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. Brewer 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.

1969–70 Detroit Red Wings
Division3rd East
1969–70 record40–21–15
Goals for246
Goals against199
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachBill Gadsby, Sid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
ArenaOlympia Stadium
Minor league affiliate(s)Fort Worth Wings (CHL)
Team leaders
GoalsGarry Unger (42)
AssistsAlex Delvecchio (47)
PointsGordie Howe (71)
Penalty minutesGary Bergman (122)
WinsRoy Edwards (24)
Goals against averageRoy Edwards (2.59)

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
See also: 1969 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 10 Jim Rutherford  Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
2 21 Ron Garwasiuk  Canada Regina Pats (SJHL)
3 33 Wayne Hawrysh  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4 45 Wayne Chernecki  Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
5 57 Wally Olds  United States Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)

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
1Chicago Black Hawks7645229250170+8099
2Boston Bruins76401719277216+6199
3Detroit Red Wings76402115246199+4795
4New York Rangers76382216246189+5792
5Montreal Canadiens76382216244201+4392
6Toronto Maple Leafs76293413222242−2071

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 11, 19693–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)1–0–0
2WOctober 15, 19694–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)2–0–0
3LOctober 16, 19692–3Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)2–1–0
4WOctober 19, 19694–2St. Louis Blues (1969–70)3–1–0
5TOctober 23, 19692–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)3–1–1
6LOctober 25, 19691–4New 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, 19694–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)6–2–1
10WNovember 5, 19694–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)7–2–1
11LNovember 6, 19692–5St. Louis Blues (1969–70)7–3–1
12WNovember 8, 19693–2Boston 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, 19695–1Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)9–6–4
20WNovember 29, 19695–4Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)10–6–4
21LNovember 30, 19690–1Oakland Seals (1969–70)10–7–4
22LDecember 3, 19691–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)10–8–4
23TDecember 4, 19694–4Boston 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, 19692–2Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)11–9–6
27WDecember 13, 19693–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)12–9–6
28WDecember 14, 19695–2Montreal 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, 19690–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)14–11–6
32TDecember 26, 19693–3Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)14–11–7
33WDecember 28, 19695–3Oakland Seals (1969–70)15–11–7
34WDecember 31, 19695–1Boston Bruins (1969–70)16–11–7
35WJanuary 3, 19706–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)17–11–7
36WJanuary 4, 19704–0Chicago 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, 19705–3Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)20–12–7
40WJanuary 18, 19703–1Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)21–12–7
41LJanuary 22, 19703–4Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)21–13–7
42WJanuary 24, 19705–2@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)22–13–7
43LJanuary 25, 19701–4Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)22–14–7
44WJanuary 29, 19704–3Philadelphia 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, 19704–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)26–15–7
49TFebruary 7, 19702–2@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)26–15–8
50LFebruary 8, 19703–5Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)26–16–8
51WFebruary 12, 19705–2St. Louis Blues (1969–70)27–16–8
52WFebruary 14, 19705–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)28–16–8
53LFebruary 15, 19702–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)28–17–8
54TFebruary 18, 19701–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)28–17–9
55TFebruary 19, 19703–3New York Rangers (1969–70)28–17–10
56WFebruary 21, 19707–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)29–17–10
57LFebruary 22, 19700–1Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)29–18–10
58WFebruary 26, 19707–1Oakland Seals (1969–70)30–18–10
59TFebruary 28, 19703–3New York Rangers (1969–70)30–18–11
60WMarch 4, 19702–0@ New York Rangers (1969–70)31–18–11
61WMarch 5, 19705–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)32–18–11
62WMarch 7, 19704–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)33–18–11
63TMarch 8, 19702–2Minnesota 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, 19703–2Los 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, 19700–1Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)37–20–13
71TMarch 28, 19705–5@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)37–20–14
72TMarch 29, 19702–2Boston Bruins (1969–70)37–20–15
73WApril 1, 19705–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)38–20–15
74WApril 2, 19704–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)39–20–15
75WApril 4, 19706–2New 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
Gordie HoweRW76314071581145
Frank MahovlichLW74383270591515
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7321476824403
Garry UngerC76422466671204
Wayne ConnellyC7623365910505
Pete StemkowskiC76252449114416
Nick LibettLW7620204039312
Carl BrewerD702373951000
Bruce MacGregorC7315233824314
Gary BergmanD6961723122101
Ron HarrisD722192199000
Bob BaunD7111819112000
Al KarlanderC41510156000
Billy DeaLW70103136003
Dale RolfeD20291112001
Garry MonahanLW5134724001
Matt RavlichD4606633000
Poul PopielD3204429000
Gary CroteauLW100222000
Ed HatoumRW50222000
Roy EdwardsG470110000
Rick McCannC180114000
Roger CrozierG340000000
Gerry HartD30002000
Mike McMahonD20000000
Hank MonteithLW90000000
Fred SpeckC50000000
Jim WatsonD40000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards268347241561162.592
Roger Crozier1877341669832.650
Team:4560764021151992.622

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Wayne ConnellyC41342100
Gordie HoweRW42022100
Nick LibettLW42022100
Pete StemkowskiC41126010
Alex DelvecchioC/LW40220000
Dale RolfeD40228000
Bruce MacGregorC41012000
Doug VolmarRW21010000
Gary BergmanD40112000
Billy DeaLW40112000
Al KarlanderC40110000
Garry UngerC40116000
Bob BaunD40006000
Carl BrewerD40002000
Roger CrozierG10000000
Roy EdwardsG40000000
Ron HarrisD40008000
Frank MahovlichLW40002000
Hank MonteithLW40000000
Poul PopielD10000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Roger Crozier3410135.290
Roy Edwards206403113.200
Team:240404143.500

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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.

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. 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. 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. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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