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Gordie Howe's 1966-1967 season

Points
65
NHL#4
Goals
25
NHL#7
Assists
40
NHL#6
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#92
Games
69
98%
98% of 70

Right winger Gordie Howe was 38 years old when the 1966-1967 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 69 of a possible 70 games and scored 25 goals and 40 assists for 65 points, 0.94 points per game. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1966-1967
  1. Season opener

    Gordie Howe plays the 1966-1967 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Gordie was 38 years old when the 1966-1967 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET2–6BOS
      L
      game 1/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI7–4DET
      L
      game 2/70
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET1–4CHI
      L
      game 3/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3TOR
      L
      game 4/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–5DET
      W
      game 5/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–8DET
      W
      game 6/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • November 1966
    • The game
      TOR2–2DET
      game 7/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      L
      game 8/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–6DET
      W
      game 9/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI0–3DET
      W
      game 10/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-6SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–3DET
      game 11/70
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    Milestone

    Gordie Howe reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 12

    • The game
      DET2–5NYR
      L
      game 12/70
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET2–7CHI
      L
      game 13/70
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5BOS
      L
      game 14/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–0DET
      L
      game 15/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–8BOS
      L
      game 16/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      L
      game 17/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1966
    • The game
      BOS1–4DET
      W
      game 18/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 18 of 70
      14
      points
      NHL#14
      4
      goals
      NHL#26
      10
      assists
      NHL#7
      DET
      5-11-0W-L-OT12Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET2–5TOR
      L
      game 19/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–4CHI
      L
      game 20/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2DET
      L
      game 21/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET1–5MTL
      L
      game 22/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4DET
      W
      game 23/70
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-9SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET1–4NYR
      L
      game 24/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS0–4DET
      W
      game 25/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–5DET
      W
      game 26/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET4–6CHI
      L
      game 27/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–0DET
      L
      game 28/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4BOS
      game 29/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–4NYR
      L
      game 30/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–3DET
      W
      game 31/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–4DET
      W
      game 32/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–6DET
      W
      game 33/70
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET3–4MTL
      L
      game 34/70
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TOR1–3DET
      W
      game 35/70
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 35 of 70
      32
      points
      NHL#5
      13
      goals
      NHL#6
      19
      assists
      NHL#6
      DET
      12-20-0W-L-OT27Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET1–6CHI
      L
      game 36/70
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–4DET
      W
      game 37/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-8SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET2–5TOR
      L
      game 38/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–0DET
      L
      game 39/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–6DET
      W
      game 40/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET5–4TOR
      W
      game 41/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7DET
      W
      game 42/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–3DET
      L
      game 43/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2NYR
      W
      game 44/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • February 1967
    • The game
      BOS3–4DET
      W
      game 45/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL1–6DET
      W
      game 46/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–2TOR
      W
      game 47/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6DET
      W
      game 48/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET2–3CHI
      L
      game 49/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–6BOS
      L
      game 50/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI5–1DET
      L
      game 51/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3MTL
      L
      game 52/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–3DET
      W
      game 53/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 53 of 70
      47
      points
      NHL#6
      18
      goals
      NHL#10
      29
      assists
      NHL#6
      DET
      22-28-0W-L-OT47Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET0–1NYR
      L
      game 54/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2DET
      L
      game 55/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET0–4TOR
      L
      game 56/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3DET
      game 57/70
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • March 1967
    • The game
      DET2–6MTL
      L
      game 58/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET5–3BOS
      W
      game 59/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–1NYR
      W
      game 60/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET3–7BOS
      L
      game 61/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      W
      game 62/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR6–5DET
      L
      game 64/70
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR1–4DET
      W
      game 65/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      L
      game 66/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 67/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–7CHI
      L
      game 68/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–10NYR
      L
      game 69/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1967
    • The game
      MTL4–2DET
      L
      game 70/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Gordie Howe closes the 1966-1967 season with 65 points

    Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    65
    NHL#4
    Games
    69of 70
    99%
    Goals
    25
    NHL#7
    Assists
    40
    NHL#6
    P/GP
    0.94
    NHL#5
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#92
    Events
    100
    career assists
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal