 18, 19703–1 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 21–12–7
41LJanuary 22, 19703–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 21–13–7
42WJanuary 24, 19705–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 22–13–7
43LJanuary 25, 19701–4 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 22–14–7
44WJanuary 29, 19704–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 23–14–7
45WJanuary 31, 19702–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 24–14–7
46WFebruary 1, 19703–2 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 25–14–7
47LFebruary 4, 19701–5 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 25–15–7
48WFebruary 5, 19704–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 26–15–7
49TFebruary 7, 19702–2 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 26–15–8
50LFebruary 8, 19703–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 26–16–8
51WFebruary 12, 19705–2 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 27–16–8
52WFebruary 14, 19705–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 28–16–8
53LFebruary 15, 19702–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 28–17–8
54TFebruary 18, 19701–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 28–17–9
55TFebruary 19, 19703–3 New York Rangers (1969–70) 28–17–10
56WFebruary 21, 19707–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 29–17–10
57LFebruary 22, 19700–1 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 29–18–10
58WFebruary 26, 19707–1 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 30–18–10
59TFebruary 28, 19703–3 New York Rangers (1969–70) 30–18–11
60WMarch 4, 19702–0 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 31–18–11
61WMarch 5, 19705–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 32–18–11
62WMarch 7, 19704–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 33–18–11
63TMarch 8, 19702–2 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 33–18–12
64WMarch 11, 19703–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 34–18–12
65TMarch 15, 19705–5 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 34–18–13
66WMarch 17, 19703–2 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 35–18–13
67WMarch 18, 19706–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 36–18–13
68LMarch 20, 19702–3 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 36–19–13
69WMarch 21, 19704–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 37–19–13
70LMarch 26, 19700–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 37–20–13
71TMarch 28, 19705–5 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 37–20–14
72TMarch 29, 19702–2 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 37–20–15
73WApril 1, 19705–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 38–20–15
74WApril 2, 19704–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 39–20–15
75WApril 4, 19706–2 New York Rangers (1969–70) 40–20–15
76LApril 5, 19705–9 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 40–21–15

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Howe, GordieGordie Howe RW 76 31 40 71 581145
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 74 38 32 70 591515
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio C/LW 73 21 47 68 24403
Unger, GarryGarry Unger C 76 42 24 66 671204
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 76 23 36 59 10505
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski C 76 25 24 49 114416
Libett, NickNick Libett LW 76 20 20 40 39312
Brewer, CarlCarl Brewer D 70 2 37 39 51000
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor C 73 15 23 38 24314
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman D 69 6 17 23 122101
Harris, RonRon Harris D 72 2 19 21 99000
Baun, BobBob Baun D 71 1 18 19 112000
Karlander, AlAl Karlander C 41 5 10 15 6000
Dea, BillyBilly Dea LW 70 10 3 13 6003
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe D 20 2 9 11 12001
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan LW 51 3 4 7 24001
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich D 46 0 6 6 33000
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 32 0 4 4 29000
Croteau, GaryGary Croteau LW 10 0 2 2 2000
Hatoum, EdEd Hatoum RW 5 0 2 2 2000
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards G 47 0 1 1 0000
McCann, RickRick McCann C 18 0 1 1 4000
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier G 34 0 0 0 0000
Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 3 0 0 0 2000
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon D 2 0 0 0 0000
Monteith, HankHank Monteith LW 9 0 0 0 0000
Speck, FredFred Speck C 5 0 0 0 0000
Watson, JimJim Watson D 4 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards 2683 47 24 15 6 116 2.59 2
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier 1877 34 16 6 9 83 2.65 0
Team: 4560 76 40 21 15 199 2.62 2

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly C 4 1 3 4 2100
Howe, GordieGordie Howe RW 4 2 0 2 2100
Libett, NickNick Libett LW 4 2 0 2 2100
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski C 4 1 1 2 6010
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio C/LW 4 0 2 2 0000
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe D 4 0 2 2 8000
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor C 4 1 0 1 2000
Volmar, DougDoug Volmar RW 2 1 0 1 0000
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman D 4 0 1 1 2000
Dea, BillyBilly Dea LW 4 0 1 1 2000
Karlander, AlAl Karlander C 4 0 1 1 0000
Unger, GarryGarry Unger C 4 0 1 1 6000
Baun, BobBob Baun D 4 0 0 0 6000
Brewer, CarlCarl Brewer D 4 0 0 0 2000
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier G 1 0 0 0 0000
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards G 4 0 0 0 0000
Harris, RonRon Harris D 4 0 0 0 8000
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 4 0 0 0 2000
Monteith, HankHank Monteith LW 4 0 0 0 0000
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 1 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier 34 1 0 1 3 5.29 0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards 206 4 0 3 11 3.20 0
Team: 240 4 0 4 14 3.50 0

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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

Playoffs

The Red Wings have made it into the playoffs for the first time since 1966. They lost the Quarter-finals by getting swept by Chicago in 4 games in a best of seven series, or 0–4.

Roster

1969–1970 Detroit Red Wings Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

References

  1. The Power of Two:Carl Brewer’s Battle with Hockey’s Power Brokers, p.73, Susan Foster with notes by Carl Brewer, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, 2006, ISBN 978-1-55168-313-3 (paperback)
  2. The Power of Two:Carl Brewer’s Battle with Hockey’s Power Brokers, p.72, Susan Foster with notes by Carl Brewer, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, 2006, ISBN 978-1-55168-313-3 (paperback)
  3. 1 2 The Power of Two:Carl Brewer’s Battle with Hockey’s Power Brokers, p.75, Susan Foster with notes by Carl Brewer, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, 2006, ISBN 978-1-55168-313-3 (paperback)
  4. Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley. Up From the Minor Leagues of Hockey. Chicago, Illinois: Cowles Book Company, Inc. p. 127.
  5. 1 2 The Power of Two:Carl Brewer’s Battle with Hockey’s Power Brokers, p.74, Susan Foster with notes by Carl Brewer, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, 2006, ISBN 978-1-55168-313-3 (paperback)
  6. "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  7. "1969-70 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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