# 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.

## 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

| # | 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

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

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 |
| 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 |
    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;

## Transactions

| June 13, 1966 | To Montreal CanadiensGarry Peters Ted Taylor | To New York RangersRed Berenson |

## 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) |