NHL hockey team 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 .
Regular season [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Record vs. opponents [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] # 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 [ edit ] In the playoffs, the Canadiens met the New York Rangers in the first round, sweeping the series 4–0 to advance to the 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 [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] Scoring [ edit ] Goaltending [ edit ] Playoffs [ edit ] Scoring [ edit ] Goaltending [ edit ] [2]
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Draft picks [ edit ] 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)
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