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
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Rod Gilbert (28)
Assists	Phil Goyette (49)
Points	Phil Goyette (61)
Penalty minutes	Reggie Fleming (146)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (30)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (2.61)

The 1966–67 New York Rangers season was the 41st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished in 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.

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

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 19, 1966	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	0–1–0
2	T	October 22, 1966	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	0–1–1
3	W	October 23, 1966	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	1–1–1
4	L	October 27, 1966	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	1–2–1
5	L	October 29, 1966	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	1–3–1
6	W	November 3, 1966	7–1	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	2–3–1
7	L	November 5, 1966	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	2–4–1
8	T	November 6, 1966	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	2–4–2
9	L	November 8, 1966	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	2–5–2
10	T	November 9, 1966	3–3	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	2–5–3
11	W	November 12, 1966	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	3–5–3
12	W	November 13, 1966	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	4–5–3
13	T	November 16, 1966	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	4–5–4
14	T	November 19, 1966	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	4–5–5
15	L	November 20, 1966	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	4–6–5
16	W	November 23, 1966	5–4	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	5–6–5
17	W	November 26, 1966	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	6–6–5
18	W	November 27, 1966	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	7–6–5
19	W	November 30, 1966	5–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	8–6–5
20	T	December 3, 1966	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	8–6–6
21	L	December 4, 1966	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	8–7–6
22	W	December 7, 1966	4–2	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	9–7–6
23	W	December 8, 1966	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	10–7–6
24	W	December 11, 1966	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	11–7–6
25	W	December 14, 1966	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	12–7–6
26	W	December 17, 1966	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	13–7–6
27	L	December 18, 1966	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	13–8–6
28	W	December 21, 1966	5–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	14–8–6
29	W	December 24, 1966	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	15–8–6
30	W	December 25, 1966	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	16–8–6
31	L	December 27, 1966	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	16–9–6
32	W	December 29, 1966	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	17–9–6
33	L	December 31, 1966	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	17–10–6
34	L	January 1, 1967	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	17–11–6
35	T	January 4, 1967	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	17–11–7
36	W	January 8, 1967	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	18–11–7
37	W	January 12, 1967	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	19–11–7
38	L	January 14, 1967	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	19–12–7
39	W	January 15, 1967	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	20–12–7
40	L	January 21, 1967	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	20–13–7
41	L	January 22, 1967	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	20–14–7
42	W	January 25, 1967	2–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	21–14–7
43	L	January 28, 1967	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	21–15–7
44	L	January 29, 1967	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	21–16–7
45	W	February 4, 1967	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	22–16–7
46	W	February 5, 1967	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	23–16–7
47	L	February 8, 1967	1–2	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	23–17–7
48	L	February 11, 1967	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	23–18–7
49	T	February 12, 1967	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	23–18–8
50	L	February 15, 1967	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	23–19–8
51	W	February 18, 1967	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	24–19–8
52	W	February 19, 1967	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	25–19–8
53	W	February 22, 1967	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	26–19–8
54	W	February 25, 1967	5–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	27–19–8
55	L	February 26, 1967	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	27–20–8
56	L	March 1, 1967	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	27–21–8
57	T	March 4, 1967	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	27–21–9
58	L	March 5, 1967	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	27–22–9
59	L	March 8, 1967	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	27–23–9
60	T	March 11, 1967	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	27–23–10
61	T	March 12, 1967	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	27–23–11
62	L	March 15, 1967	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	27–24–11
63	L	March 18, 1967	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	27–25–11
64	W	March 19, 1967	3–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	28–25–11
65	T	March 22, 1967	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	28–25–12
66	L	March 23, 1967	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	28–26–12
67	W	March 26, 1967	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	29–26–12
68	W	March 29, 1967	10–5	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	30–26–12
69	L	April 1, 1967	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67)	30–27–12
70	L	April 2, 1967	0–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	30–28–12

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	70	12	49	61	6	1	0	1
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	64	28	18	46	12	5	0	5
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	70	24	22	46	4	8	0	4
Nevin, BobBob Nevin	RW	67	20	24	44	6	2	0	4
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	58	17	25	42	42	5	0	2
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	70	12	28	40	54	2	0	0
Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	60	11	25	36	58	5	1	3
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield	C	67	12	22	34	12	0	1	3
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	69	13	20	33	80	3	0	1
Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming	D/LW	61	15	16	31	146	2	0	1
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	61	4	11	15	65	0	0	2
Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	D	67	2	12	14	43	0	0	1
Brown, ArnieArnie Brown	D	69	2	10	12	61	0	0	0
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	41	6	5	11	4	2	0	1
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	RW	20	6	3	9	0	0	2	2
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	48	3	4	7	11	0	0	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	30	0	5	5	2	0	0	0
MacNeil, AlAl MacNeil	D	58	0	4	4	44	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	12	1	1	2	6	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robinson, DougDoug Robinson	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey	RW	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	68	0	0	0	8	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	3981	68	30	27	11	173	2.61	9
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	219	6	0	1	1	14	3.84	0
Team:	4200	70	30	28	12	187	2.67	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	4	2	2	4	6
Nevin, BobBob Nevin	RW	4	0	3	3	2
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	4	2	0	2	0
Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	3	0	2	2	0
Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming	D/LW	4	0	2	2	11
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	4	1	0	1	0
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	4	1	0	1	17
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield	C	4	1	0	1	2
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	4	1	0	1	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	4	0	1	1	2
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	4	0	1	1	2
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	RW	4	0	1	1	0
Brown, ArnieArnie Brown	D	4	0	0	0	6
Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	D	4	0	0	0	2
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	4	0	0	0	4
MacNeil, AlAl MacNeil	D	4	0	0	0	2
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	4	0	0	0	2
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	246	4	0	4	14	3.41	0
Team:	246	4	0	4	14	3.41	0

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

• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Harry Howell
• Hart Memorial Trophy: Ed Giacomin, Runner-up
• Harry Howell, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
• Eddie Giacomin, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
• Don Marshall, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Bobby Orr ties the game up, February 4, 1967.

Ken Schinkel scores shorthanded, March 11, 1967.

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

References

• 1966–67 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

New York Rangers
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Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Maine Mariners (ECHL)