1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 58th season of play, and 50th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens lost in the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games. This was the final season before the 1967 NHL expansion.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 22, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||1–0–0

|2||W||October 23, 1966||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||2–0–0

|3||L||October 26, 1966||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||2–1–0

|4||W||October 29, 1966||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers||3–1–0

|5||T||November 2, 1966||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||3–1–1

|6||W||November 5, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||4–1–1

|7||L||November 6, 1966||0–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||4–2–1

|8||L||November 9, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||4–3–1

|9||L||November 12, 1966||3–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers||4–4–1

|10||L||November 13, 1966||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||4–5–1

|11||L||November 19, 1966||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||4–6–1

|12||W||November 20, 1966||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||5–6–1

|13||W||November 22, 1966||3–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||6–6–1

|14||L||November 24, 1966||0–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||6–7–1

|15||W||November 26, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||7–7–1

|16||L||November 30, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||7–8–1

|17||W||December 3, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||8–8–1

|18||W||December 4, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||9–8–1

|19||W||December 7, 1966||6–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||10–8–1

|20||W||December 10, 1966||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||11–8–1

|21||L||December 11, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||11–9–1

|22||L||December 14, 1966||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||11–10–1

|23||T||December 17, 1966||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||11–10–2

|24||L||December 18, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||11–11–2

|25||W||December 21, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||12–11–2

|26||L||December 24, 1966||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers||12–12–2

|27||W||December 25, 1966||4–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||13–12–2

|28||T||December 28, 1966||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||13–12–3

|29||W||December 31, 1966||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers||14–12–3

|30||L||January 1, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||14–13–3

|31||T||January 4, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||14–13–4

|32||W||January 7, 1967||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||15–13–4

|33||L||January 8, 1967||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||15–14–4

|34||L||January 11, 1967||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||15–15–4

|35||L||January 14, 1967||4–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||15–16–4

|36||W||January 15, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||16–16–4

|37||T||January 21, 1967||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||16–16–5

|38||L||January 22, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||16–17–5

|39||W||January 25, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||17–17–5

|40||L||January 26, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||17–18–5

|41||W||January 28, 1967||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||18–18–5

|42||W||January 29, 1967||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||19–18–5

|43||W||February 1, 1967||7–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||20–18–5

|44||T||February 4, 1967||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||20–18–6

|45||L||February 5, 1967||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||20–19–6

|46||L||February 8, 1967||0–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||20–20–6

|47||W||February 11, 1967||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||21–20–6

|48||T||February 12, 1967||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||21–20–7

|49||L||February 16, 1967||1–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||21–21–7

|50||W||February 18, 1967||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||22–21–7

|51||L||February 19, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||22–22–7

|52||L||February 22, 1967||2–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||22–23–7

|53||T||February 23, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||22–23–8

|54||L||February 25, 1967||0–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers||22–24–8

|55||T||February 26, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||22–24–9

|56||T||March 1, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||22–24–10

|57||W||March 4, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||23–24–10

|58||W||March 5, 1967||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||24–24–10

|59||L||March 8, 1967||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||24–25–10

|60||T||March 11, 1967||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||24–25–11

|61||T||March 12, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||24–25–12

|62||W||March 15, 1967||11–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||25–25–12

|63||W||March 18, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||26–25–12

|64||T||March 19, 1967||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||26–25–13

|65||W||March 22, 1967||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||27–25–13

|66||W||March 25, 1967||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||28–25–13

|67||W||March 26, 1967||6–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||29–25–13

|68||W||March 29, 1967||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||30–25–13

|69||W||April 1, 1967||5–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||31–25–13

|70||W||April 2, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||32–25–13

Legend:

Playoffs In the playoffs, the Canadiens met the New York Rangers in the first round, sweeping the series 4–0 to advance to the Finals.

Finals

In the finals, the Canadiens played the Toronto Maple Leafs, whose "Over the Hill Gang" produced an upset win over the defending champion Canadiens, winning the series 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 68 19 44 63 58502 C 65 21 34 55 28201 LW 67 20 22 42 177502 C 69 14 27 41 39100 RW 69 25 15 40 142007 C 53 12 26 38 22200 RW 69 19 16 35 82203 D 60 8 26 34 14301 LW 62 13 19 32 16312 RW 64 11 13 24 16303 LW 51 12 11 23 23302 D 61 0 20 20 48000 LW 48 11 8 19 31005 D 65 2 16 18 86100 RW 27 9 7 16 6003 D 56 0 16 16 99000 D 68 3 5 8 51021 D/RW 63 3 0 3 16000 D 24 0 3 3 8000 D 11 0 3 3 35000 LW 2 0 1 1 0000 C 4 0 1 1 2000 G 19 0 1 1 0000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 D 2 0 0 0 2000 G 37 0 0 0 2000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 G 18 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2055 37 11 15 7 88 2.57 3 1137 19 11 3 4 47 2.48 1 888 18 9 6 2 47 3.18 1 120 2 1 1 0 5 2.50 0 Team: 4200 70 32 25 13 187 2.67 5

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 10 6 5 11 26 C 10 4 6 10 2 RW 10 1 7 8 4 C 10 5 2 7 6 LW 10 4 2 6 22 D 10 2 4 6 2 RW 10 1 5 6 15 RW 10 2 3 5 6 LW 10 2 3 5 4 RW 7 1 1 2 0 RW 10 1 1 2 4 LW 9 0 2 2 6 D/RW 4 1 0 1 0 D 10 0 1 1 15 D 10 0 1 1 19 D 9 0 1 1 9 LW 10 0 1 1 0 D 10 0 0 0 0 G 9 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 2 G 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 555 9 6 3 22 2.38 0 80 2 0 1 2 1.50 0 Team: 635 10 6 4 24 2.27 0

Transactions June 13, 1966 To Montreal CanadiensGarry PetersTed Taylor To New York RangersRed Berenson

Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1966 NHL amateur draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)15 Phil Myre Shawinigan Bruins (QJHL)211 Maurice St. Jacques London Nationals (OHA)317 Jude Drouin Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)423 Bob Pate Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

See also 1966–67 NHL season

Citations

References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference