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)
Penalty minutes	Reggie Fleming (124)
Wins	Cesare Maniago (9)
Goals against average	Cesare Maniago (3.50)

The 1965–66 New York Rangers season was the 40th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Arnie Brown and Mike McMahon, Jr. scale the glass, November 21, 1965.

During the November 21, 1965 game at Madison Square Garden, with the scored tied 1-1 between the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers, at 9:50 of the third period, Ranger goalie Eddie Giacomin made what appeared to be a save. However, the goal judge signalled a goal, believing that Giacomin's glove crossed the goal line while the puck was in it. Rangers general manager Emile Francis was furious, left his seat and ran to the goal judge to protest. Along the way, he got into an altercation with some fans who started to punch him. Ten Ranger players scaled the glass and a melee of Rangers fighting with their own fans ensued. It took police fifteen minutes to break up the altercation. Francis suffered a cut over one eye which required stitches. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.

Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	70	41	21	8	90	239	173	884
Chicago Black Hawks	70	37	25	8	82	240	187	815
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	79	208	187	811
Detroit Red Wings	70	31	27	12	74	221	194	804
Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	48	174	275	787
New York Rangers	70	18	41	11	47	195	261	894

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 24, 1965	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	0–1–0
2	L	October 27, 1965	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	0–2–0
3	W	October 30, 1965	8–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	1–2–0
4	T	November 3, 1965	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	1–2–1
5	W	November 6, 1965	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	2–2–1
6	W	November 7, 1965	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	3–2–1
7	T	November 10, 1965	2–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	3–2–2
8	T	November 11, 1965	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	3–2–3
9	L	November 13, 1965	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	3–3–3
10	W	November 14, 1965	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	4–3–3
11	L	November 17, 1965	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	4–4–3
12	L	November 20, 1965	3–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	4–5–3
13	T	November 21, 1965	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	4–5–4
14	W	November 24, 1965	4–1	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	5–5–4
15	L	November 25, 1965	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	5–6–4
16	L	November 27, 1965	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–7–4
17	L	November 28, 1965	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–8–4
18	T	December 1, 1965	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–8–5
19	L	December 4, 1965	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	5–9–5
20	L	December 5, 1965	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–10–5
21	T	December 8, 1965	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–10–6
22	L	December 9, 1965	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	5–11–6
23	L	December 11, 1965	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	5–12–6
24	T	December 12, 1965	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–12–7
25	L	December 18, 1965	4–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–13–7
26	W	December 19, 1965	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	6–13–7
27	L	December 22, 1965	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–14–7
28	L	December 23, 1965	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	6–15–7
29	L	December 25, 1965	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	6–16–7
30	W	December 26, 1965	6–4	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	7–16–7
31	L	December 29, 1965	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	7–17–7
32	L	January 1, 1966	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	7–18–7
33	L	January 2, 1966	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	7–19–7
34	W	January 8, 1966	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	8–19–7
35	L	January 9, 1966	1–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	8–20–7
36	T	January 15, 1966	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	8–20–8
37	W	January 16, 1966	6–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	9–20–8
38	L	January 19, 1966	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	9–21–8
39	L	January 22, 1966	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	9–22–8
40	L	January 23, 1966	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	9–23–8
41	W	January 26, 1966	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	10–23–8
42	L	January 29, 1966	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	10–24–8
43	W	January 30, 1966	8–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	11–24–8
44	L	February 2, 1966	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	11–25–8
45	L	February 5, 1966	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	11–26–8
46	L	February 6, 1966	0–4	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	11–27–8
47	L	February 9, 1966	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	11–28–8
48	L	February 10, 1966	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	11–29–8
49	W	February 12, 1966	9–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	12–29–8
50	L	February 13, 1966	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	12–30–8
51	L	February 16, 1966	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	12–31–8
52	W	February 19, 1966	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	13–31–8
53	L	February 20, 1966	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	13–32–8
54	W	February 23, 1966	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	14–32–8
55	L	February 26, 1966	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	14–33–8
56	T	February 27, 1966	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	14–33–9
57	W	March 2, 1966	5–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	15–33–9
58	W	March 3, 1966	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	16–33–9
59	T	March 6, 1966	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	16–33–10
60	W	March 9, 1966	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	17–33–10
61	L	March 12, 1966	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	17–34–10
62	W	March 13, 1966	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	18–34–10
63	L	March 16, 1966	1–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	18–35–10
64	L	March 19, 1966	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	18–36–10
65	L	March 20, 1966	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	18–37–10
66	L	March 23, 1966	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	18–38–10
67	L	March 27, 1966	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	18–39–10
68	L	March 31, 1966	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	18–40–10
69	T	April 2, 1966	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	18–40–11
70	L	April 3, 1966	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	18–41–11

Playoffs

• The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

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

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	1613	28	9	14	4	94	3.50	2
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	2036	35	8	20	6	125	3.68	0
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	551	12	1	7	1	40	4.36	0
Team:	4200	70	18	41	11	259	3.70	2

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Rangers did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1965–66 NHL season

References

• 1965–66 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

New York Rangers
Team	Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • History Madison Square Garden
Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Maine Mariners (ECHL)