1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season

	1966–67 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd NHL
1966–67 record	32–25–13
Goals for	202
Goals against	188
Team information
General manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Yvan Cournoyer (25)
Assists	Bobby Rousseau (44)
Points	Bobby Rousseau (63)
Penalty minutes	John Ferguson (177)
Wins	Charlie Hodge ; Rogatien Vachon (11)
Goals against average	Rogatien Vachon (2.18)
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

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 1967 Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2. This was the final season before the 1967 NHL Expansion.

Regular Season[]

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[]

No.	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[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Rangers 0[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 2[]

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.

For more details on this topic, see 1967 Stanley Cup Finals.

Player Stats[]

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, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	63	3	0	3	16	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	11	0	3	3	35	0	0	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	24	0	3	3	8	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
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bauman, GarryGarry Bauman	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	37	0	0	0	2	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, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	4	1	0	1	0
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	9	0	1	1	9
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	10	0	1	1	15
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	10	0	1	1	19
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	10	0	1	1	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	1	0	0	0	2
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	10	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	2	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	9	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

^[1]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; 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 Canadiens did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

A minute and a half clip showing Bobby Rousseau scoring while Bobby Orr serves his first NHL penalty on October 22, 1966.

Bruins-Habs, Bobby Rousseau scores (1966-67)

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

Game 4 of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals between Toronto and Montreal, April 27, 1967.

1967 04 27 TORONTO VS MONTREAL GAME 4 ORIG BROADCAST

Game 6 of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals between Toronto and Montreal, May 2, 1967.

NHL Classic Games- 1967 Stanley Cup Final, Gm6- Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens

References[]

↑ 1966-67 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).

[1] 1966-67 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

[1]

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 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

Montreal Canadiens
Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1966–67 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	1966 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1967 Stanley Cup Final

1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Rangers 0[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 2[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

See Also[]

References[]