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

1966–67 Montreal Canadiens
League	2nd NHL
1966–67 record	32–25–13
Home record	19–9–7
Road record	13–16–6
Goals for	202
Goals against	188
Team information
General manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Alternate captains	Henry Richard Jean-Guy Talbot
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 and Rogie Vachon (11)
Goals against average	Rogie Vachon (2.18)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Regular season

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	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

Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

1966–67 NHL Records [1]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	2–11–1	6–6–2	5–7–2	2–8–4	2–11–1
Chicago	11–2–1	—	10–4	5–2–7	7–5–2	8–4–2
Detroit	6–6–2	4–10	—	4–10	7–7	6–6–2
Montreal	7–5–2	2–5–7	10–4	—	7–5–2	6–6–2
New York	8–2–4	5–7–2	7–7	5–7–2	—	5–5–4
Toronto	11–2–1	4–8–2	6–6–2	6–6–2	5–5–4	—

Schedule and results

1966–67 regular season[2]
October Game Result 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
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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

Further information: 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
Bobby Rousseau	RW	68	19	44	63	58	5	0	2
Henri Richard	C	65	21	34	55	28	2	0	1
John Ferguson	LW	67	20	22	42	177	5	0	2
Ralph Backstrom	C	69	14	27	41	39	1	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer	RW	69	25	15	40	14	20	0	7
Jean Beliveau	C	53	12	26	38	22	2	0	0
Claude Larose	RW	69	19	16	35	82	2	0	3
J. C. Tremblay	D	60	8	26	34	14	3	0	1
Gilles Tremblay	LW	62	13	19	32	16	3	1	2
Claude Provost	RW	64	11	13	24	16	3	0	3
Dick Duff	LW	51	12	11	23	23	3	0	2
Jacques Laperriere	D	61	0	20	20	48	0	0	0
Dave Balon	LW	48	11	8	19	31	0	0	5
Ted Harris	D	65	2	16	18	86	1	0	0
Leon Rochefort	RW	27	9	7	16	6	0	0	3
Terry Harper	D	56	0	16	16	99	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Talbot	D	68	3	5	8	51	0	2	1
Jim Roberts	D/RW	63	3	0	3	16	0	0	0
Noel Price	D	24	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais	D	11	0	3	3	35	0	0	0
Andre Boudrias	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Garry Peters	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Garry Bauman	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean Gauthier	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Charlie Hodge	G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Serge Savard	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gump Worsley	G	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Charlie Hodge	2055	37	11	15	7	88	2.57	3
Rogie Vachon	1137	19	11	3	4	47	2.48	1
Gump Worsley	888	18	9	6	2	47	3.18	1
Garry 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	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jean Beliveau	C	10	6	5	11	26
Henri Richard	C	10	4	6	10	2
Bobby Rousseau	RW	10	1	7	8	4
Ralph Backstrom	C	10	5	2	7	6
John Ferguson	LW	10	4	2	6	22
J. C. Tremblay	D	10	2	4	6	2
Claude Larose	RW	10	1	5	6	15
Yvan Cournoyer	RW	10	2	3	5	6
Dick Duff	LW	10	2	3	5	4
Claude Provost	RW	7	1	1	2	0
Leon Rochefort	RW	10	1	1	2	4
Dave Balon	LW	9	0	2	2	6
Jim Roberts	D/RW	4	1	0	1	0
Terry Harper	D	10	0	1	1	15
Ted Harris	D	10	0	1	1	19
Jacques Laperriere	D	9	0	1	1	9
Gilles Tremblay	LW	10	0	1	1	0
Jean-Guy Talbot	D	10	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	9	0	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais	D	1	0	0	0	2
Gump Worsley	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

June 13, 1966

To Montreal Canadiens Garry Peters Ted Taylor

To New York Rangers Red Berenson

[4][5]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1966 NHL amateur draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Phil Myre	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QJHL)
2	11	Maurice St. Jacques	Canada	London Nationals (OHA)
3	17	Jude Drouin	Canada	Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)
4	23	Bob Pate	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

See also

• 1966–67 NHL season