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 Stanley Cup final to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games. This was the final season before the 1967 NHL Expansion.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		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

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 22, 1966	3–1	Boston Bruins	1–0–0
2	W	October 23, 1966	3–2	@ Boston Bruins	2–0–0
3	L	October 26, 1966	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1–0
4	W	October 29, 1966	3–0	New York Rangers	3–1–0
5	T	November 2, 1966	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1–1
6	W	November 5, 1966	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	4–1–1
7	L	November 6, 1966	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2–1
8	L	November 9, 1966	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3–1
9	L	November 12, 1966	3–6	New York Rangers	4–4–1
10	L	November 13, 1966	1–2	@ Boston Bruins	4–5–1
11	L	November 19, 1966	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–6–1
12	W	November 20, 1966	2–1	@ New York Rangers	5–6–1
13	W	November 22, 1966	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings	6–6–1
14	L	November 24, 1966	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	6–7–1
15	W	November 26, 1966	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	7–7–1
16	L	November 30, 1966	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	7–8–1
17	W	December 3, 1966	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	8–8–1
18	W	December 4, 1966	3–1	@ New York Rangers	9–8–1
19	W	December 7, 1966	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	10–8–1
20	W	December 10, 1966	5–1	Detroit Red Wings	11–8–1
21	L	December 11, 1966	2–4	@ New York Rangers	11–9–1
22	L	December 14, 1966	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	11–10–1
23	T	December 17, 1966	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks	11–10–2
24	L	December 18, 1966	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	11–11–2
25	W	December 21, 1966	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–11–2
26	L	December 24, 1966	3–4	New York Rangers	12–12–2
27	W	December 25, 1966	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings	13–12–2
28	T	December 28, 1966	1–1	Boston Bruins	13–12–3
29	W	December 31, 1966	3–0	New York Rangers	14–12–3
30	L	January 1, 1967	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	14–13–3
31	T	January 4, 1967	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	14–13–4
32	W	January 7, 1967	4–3	Detroit Red Wings	15–13–4
33	L	January 8, 1967	1–2	@ New York Rangers	15–14–4
34	L	January 11, 1967	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	15–15–4
35	L	January 14, 1967	4–5	Boston Bruins	15–16–4
36	W	January 15, 1967	3–1	@ Boston Bruins	16–16–4
37	T	January 21, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	16–16–5
38	L	January 22, 1967	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	16–17–5
39	W	January 25, 1967	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	17–17–5
40	L	January 26, 1967	1–4	Boston Bruins	17–18–5
41	W	January 28, 1967	3–2	New York Rangers	18–18–5
42	W	January 29, 1967	3–2	@ Boston Bruins	19–18–5
43	W	February 1, 1967	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	20–18–5
44	T	February 4, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	20–18–6
45	L	February 5, 1967	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings	20–19–6
46	L	February 8, 1967	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	20–20–6
47	W	February 11, 1967	4–3	@ Boston Bruins	21–20–6
48	T	February 12, 1967	4–4	@ New York Rangers	21–20–7
49	L	February 16, 1967	1–5	Boston Bruins	21–21–7
50	W	February 18, 1967	3–2	Detroit Red Wings	22–21–7
51	L	February 19, 1967	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	22–22–7
52	L	February 22, 1967	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	22–23–7
53	T	February 23, 1967	2–2	Boston Bruins	22–23–8
54	L	February 25, 1967	0–5	New York Rangers	22–24–8
55	T	February 26, 1967	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	22–24–9
56	T	March 1, 1967	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	22–24–10
57	W	March 4, 1967	6–2	Detroit Red Wings	23–24–10
58	W	March 5, 1967	2–0	@ New York Rangers	24–24–10
59	L	March 8, 1967	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	24–25–10
60	T	March 11, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	24–25–11
61	T	March 12, 1967	2–2	@ New York Rangers	24–25–12
62	W	March 15, 1967	11–2	Boston Bruins	25–25–12
63	W	March 18, 1967	4–2	New York Rangers	26–25–12
64	T	March 19, 1967	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	26–25–13
65	W	March 22, 1967	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	27–25–13
66	W	March 25, 1967	4–1	Detroit Red Wings	28–25–13
67	W	March 26, 1967	6–3	@ Boston Bruins	29–25–13
68	W	March 29, 1967	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	30–25–13
69	W	April 1, 1967	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks	31–25–13
70	W	April 2, 1967	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	32–25–13

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

For more details on this topic, see 1967 Stanley Cup 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
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	68	19	44	63	58	5	0	2
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	65	21	34	55	28	2	0	1
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	67	20	22	42	177	5	0	2
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	69	14	27	41	39	1	0	0
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	69	25	15	40	14	20	0	7
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	53	12	26	38	22	2	0	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	69	19	16	35	82	2	0	3
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	D	60	8	26	34	14	3	0	1
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	62	13	19	32	16	3	1	2
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	64	11	13	24	16	3	0	3
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	51	12	11	23	23	3	0	2
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	61	0	20	20	48	0	0	0
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	48	11	8	19	31	0	0	5
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	65	2	16	18	86	1	0	0
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	27	9	7	16	6	0	0	3
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	56	0	16	16	99	0	0	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	68	3	5	8	51	0	2	1
Roberts, JimJim Roberts	D/RW	63	3	0	3	16	0	0	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	24	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	11	0	3	3	35	0	0	0
Boudrias, AndreAndre Boudrias	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Peters, GarryGarry Peters	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bauman, GarryGarry Bauman	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	2055	37	11	15	7	88	2.57	3
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	1137	19	11	3	4	47	2.48	1
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	888	18	9	6	2	47	3.18	1
Bauman, GarryGarry Bauman	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
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	10	6	5	11	26
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	10	4	6	10	2
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	10	1	7	8	4
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	10	5	2	7	6
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	10	4	2	6	22
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	D	10	2	4	6	2
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	10	1	5	6	15
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	10	2	3	5	6
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	10	2	3	5	4
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	7	1	1	2	0
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	10	1	1	2	4
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	9	0	2	2	6
Roberts, JimJim Roberts	D/RW	4	1	0	1	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	10	0	1	1	15
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	10	0	1	1	19
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	9	0	1	1	9
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	10	0	1	1	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	10	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	9	0	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	1	0	0	0	2
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	555	9	6	3	22	2.38
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	80	2	0	1	2	1.50
Team:	635	10	6	4	24	2.27

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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 Montréal Canadiens Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Charlie Hodge
29 – Rogie Vachon
30 – Gump Worsley
xx – Garry Bauman

Defencemen

2 – Jacques Laperrière
3 – J. C. Tremblay
10 – Ted Harris
17 – Jean-Guy Talbot
19 – Terry Harper
23 – Noel Price
24 – Jean Gauthier
24 – Serge Savard
24 – Carol Vadnais
26 – Jim Roberts

Wingers

8 – Dick Duff
11 – Claude Larose
12 – Yvan Cournoyer
14 – Claude Provost
15 – Bobby Rousseau
20 – Dave Balon
21 – Gilles Tremblay
22 – John Ferguson
25 – Léon Rochefort

Centres

4 – Jean Beliveau – C
6 – Ralph Backstrom
16 – Henri Richard
18 – Andre Boudrias
18 – Garry Peters

GM: Sam Pollock
Coach: Toe Blake

References

↑ "1966–1967 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1966-67 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1966–67 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

See also

References