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 4 games to 2. This was the final season before the 1967 NHL Expansion.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	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==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Rangers 0===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
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 Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	68	19	44	63 	58 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	65	21	34	55 	28 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	67	20	22	42 	177	5 	0 	2
 	C 	69	14	27	41 	39 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	69	25	15	40 	14 	20 	0 	7
 	C 	53	12	26	38 	22 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	69	19	16	35 	82 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	60	8 	26	34 	14 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	62	13	19	32 	16 	3 	1 	2
 	RW 	64	11	13	24 	16 	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	51	12	11	23 	23 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	61	0 	20	20 	48 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	48	11	8 	19 	31 	0 	0 	5
 	D 	65	2 	16	18 	86 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	9 	7 	16 	6 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	56	0 	16	16 	99 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	3 	5 	8 	51 	0 	2 	1
 	D/RW	63	3 	0 	3 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	3 	3 	35 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	0 	3 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2055	37	11	15	7 	88 	2.57	3
 	1137	19	11	3 	4 	47 	2.48	1
 	888 	18	9 	6 	2 	47 	3.18	1
 	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
 	C 	10	6	5	11 	26 	 	 	
 	C 	10	4	6	10 	2 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	1	7	8 	4 	 	 	
 	C 	10	5	2	7 	6 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	4	2	6 	22 	 	 	
 	D 	10	2	4	6 	2 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	1	5	6 	15 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	2	3	5 	6 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	2	3	5 	4 	 	 	
 	RW 	7 	1	1	2 	0 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	1	1	2 	4 	 	 	
 	LW 	9 	0	2	2 	6 	 	 	
 	D/RW	4 	1	0	1 	0 	 	 	
 	D 	9 	0	1	1 	9 	 	 	
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	15 	 	 	
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	19 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	0	1	1 	0 	 	 	
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	 	 	
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	0 	 	 	
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	 	 	
 	G 	9 	0	0	0 	0 	 	 	
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	555	9 	6	3	22	2.38	0
 	80 	2 	0	1	2 	1.50	0
Team: 	635	10	6	4	24	2.27	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; 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==
*The Canadiens did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Gallery==
12Dec1966-Westfall_Larose_Green_Cheevers.jpg|Ed Westfall, Claude Larose, Ted Green, Gerry Cheevers, December 28, 1966.
1966-67-Connelly_Cheevers.jpg|Wayne Connelly, Glen Sather, Dave Balon, Gerry Cheevers, December 28, 1966.
1966-67-Parent_Schock_Richard_Doak.jpg|Bernie Parent, Ron Schock, Henri Richard, Gary Doak in 1966-67 season action.
66-67NHLExhMonCanMonctonGameAd.jpg|Moncton
66-67NHLExhMonCanGameAd.jpg|Montreal
66-67NHLExhMonCanQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
66-67NHLMontrealRadioAd.jpg|Radio Ad
66-67NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Game Ad
==Video==
A minute and a half clip showing Bobby Rousseau scoring while Bobby Orr serves his first NHL penalty on October 22, 1966.
Bruins-Habs, Bobby Rousseau scores (1966-67)
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
Game 4 of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals between Toronto and Montreal, April 27, 1967.
1967 04 27 TORONTO VS MONTREAL GAME 4 ORIG BROADCAST
Game 6 of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals between Toronto and Montreal, May 2, 1967.
NHL Classic Games- 1967 Stanley Cup Final, Gm6- Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens
==See Also==
* 1966–67 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1966–67
Montreal Canadiens season, 1966–67