1966–67 New York Rangers season

1966–67 New York Rangers
Division	4th NHL
1966–67 record	30–28–12
Goals for	188
Goals against	189
Team information
General Manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Alternate captains	Harry Howell Earl Ingarfield Don Marshall
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Rod Gilbert (28)
Assists	Phil Goyette (49)
Points	Phil Goyette (61)
Penalties in minutes	Reggie Fleming (146)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (30)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (2.61)
<1965–66 1967–68>

The 1966–67 New York Rangers season was the 41st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	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

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 Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette 70 12 49 61 6 Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert 64 28 18 46 12 Marshall, DonDon Marshall 70 24 22 46 4 Nevin, BobBob Nevin 67 20 24 44 6 Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion 58 17 25 42 42 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 70 12 28 40 54 Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach 60 11 25 36 58 Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield 67 12 22 34 12 Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield 69 13 20 33 80 Fleming, RegReg Fleming 61 15 16 31 146 Neilson, JimJim Neilson 61 4 11 15 65 Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman 67 2 12 14 43 Brown, ArnieArnie Brown 69 2 10 12 61 Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle 41 6 5 11 4 Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel 20 6 3 9 0 Hicke, BillBill Hicke 48 3 4 7 11 Berenson, GordonGordon Berenson 30 0 5 5 2 MacNeil, AlAl MacNeil 58 0 4 4 44 Seiling, RodRod Seiling 12 1 1 2 6 Plager, BobBob Plager 1 0 0 0 0 Robinson, DougDoug Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 Johnson, JimJim Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey 8 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert 4 2 2 4 6 Nevin, BobBob Nevin 4 0 3 3 2 Fleming, RegReg Fleming 4 0 2 2 11 Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach 3 0 2 2 0 Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion 4 2 0 2 0 Berenson, GordonGordon Berenson 4 0 1 1 2 Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel 4 0 1 1 0 Neilson, JimJim Neilson 4 1 0 1 0 Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield 4 1 0 1 17 Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield 4 1 0 1 2 Marshall, DonDon Marshall 4 0 1 1 2 Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette 4 1 0 1 0 MacNeil, AlAl MacNeil 4 0 0 0 2 Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle 4 0 0 0 2 Brown, ArnieArnie Brown 4 0 0 0 6 Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman 4 0 0 0 2 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 4 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	68	3981	30	27	11	173	2.61	9
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	6	219	0	1	1	14	3.84	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd 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;

Roster

1966–1967 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Ed Giacomin  30 – Cesare Maniago		Defensemen 2 – Wayne Hillman  3 – Harry Howell  4 – Arnie Brown  6 – Al MacNeil  15 – Jim Neilson  16 – Rod Seiling  25 – Bob Plager		Wingers 5 – Bernie Geoffrion  5 – Doug Robinson  7 – Rod Gilbert  8 – Bob Nevin –C 9 – Reg Fleming  11 – Vic Hadfield  12 – Bill Hicke  18 – Larry Mickey  18 – Ken Schinkel  22 – Don Marshall		Centers 10 – Earl Ingarfield  19 – Jean Ratelle  20 – Phil Goyette  24 – Red Berenson  24 – Jim Johnson  25 – Orland Kurtenbach  GM/Coach: Emile Francis

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, 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)

See also

• 1966–67 NHL season

References

1. "1966–67 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
2. "1966–1967 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1966–67 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
4. "1966 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-03-31.

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