1965–66 New York Rangers season

The 1965–66 New York Rangers season was the 40th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
During the November 21, 1965 game at Madison Square Garden, with the scored tied 1-1 between the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers, at 9:50 of the third period, Ranger goalie Eddie Giacomin made what appeared to be a save. However, the goal judge signalled a goal, believing that Giacomin's glove crossed the goal line while the puck was in it. Rangers general manager Emile Francis was furious, left his seat and ran to the goal judge to protest. Along the way, he got into an altercation with some fans who started to punch him. Ten Ranger players scaled the glass and a melee of Rangers fighting with their own fans ensued. It took police fifteen minutes to break up the altercation. Francis suffered a cut over one eye which required stitches. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 24, 1965 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 27, 1965 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 30, 1965 	8–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	November 3, 1965 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	1–2–1
5 	W 	November 6, 1965 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	2–2–1
6 	W 	November 7, 1965 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	3–2–1
7 	T 	November 10, 1965 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	3–2–2
8 	T 	November 11, 1965 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	3–2–3
9 	L 	November 13, 1965 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	3–3–3
10 	W 	November 14, 1965 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	4–3–3
11 	L 	November 17, 1965 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	4–4–3
12 	L 	November 20, 1965 	3–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	4–5–3
13 	T 	November 21, 1965 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	4–5–4
14 	W 	November 24, 1965 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	5–5–4
15 	L 	November 25, 1965 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	5–6–4
16 	L 	November 27, 1965 	0–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	5–7–4
17 	L 	November 28, 1965 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	5–8–4
18 	T 	December 1, 1965 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	5–8–5
19 	L 	December 4, 1965 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	5–9–5
20 	L 	December 5, 1965 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	5–10–5
21 	T 	December 8, 1965 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–10–6
22 	L 	December 9, 1965 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	5–11–6
23 	L 	December 11, 1965 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	5–12–6
24 	T 	December 12, 1965 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	5–12–7
25 	L 	December 18, 1965 	4–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–13–7
26 	W 	December 19, 1965 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	6–13–7
27 	L 	December 22, 1965 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–14–7
28 	L 	December 23, 1965 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	6–15–7
29 	L 	December 25, 1965 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	6–16–7
30 	W 	December 26, 1965 	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	7–16–7
31 	L 	December 29, 1965 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	7–17–7
32 	L 	January 1, 1966 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	7–18–7
33 	L 	January 2, 1966 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	7–19–7
34 	W 	January 8, 1966 	6–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	8–19–7
35 	L 	January 9, 1966 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	8–20–7
36 	T 	January 15, 1966 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	8–20–8
37 	W 	January 16, 1966 	6–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	9–20–8
38 	L 	January 19, 1966 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	9–21–8
39 	L 	January 22, 1966 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	9–22–8
40 	L 	January 23, 1966 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	9–23–8
41 	W 	January 26, 1966 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	10–23–8
42 	L 	January 29, 1966 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	10–24–8
43 	W 	January 30, 1966 	8–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	11–24–8
44 	L 	February 2, 1966 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	11–25–8
45 	L 	February 5, 1966 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	11–26–8
46 	L 	February 6, 1966 	0–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	11–27–8
47 	L 	February 9, 1966 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	11–28–8
48 	L 	February 10, 1966 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	11–29–8
49 	W 	February 12, 1966 	9–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	12–29–8
50 	L 	February 13, 1966 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	12–30–8
51 	L 	February 16, 1966 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	12–31–8
52 	W 	February 19, 1966 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	13–31–8
53 	L 	February 20, 1966 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	13–32–8
54 	W 	February 23, 1966 	5–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	14–32–8
55 	L 	February 26, 1966 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	14–33–8
56 	T 	February 27, 1966 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	14–33–9
57 	W 	March 2, 1966 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	15–33–9
58 	W 	March 3, 1966 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	16–33–9
59 	T 	March 6, 1966 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	16–33–10
60 	W 	March 9, 1966 	1–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	17–33–10
61 	L 	March 12, 1966 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	17–34–10
62 	W 	March 13, 1966 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	18–34–10
63 	L 	March 16, 1966 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	18–35–10
64 	L 	March 19, 1966 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	18–36–10
65 	L 	March 20, 1966 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	18–37–10
66 	L 	March 23, 1966 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	18–38–10
67 	L 	March 27, 1966 	1–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	18–39–10
68 	L 	March 31, 1966 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	18–40–10
69 	T 	April 2, 1966 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	18–40–11
70 	L 	April 3, 1966 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	18–41–11
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	69	29	33	62 	10 	8 	1 	2
 	LW 	69	26	28	54 	6 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	67	21	30	51 	10 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	60	11	31	42 	6 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	68	20	16	36 	35 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	67	16	19	35 	112	1 	0 	1
 	D 	70	4 	29	33 	92 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	49	9 	18	27 	21 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	34	10	15	25 	20 	3 	0 	2
 	D/LW	35	10	14	24 	124	4 	0 	2
 	D 	65	4 	19	23 	84 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	51	8 	12	20 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	68	3 	17	20 	70 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	52	5 	10	15 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	0 	12	12 	34 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	6 	5 	11 	36 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	63	7 	3 	10 	42 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	1 	7 	8 	106	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	5 	5 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	21	2 	2 	4 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	8 	1 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1613	28	9 	14	4 	94 	3.50	2
 	2036	35	8 	20	6 	125	3.68	0
 	551 	12	1 	7 	1 	40 	4.36	0
Team: 	4200	70	18	41	11	259	3.70	2
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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 Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1965–66 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1965–66
New York Rangers season, 1965–66
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