# 1966–67 New York Rangers season

The 1966–67 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 41st season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the NHL with 72 points and qualified for the playoffs. New York lost in the NHL semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep.

## 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1966–67 NHL Records :
| 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 Game Log :
October: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
119Chicago Black Hawks6–30–1–0
222@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–40–1–1
323Toronto Maple Leafs1–01–1–1
427@ Detroit Red Wings5–31–2–1
529@ Montreal Canadiens3–01–3–1 :
November: 7–3–4 (Home: 4–1–3; Road: 3–2–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
63@ Boston Bruins7–12–3–1
75@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–12–4–1
86Toronto Maple Leafs3–32–4–2
98@ Chicago Black Hawks3–12–5–2
109Boston Bruins3–32–5–3
1112@ Montreal Canadiens6–33–5–3
1213Detroit Red Wings5–24–5–3
1316Chicago Black Hawks2–24–5–4
1419@ Boston Bruins3–34–5–5
1520Montreal Canadiens2–14–6–5
1623Boston Bruins5–45–6–5
1726Chicago Black Hawks4–16–6–5
1827Toronto Maple Leafs5–07–6–5
1930@ Chicago Black Hawks5–08–6–5 :
December: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–2–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
203@ Boston Bruins2–28–6–6
214Montreal Canadiens3–18–7–6
227Boston Bruins4–29–7–6
238@ Detroit Red Wings4–210–7–6
2411Montreal Canadiens4–211–7–6
2514Detroit Red Wings4–112–7–6
2617@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–113–7–6
2718@ Detroit Red Wings5–013–8–6
2821Boston Bruins5–114–8–6
2924@ Montreal Canadiens4–315–8–6
3025@ Chicago Black Hawks1–016–8–6
3127Chicago Black Hawks3–216–9–6
3229Detroit Red Wings4–217–9–6
3331@ Montreal Canadiens3–017–10–6 :
January: 4–6–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–4–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
341Toronto Maple Leafs2–117–11–6
354@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–117–11–7
368Montreal Canadiens2–118–11–7
3712@ Boston Bruins3–019–11–7
3814@ Chicago Black Hawks5–319–12–7
3915@ Detroit Red Wings2–020–12–7
4021@ Boston Bruins6–220–13–7
4122@ Detroit Red Wings7–220–14–7
4225Boston Bruins2–121–14–7
4328@ Montreal Canadiens3–221–15–7
4429Detroit Red Wings4–221–16–7 :
February: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
454@ Boston Bruins4–322–16–7
465Toronto Maple Leafs4–123–16–7
478Boston Bruins2–123–17–7
4811@ Detroit Red Wings6–323–18–7
4912Montreal Canadiens4–423–18–8
5015@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–023–19–8
5118Chicago Black Hawks4–124–19–8
5219@ Chicago Black Hawks3–225–19–8
5322Detroit Red Wings1–026–19–8
5425@ Montreal Canadiens5–027–19–8
5526Toronto Maple Leafs4–227–20–8 :
March: 3–6–4 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 0–3–3)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
561@ Chicago Black Hawks6–127–21–8
574@ Boston Bruins4–427–21–9
585Montreal Canadiens2–027–22–9
598Detroit Red Wings3–127–23–9
6011@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–227–23–10
6112Montreal Canadiens2–227–23–11
6215Chicago Black Hawks3–127–24–11
6318@ Montreal Canadiens4–227–25–11
6419Boston Bruins3–128–25–11
6522@ Chicago Black Hawks3–328–25–12
6623@ Detroit Red Wings4–128–26–12
6726Toronto Maple Leafs4–029–26–12
6829Detroit Red Wings10–530–26–12 :
April: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–1)
GameAprilOpponentScoreRecord
691@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–130–27–12
702Chicago Black Hawks8–030–28–12 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1967 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Phil Goyette | 70 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 6 |
| Rod Gilbert | 64 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 12 |
| Donnie Marshall | 70 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 4 |
| Bob Nevin | 67 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 6 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | 58 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 42 |
| Harry Howell | 70 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 54 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 60 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 58 |
| Earl Ingarfield | 67 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 |
| Vic Hadfield | 69 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 80 |
| Reg Fleming | 61 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 146 |
| Jim Neilson | 61 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 65 |
| Wayne Hillman | 67 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| Arnie Brown | 69 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 61 |
| Jean Ratelle | 41 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Ken Schinkel | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Hicke | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Gordon Berenson | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Al MacNeil | 58 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 44 |
| Rod Seiling | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Bob Plager | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Mickey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Rod Gilbert | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Bob Nevin | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Reg Fleming | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gordon Berenson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Schinkel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Hadfield | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Earl Ingarfield | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Donnie Marshall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Phil Goyette | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al MacNeil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Arnie Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wayne Hillman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Howell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 68 | 3981 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 173 | 2.61 | 9 |
| Cesare Maniago | 6 | 219 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3.84 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Giacomin | 4 | 246 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.41 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
    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;

## Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 2 | Brad Park | D | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OHA) |
| 2 | 8 | Joey Johnston | LW | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHA) |
| 3 | 14 | Don Luce | C | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHA) |
| 4 | 20 | Jack Egers | RW | Canada | Kitchener (Junior B) |