1969–70 Detroit Red Wings season

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
1	W	October 11, 1969	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	1–0–0
2	W	October 15, 1969	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	2–0–0
3	L	October 16, 1969	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	2–1–0
4	W	October 19, 1969	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	3–1–0
5	T	October 23, 1969	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	3–1–1
6	L	October 25, 1969	1–4	New York Rangers (1969–70)	3–2–1
7	W	October 29, 1969	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	4–2–1
8	W	October 31, 1969	3–1	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	5–2–1
9	W	November 2, 1969	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	6–2–1
10	W	November 5, 1969	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	7–2–1
11	L	November 6, 1969	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	7–3–1
12	W	November 8, 1969	3–2	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	8–3–1
13	L	November 12, 1969	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	8–4–1
14	L	November 13, 1969	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	8–5–1
15	T	November 15, 1969	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	8–5–2
16	T	November 19, 1969	5–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	8–5–3
17	L	November 22, 1969	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	8–6–3
18	T	November 26, 1969	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	8–6–4
19	W	November 27, 1969	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	9–6–4
20	W	November 29, 1969	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	10–6–4
21	L	November 30, 1969	0–1	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	10–7–4
22	L	December 3, 1969	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	10–8–4
23	T	December 4, 1969	4–4	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	10–8–5
24	W	December 6, 1969	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	11–8–5
25	L	December 7, 1969	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	11–9–5
26	T	December 11, 1969	2–2	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	11–9–6
27	W	December 13, 1969	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	12–9–6
28	W	December 14, 1969	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	13–9–6
29	L	December 16, 1969	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	13–10–6
30	W	December 20, 1969	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	14–10–6
31	L	December 21, 1969	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	14–11–6
32	T	December 26, 1969	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	14–11–7
33	W	December 28, 1969	5–3	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	15–11–7
34	W	December 31, 1969	5–1	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	16–11–7
35	W	January 3, 1970	6–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	17–11–7
36	W	January 4, 1970	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	18–11–7
37	L	January 7, 1970	0–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	18–12–7
38	W	January 10, 1970	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	19–12–7
39	W	January 17, 1970	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	20–12–7
40	W	January 18, 1970	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	21–12–7
41	L	January 22, 1970	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	21–13–7
42	W	January 24, 1970	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	22–13–7
43	L	January 25, 1970	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	22–14–7
44	W	January 29, 1970	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	23–14–7
45	W	January 31, 1970	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	24–14–7
46	W	February 1, 1970	3–2	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	25–14–7
47	L	February 4, 1970	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	25–15–7
48	W	February 5, 1970	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	26–15–7
49	T	February 7, 1970	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	26–15–8
50	L	February 8, 1970	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	26–16–8
51	W	February 12, 1970	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	27–16–8
52	W	February 14, 1970	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	28–16–8
53	L	February 15, 1970	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	28–17–8
54	T	February 18, 1970	1–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	28–17–9
55	T	February 19, 1970	3–3	New York Rangers (1969–70)	28–17–10
56	W	February 21, 1970	7–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	29–17–10
57	L	February 22, 1970	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	29–18–10
58	W	February 26, 1970	7–1	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	30–18–10
59	T	February 28, 1970	3–3	New York Rangers (1969–70)	30–18–11
60	W	March 4, 1970	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	31–18–11
61	W	March 5, 1970	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	32–18–11
62	W	March 7, 1970	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	33–18–11
63	T	March 8, 1970	2–2	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	33–18–12
64	W	March 11, 1970	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	34–18–12
65	T	March 15, 1970	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	34–18–13
66	W	March 17, 1970	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	35–18–13
67	W	March 18, 1970	6–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	36–18–13
68	L	March 20, 1970	2–3	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	36–19–13
69	W	March 21, 1970	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	37–19–13
70	L	March 26, 1970	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	37–20–13
71	T	March 28, 1970	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	37–20–14
72	T	March 29, 1970	2–2	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	37–20–15
73	W	April 1, 1970	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	38–20–15
74	W	April 2, 1970	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	39–20–15
75	W	April 4, 1970	6–2	New York Rangers (1969–70)	40–20–15
76	L	April 5, 1970	5–9	@ 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	58	11	4	5
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	74	38	32	70	59	15	1	5
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	73	21	47	68	24	4	0	3
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	76	42	24	66	67	12	0	4
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	76	23	36	59	10	5	0	5
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	76	25	24	49	114	4	1	6
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	76	20	20	40	39	3	1	2
Brewer, CarlCarl Brewer	D	70	2	37	39	51	0	0	0
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	73	15	23	38	24	3	1	4
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	69	6	17	23	122	1	0	1
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	72	2	19	21	99	0	0	0
Baun, BobBob Baun	D	71	1	18	19	112	0	0	0
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	41	5	10	15	6	0	0	0
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	70	10	3	13	6	0	0	3
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	D	20	2	9	11	12	0	0	1
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	LW	51	3	4	7	24	0	0	1
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich	D	46	0	6	6	33	0	0	0
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel	D	32	0	4	4	29	0	0	0
Croteau, GaryGary Croteau	LW	10	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Hatoum, EdEd Hatoum	RW	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	47	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
McCann, RickRick McCann	C	18	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monteith, HankHank Monteith	LW	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Speck, FredFred Speck	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Watson, JimJim Watson	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	4	1	3	4	2	1	0
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	4	2	0	2	2	1	0
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	4	2	0	2	2	1	0
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	4	1	1	2	6	0	1
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	4	0	2	2	0	0	0
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	D	4	0	2	2	8	0	0
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	4	1	0	1	2	0	0
Volmar, DougDoug Volmar	RW	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0
Karlander, AlAl Karlander	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	4	0	1	1	6	0	0
Baun, BobBob Baun	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0
Brewer, CarlCarl Brewer	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	4	0	0	0	8	0	0
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Monteith, HankHank Monteith	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	34	1	1	3	5.29
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	206	4	3	11	3.20
Team:	240	4	4	14	3.50

^[7]

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

Carl Brewer, NHL Second Team All-Star ^[3]
Gordie Howe, NHL First Team All-Star
Frank Mahovlich, NHL Second Team All-Star

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

1 – Roger Crozier
30 – Roy Edwards

Defensemen

2 – Gary Bergman
3 – Gerry Hart
3 – Poul Popiel
3 – Jim Watson
4 – Bobby Baun
5 – Carl Brewer
16 – Ron Harris
18 – Matt Ravlich
18 – Dale Rolfe
21 – Mike McMahon

Wingers

9 – Gordie Howe
11 – Gary Croteau
11 – Garry Monahan
12 – Bruce MacGregor
14 – Nick Libett
15 – Hank Monteith
17 – Wayne Connelly
20 – Ed Hatoum
27 – Frank Mahovlich

Centers

7 – Garry Unger
8 – Rick McCann
8 – Fred Speck
10 – Alex Delvecchio –C
15 – Al Karlander
19 – Pete Stemkowski
21 – Billy Dea
GM: Sid Abel
Coach: Bill Gadsby,
Sid Abel

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

↑ 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)
↑ 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)
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)
↑ Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley. Up From the Minor Leagues of Hockey. Chicago, Illinois: Cowles Book Company, Inc. p. 127.
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)
↑ "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1969-70 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

"1969–70 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Detroit Events Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

1969–70 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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