1966–67 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1966–67 New York Rangers
Division4th NHL
1966–67 record30–28–12
Goals for188
Goals against189
Team information
General managerEmile Francis
CoachEmile Francis
CaptainBob Nevin
Alternate captainsHarry Howell
Earl Ingarfield
Don Marshall
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsRod Gilbert (28)
AssistsPhil Goyette (49)
PointsPhil Goyette (61)
Penalty minutesReggie Fleming (146)
WinsEd Giacomin (30)
Goals against averageEd Giacomin (2.61)

The 1966–67 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 41st season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the NHL with 72 points and qualified for the playoffs. New York lost in the NHL semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep.[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Pos Team
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Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 70 41 17 12 264 170 +94 94
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 32 25 13 202 188 +14 77
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 32 27 11 204 211 −7 75
4 New York Rangers 70 30 28 12 188 189 −1 72
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 27 39 4 212 241 −29 58
6 Boston Bruins 70 17 43 10 182 253 −71 44
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

1966–67 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–11–1 6–6–2 5–7–2 2–8–4 2–11–1
Chicago 11–2–1 — 10–4 5–2–7 7–5–2 8–4–2
Detroit 6–6–2 4–10 — 4–10 7–7 6–6–2
Montreal 7–5–2 2–5–7 10–4 — 7–5–2 6–6–2
New York 8–2–4 5–7–2 7–7 5–7–2 — 5–5–4
Toronto 11–2–1 4–8–2 6–6–2 6–6–2 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

1966–67 Game Log
October: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 19 Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 0–1–0
2 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 0–1–1
3 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 1–1–1
4 27 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 1–2–1
5 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 1–3–1
November: 7–3–4 (Home: 4–1–3; Road: 3–2–1)
Game November Opponent Score Record
6 3 @ Boston Bruins 7–1 2–3–1
7 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 2–4–1
8 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 2–4–2
9 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 2–5–2
10 9 Boston Bruins 3–3 2–5–3
11 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 3–5–3
12 13 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 4–5–3
13 16 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 4–5–4
14 19 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 4–5–5
15 20 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 4–6–5
16 23 Boston Bruins 5–4 5–6–5
17 26 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 6–6–5
18 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 7–6–5
19 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 8–6–5
December: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–2–1)
Game December Opponent Score Record
20 3 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 8–6–6
21 4 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 8–7–6
22 7 Boston Bruins 4–2 9–7–6
23 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 10–7–6
24 11 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 11–7–6
25 14 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 12–7–6
26 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 13–7–6
27 18 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–0 13–8–6
28 21 Boston Bruins 5–1 14–8–6
29 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 15–8–6
30 25 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 16–8–6
31 27 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 16–9–6
32 29 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 17–9–6
33 31 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 17–10–6
January: 4–6–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–4–1)
Game January Opponent Score Record
34 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 17–11–6
35 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 17–11–7
36 8 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 18–11–7
37 12 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 19–11–7
38 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 19–12–7
39 15 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 20–12–7
40 21 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 20–13–7
41 22 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–2 20–14–7
42 25 Boston Bruins 2–1 21–14–7
43 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 21–15–7
44 29 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 21–16–7
February: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–0)
Game February Opponent Score Record
45 4 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 22–16–7
46 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 23–16–7
47 8 Boston Bruins 2–1 23–17–7
48 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–3 23–18–7
49 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 23–18–8
50 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 23–19–8
51 18 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 24–19–8
52 19 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 25–19–8
53 22 Detroit Red Wings 1–0 26–19–8
54 25 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–0 27–19–8
55 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 27–20–8
March: 3–6–4 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 0–3–3)
Game March Opponent Score Record
56 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 27–21–8
57 4 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 27–21–9
58 5 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 27–22–9
59 8 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 27–23–9
60 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 27–23–10
61 12 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 27–23–11
62 15 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 27–24–11
63 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 27–25–11
64 19 Boston Bruins 3–1 28–25–11
65 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 28–25–12
66 23 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 28–26–12
67 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 29–26–12
68 29 Detroit Red Wings 10–5 30–26–12
April: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–1)
Game April Opponent Score Record
69 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 30–27–12
70 2 Chicago Black Hawks 8–0 30–28–12

Playoffs

Key:   Win   Loss

1967 Stanley Cup playoffs
Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins series 4–0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 6 New York Rangers 4–6 Montreal Canadiens Montreal leads series 1–0
2 April 8 New York Rangers 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal leads series 2–0
3 April 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 New York Rangers Montreal leads series 3–0
4 April 13 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 New York Rangers OT Montreal wins series 4–0

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Phil Goyette 70 12 49 61 6
Rod Gilbert 64 28 18 46 12
Don Marshall 70 24 22 46 4
Bob Nevin 67 20 24 44 6
Bernie Geoffrion 58 17 25 42 42
Harry Howell 70 12 28 40 54
Orland Kurtenbach 60 11 25 36 58
Earl Ingarfield 67 12 22 34 12
Vic Hadfield 69 13 20 33 80
Reg Fleming 61 15 16 31 146
Jim Neilson 61 4 11 15 65
Wayne Hillman 67 2 12 14 43
Arnie Brown 69 2 10 12 61
Jean Ratelle 41 6 5 11 4
Ken Schinkel 20 6 3 9 0
Bill Hicke 48 3 4 7 11
Gordon Berenson 30 0 5 5 2
Al MacNeil 58 0 4 4 44
Rod Seiling 12 1 1 2 6
Bob Plager 1 0 0 0 0
Doug Robinson 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Johnson 2 0 0 0 0
Larry Mickey 8 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Rod Gilbert 4 2 2 4 6
Bob Nevin 4 0 3 3 2
Reg Fleming 4 0 2 2 11
Orland Kurtenbach 3 0 2 2 0
Bernie Geoffrion 4 2 0 2 0
Gordon Berenson 4 0 1 1 2
Ken Schinkel 4 0 1 1 0
Jim Neilson 4 1 0 1 0
Vic Hadfield 4 1 0 1 17
Earl Ingarfield 4 1 0 1 2
Don Marshall 4 0 1 1 2
Phil Goyette 4 1 0 1 0
Al MacNeil 4 0 0 0 2
Jean Ratelle 4 0 0 0 2
Arnie Brown 4 0 0 0 6
Wayne Hillman 4 0 0 0 2
Harry Howell 4 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Ed Giacomin 68 3981 30 27 11 173 2.61 9
Cesare Maniago 6 219 0 1 1 14 3.84 0
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SO
Ed Giacomin 4 246 0 4 14 3.41 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.[4][5]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Brad Park D  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2 8 Joey Johnston LW  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 14 Don Luce C  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
4 20 Jack Egers RW  Canada Kitchener (Junior B)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1966–67 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1966–67 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  4. ^ "1966 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
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