Red Wings mourn the passing of Johnny Wilson

**Admin** Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:53 pm

The Detroit Red Wings mourn the loss of former player and coach Johnny Wilson who passed away this morning at the age of 82 following an extended battle with lung disease. Wilson skated in 379 games over six seasons for the Red Wings, and was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams as a player for Detroit (1950, ’52, ’54 and ’55). Johnny registered 79 goals, 100 assists and 179 points in 379 regular-season games for Detroit . In 50 post-season games with the Wings, Wilson tallied 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points.

A native of Kincardine , Ontario , Wilson served as the Red Wings Head Coach for 145 games in 1971-73 and 1972-73 (67-56-22). He also served behind the bench with Los Angeles , Pittsburgh and Colorado of the NHL and Cleveland , Michigan and Baltimore of the WHA.

A two-time participant in the NHL All-Star Game, Wilson also skated with the Maple Leafs, Blackhawks and Rangers during his 13-year playing career. All totaled, Wilson played in 688 regular-season NHL games, scoring 161 goals and 171 assists for 332 points to go along with 14 goals and 13 assists for 27 points in 66 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

Wilson was honored by the NHL in 1960 for a then-record ironman streak of 580 consecutive regular-season games.

Johnny Wilson

Left Wing -- Born Jun 14 1929 -- Kincardine, ONT

Height 5.10 -- Weight 165 -- Shoots L

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM

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1947-48 Windsor Hettche Spitfires IHL 25 21 13 34 19 -- -- -- -- --

1947-48 Windsor Spitfires OHA 34 23 28 51 15

1948-49 Windsor Hettche Spitfires IHL 4 5 4 9 0 13 16 7 23 16

1949-50 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0

1949-50 Omaha Knights USHL 70 41 39 80 46 7 2 5 7 4

1950-51 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 70 34 21 55 48 3 1 0 1 4

1950-51 Detroit Red Wings NHL -- -- -- -- -- 1 0 0 0 0

1951-52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 28 4 5 9 18 8 4 1 5 5

1951-52 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 42 25 14 39 16 -- -- -- -- --

1952-53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 23 19 42 22 6 2 5 7 0

1953-54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 17 17 34 22 12 3 0 3 0

1954-55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 12 15 27 14 11 0 1 1 0

1955-56 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 24 9 33 12 -- -- -- -- --

1956-57 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 18 30 48 24 -- -- -- -- --

1957-58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 12 27 39 14 4 2 1 3 0

1958-59 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 11 17 28 18 -- -- -- -- --

1959-60 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 15 16 31 8 10 1 2 3 2

1960-61 Rochester Americans AHL 2 2 2 4 0 -- -- -- -- --

1960-61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- --

1960-61 New York Rangers NHL 56 14 12 26 24 -- -- -- -- --

1961-62 New York Rangers NHL 40 11 3 14 14 6 2 2 4 4

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NHL Totals 688 161 171 332 190 66 14 13 27 11