1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season

1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	1st NHL
1966–67 record	41–17–12
Home record	24–5–6
Road record	17–12–6
Goals for	264
Goals against	170
Team information
General manager	Tommy Ivan
Coach	Billy Reay
Captain	Pierre Pilote
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Hull (52)
Assists	Stan Mikita (62)
Points	Stan Mikita (97)
Penalty minutes	Ed Van Impe (111)
Wins	Denis DeJordy (22)
Goals against average	Glenn Hall (2.38)

The 1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 41st season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 1st place in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

Chicago started the season very strong, leading the NHL with a record of 8-2-2 in their first 12 games, and continued their winning ways all season long. The Black Hawks finished the season with a club record in wins with 41, and points with 94, as Chicago finished in first place for the first time in team history. The Hawks were 17 points better than the second place Montreal Canadiens, and heavy favorites to win their second Stanley Cup of the decade.

Offensively, the Hawks were led by Stan Mikita, who led the NHL with 97 points, winning the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy, and the Lady Byng Trophy. His 97 points tied the NHL record, set by teammate Bobby Hull in the 1965-66 season. Hull recorded his second straight 50+ goal season, as he scored 52 goals, and added 28 assists to finish second in the league with 80 points. Kenny Wharram finished fourth in league scoring, as he scored 31 goals and 65 points, while Phil Esposito and Doug Mohns were not far behind, earning 61 and 60 points respectively. Team captain Pierre Pilote anchored the blueline, scoring 6 goals and 52 points. Fellow defenseman Ed Van Impe led the team with 111 penalty minutes.

In goal, Denis DeJordy earned the majority of playing time, as he won a team high 22 games, while posting a 2.46 GAA and 4 shutouts. Glenn Hall had his playing time cut back, however, he had a very solid season, winning 19 games, while having a team best 2.38 GAA, and earning 2 shutouts. DeJordy and Hull earned the Vezina Trophy as the Hawks allowed the fewest goals against in the league.

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
Chicago Black Hawks	70	41	17	12	94	264	170	757
Montreal Canadiens	70	32	25	13	77	202	188	879
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	27	11	75	204	211	736
New York Rangers	70	30	28	12	72	188	189	664
Detroit Red Wings	70	27	39	4	58	212	241	719
Boston Bruins	70	17	43	10	44	182	253	764

Game Log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 19	Chicago Black Hawks	6–3	New York Rangers	1–0–0	2
2	October 22	Chicago Black Hawks	7–4	Detroit Red Wings	2–0–0	4
3	October 23	Detroit Red Wings	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	3–0-0	6
4	October 26	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	Montreal Canadiens	4–0–0	8
5	November 1	Boston Bruins	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1–0	8
6	November 6	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	Boston Bruins	5–1–0	10
7	November 8	New York Rangers	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	6–1–0	12
8	November 10	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3	Detroit Red Wings	6–2–0	12
9	November 13	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks	7–2–0	14
10	November 16	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	New York Rangers	7–2–1	15
11	November 19	Detroit Red Wings	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks	8–2–1	17
12	November 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks	8–2–2	18
13	November 23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	8–3–2	18
14	November 24	Montreal Canadiens	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks	9–3–2	20
15	November 26	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	New York Rangers	9–4–2	20
16	November 27	Chicago Black Hawks	5–4	Boston Bruins	10–4–2	22
17	November 30	New York Rangers	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks	10-5–2	22
18	December 3	Chicago Black Hawks	1-3	Montreal Canadiens	10–6–2	22
19	December 4	Detroit Red Wings	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	11–6–2	24
20	December 8	Chicago Black Hawks	10–2	Boston Bruins	12–6–2	26
21	December 10	Chicago Black Hawks	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–7–2	26
22	December 11	Boston Bruins	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks	12–7–3	27
23	December 14	Montreal Canadiens	1-2	Chicago Black Hawks	13–7–3	29
24	December 17	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	Montreal Canadiens	13–7–4	30
25	December 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	14–7–4	32
26	December 21	Detroit Red Wings	4-6	Chicago Black Hawks	15–7–4	34
27	December 25	New York Rangers	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks	15–8–4	34
28	December 27	Chicago Black Hawks	3-2	New York Rangers	16–8–4	36
29	December 31	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	17–8–4	38
30	January 1	Boston Bruins	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	18–8–4	40
31	January 4	Montreal Canadiens	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks	18–8–5	41
32	January 5	Chicago Black Hawks	4–6	Detroit Red Wings	18–9–5	41
33	January 8	Boston Bruins	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	18–10–5	41
34	January 11	Detroit Red Wings	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks	19–10–5	43
35	January 12	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Detroit Red Wings	19–11–5	43
36	January 14	New York Rangers	3-5	Chicago Black Hawks	20–11–5	45
37	January 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks	21–11–5	47
38	January 19	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	Boston Bruins	22–11–5	49
39	January 21	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	Montreal Canadiens	22–11–6	50
40	January 22	Montreal Canadiens	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	23–11–6	52
41	January 26	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	Detroit Red Wings	24–11–6	54
42	January 28	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	25-11–6	56
43	January 29	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks	26–11–6	58
44	February 1	Boston Bruins	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks	27-11–6	60
45	February 4	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	Montreal Canadiens	27–11–7	61
46	February 5	Chicago Black Hawks	5–0	Boston Bruins	28–11–7	63
47	February 8	Montreal Canadiens	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks	29–11–7	65
48	February 11	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	29–11–8	66
49	February 12	Detroit Red Wings	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	30–11–8	68
50	February 16	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	Detroit Red Wings	31–11–8	70
51	February 18	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	New York Rangers	31–12–8	70
52	February 19	New York Rangers	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	31–13–8	70
53	February 25	Boston Bruins	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks	32–13–8	72
54	February 26	Montreal Canadiens	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks	32–13–9	73
55	March 1	New York Rangers	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks	33–13–9	75
56	March 2	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	Boston Bruins	34–13–9	77
57	March 4	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	34–14–9	77
58	March 5	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	35–14–9	79
59	March 8	Boston Bruins	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	36–14–9	81
60	March 11	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	Montreal Canadiens	36–14–10	82
61	March 12	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks	37–14–10	84
62	March 15	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	New York Rangers	38–14–10	86
63	March 18	Chicago Black Hawks	5–9	Toronto Maple Leafs	38–15–10	86
64	March 19	Montreal Canadiens	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks	38–15–11	87
65	March 22	New York Rangers	3-3	Chicago Black Hawks	38–15–12	88
66	March 26	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4	Detroit Red Wings	38–16–12	88
67	March 28	Detroit Red Wings	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks	39–16–12	90
68	March 30	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	Boston Bruins	40–16–12	92
69	April 1	Chicago Black Hawks	4–5	Montreal Canadiens	40–17–12	92
70	April 2	Chicago Black Hawks	8–0	New York Rangers	41–17–12	94

Playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2

The Hawks would open the playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished the season in third place, as they had a record of 32-27-11, earning 75 points, which was 19 fewer than the Black Hawks. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Hawks had an easy time defeating Toronto in the series opener, with a 5-2 victory, however, the Leafs stormed back in the second game, beating Chicago 3-1 to even the series up. The series shifted to Maple Leaf Gardens for the next two games, and the teams once again split the games, as Toronto won the third game by a 3-1 score, and Chicago took the fourth game, holding off the Leafs for a 4-3 win. The fifth game returned to Chicago, however, it was Toronto who took a 3-2 series lead, beating Chicago 4-2. The sixth game was played in Toronto, and the Maple Leafs completed the upset, winning the game 3-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup finals, and end Chicago's season.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 6	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	1-0
2	April 9	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	1-1
3	April 11	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-2
4	April 13	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2
5	April 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks	2-3
6	April 18	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-4

Player Stats

Scoring Leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Stan Mikita	70	35	62	97	12
Bobby Hull	66	52	28	80	52
Kenny Wharram	70	31	34	65	21
Phil Esposito	69	21	40	61	40
Doug Mohns	61	25	35	60	58

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Glenn Hall	32	1664	19	5	5	66	2	2.38
Denis DeJordy	44	2536	22	12	7	104	4	2.46

Playoff Stats

Scoring Leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bobby Hull	6	4	2	6	0
Pierre Pilote	6	2	4	6	6
Doug Mohns	5	0	5	5	8
Kenny Wharram	6	2	2	4	2
Stan Mikita	6	2	2	4	2

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Glenn Hall	3	176	1	2	8	0	2.73
Denis DeJordy	4	184	1	2	10	0	3.26

Awards and Records

• Prince of Wales Trophy: Chicago Black Hawks
• Hart Memorial Trophy: Stan Mikita
• Art Ross Trophy: Stan Mikita
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Stan Mikita
• Vezina Trophy: Glenn Hall & Denis DeJordy
• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Pierre Pilote
• Calder Memorial Trophy: Ed Van Impe, Runner-up
• Stan Mikita, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
• Bobby Hull, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Kenny Wharram, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Pierre Pilote, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
• Glenn Hall, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star

Draft Picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Terry Caffery	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2	9	Ron Dussiaume	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
3	15	Larry Gibbons	Canada	Markham Seal-a-Wax (Junior B)
4	21	Brian Morenz	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)

Trivia

• Black Hawks who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
  • Stan Mikita during the 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins on November 27, 1966.
  • Doug Mohns during the 4-2 win over Boston on January 19, 1967.

Gallery

Bobby Orr, Denis DeJordy and Ed Van Impe in 1966-67 season action.

Doug Mohns, Bernie Parent, Bobby Orr and #7 Phil Esposito in 1966-67 season action.

Pre-season @ Montreal

Video

Nearly 10 minutes of random clips from the 1966-67 season set to Mexican horn music. At 1:45, Boston's Wayne Connelly scores, assisted by Ron Schock, which tied the December 28, 1966 game versus the Montreal Canadiens at 1-1.

Blades and Brass

See Also

• 1966–67 NHL season

Sources

• Hockey-Reference
• Rauzulu's Street
• Goalies Archive
• HockeyDB
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007