1965–66 New York Rangers season

1965–66 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1965–66 record	18–41–11
Goals for	195
Goals against	261
Team information
General Manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Red Sullivan Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bob Nevin (29)
Assists	Bob Nevin (33)
Points	Bob Nevin (62)
Penalties in minutes	Reggie Fleming (124)
Wins	Cesare Maniago (9)
Goals against average	Cesare Maniago (3.50)
<1964–65 1966–67>

The 1965–66 New York Rangers season was the 40th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers posted an 18–41–11 record in the regular season, finished in last place in the NHL and did not make the playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	41	21	8	239	173	+66	90
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	37	25	8	240	187	+53	82
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	208	187	+21	79
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	31	27	12	221	194	+27	74
5	Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	174	275	−101	48
6	New York Rangers	70	18	41	11	195	261	−66	47

Schedule and results

1965–66 Game Log
October: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 24 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 0–1–0 2 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 0–2–0 3 30 @ Boston Bruins 8–2 1–2–0
November: 4–6–4 (Home: 2–3–3; Road: 2–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 4 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 1–2–1 5 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 2–2–1 6 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 3–2–1 7 10 Boston Bruins 2–2 3–2–2 8 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 3–2–3 9 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 3–3–3 10 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 4–3–3 11 17 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 4–4–3 12 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–3 4–5–3 13 21 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 4–5–4 14 24 Boston Bruins 4–1 5–5–4 15 25 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 5–6–4 16 27 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 5–7–4 17 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 5–8–4
December: 2–9–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 0–6–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 18 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 5–8–5 19 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 5–9–5 20 5 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 5–10–5 21 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 5–10–6 22 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–3 5–11–6 23 11 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 5–12–6 24 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 5–12–7 25 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 5–13–7 26 19 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 6–13–7 27 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 6–14–7 28 23 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 6–15–7 29 25 @ Boston Bruins 4–2 6–16–7 30 26 Boston Bruins 6–4 7–16–7 31 29 Chicago Black Hawks 3–0 7–17–7
January: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–5–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 32 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–1 7–18–7 33 2 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 7–19–7 34 8 Chicago Black Hawks 6–4 8–19–7 35 9 Boston Bruins 3–1 8–20–7 36 15 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–4 8–20–8 37 16 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–5 9–20–8 38 19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 9–21–8 39 22 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 9–22–8 40 23 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–1 9–23–8 41 26 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 10–23–8 42 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 10–24–8 43 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 11–24–8
February: 3–9–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–6–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 44 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 11–25–8 45 5 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 11–26–8 46 6 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 11–27–8 47 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 11–28–8 48 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–2 11–29–8 49 12 Boston Bruins 9–2 12–29–8 50 13 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 12–30–8 51 16 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 12–31–8 52 19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 13–31–8 53 20 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 13–32–8 54 23 Detroit Red Wings 5–0 14–32–8 55 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 14–33–8 56 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 14–33–9
March: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 57 2 Boston Bruins 5–3 15–33–9 58 3 @ Boston Bruins 5–4 16–33–9 59 6 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 16–33–10 60 9 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 17–33–10 61 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 17–34–10 62 13 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 18–34–10 63 16 Boston Bruins 3–1 18–35–10 64 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 18–36–10 65 20 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 18–37–10 66 23 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 18–38–10 67 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 18–39–10 68 31 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 18–40–10
April: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–1) Game April Opponent Score Record 69 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 18–40–11 70 3 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 18–41–11

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1966 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Nevin, BobBob Nevin 69 29 33 62 10 Marshall, DonDon Marshall 69 26 28 54 6 Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle 67 21 30 51 10 Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette 60 11 31 42 6 Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield 68 20 16 36 35 Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield 67 16 19 35 112 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 70 4 29 33 92 Hicke, BillBill Hicke 49 9 18 27 21 Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert 34 10 15 25 20 Fleming, RegReg Fleming^† 35 10 14 24 124 Neilson, JimJim Neilson 65 4 19 23 84 Robinson, DougDoug Robinson 51 8 12 20 8 Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman 68 3 17 20 70 Seiling, RodRod Seiling 52 5 10 15 24 McMahon, MikeMike McMahon 41 0 12 12 34 McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie^‡ 35 6 5 11 36 Peters, GarryGarry Peters 63 7 3 10 42 Brown, ArnieArnie Brown 64 1 7 8 106 Plager, BobBob Plager 18 0 5 5 22 Angotti, LouLou Angotti^‡ 21 2 2 4 2 Cullen, RayRay Cullen 8 1 3 4 0 Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea 4 1 1 2 0 Johnson, JimJim Johnson 5 1 0 1 0 Taylor, TedTed Taylor 4 0 1 1 2 McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum 2 0 0 0 2 LeBrun, AlAl LeBrun 2 0 0 0 0 Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton 4 0 0 0 0 Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey 7 0 0 0 2 Brenneman, JohnJohn Brenneman 11 0 0 0 14

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	36	2096	8	19	7	128	3.66	0
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	28	1613	9	16	3	94	3.50	2
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	11	491	1	6	1	37	4.52	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;

Roster

1965–1966 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Ed Giacomin  30 – Cesare Maniago  30 – Don Simmons		Defensemen 2 – Wayne Hillman  3 – Harry Howell  4 – Arnie Brown  6 – Mike McMahon  15 – Jim Neilson  16 – Rod Seiling  18 – Al LeBrun  20 – Dunc McCallum  25 – Al Hamilton  25 – Bob Plager		Wingers 5 – Doug Robinson  7 – Rod Gilbert  8 – Bob Nevin –C 9 – Reg Fleming  9 – Larry Mickey  11 – Vic Hadfield  12 – Bill Hicke  14 – John McKenzie  17 – Lou Angotti  18 – Paul Andrea  18 – John Brenneman  18 – Ted Taylor  22 – Don Marshall		Centers 10 – Earl Ingarfield  17 – Ray Cullen  19 – Jean Ratelle  20 – Phil Goyette  21 – Garry Peters  24 – Jim Johnson  GM: Emile Francis Coach: Red Sullivan, Emile Francis

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[4][5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Andre Veilleux	RW	Canada	Montreal (Junior B)
2	6	George Surmay	G	Canada	Kelvin Juveniles
3	10	Michel Parizeau	C	Canada	Montreal (Junior B)

See also

• 1965–66 NHL season

References

1. "1965–66 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
2. "1965–1966 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1965–66 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
4. "1965 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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