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1966–67 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1966–67
year	1966
Team	Boston Bruins
LeagueRank	6th
Record	17–43–10
HomeRecord	10–21–4
RoadRecord	7–22–6
GoalsFor	182
GoalsAgainst	253
GeneralManager	Hap Emms
Coach	Harry Sinden
Captain	Johnny Bucyk
Arena	Boston Garden
GoalsLeader	Pit Martin (20)
AssistsLeader	Johnny Bucyk (30)
PointsLeader	Johnny Bucyk (48)
PIMLeader	Gilles Marotte (112)
WinsLeader	Eddie Johnston (8)
GAALeader	Gerry Cheevers (3.33)

The 1966–67 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 43rd season in the NHL. Despite the debut of Bobby Orr, the Bruins finished in last place and did not qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season for the first time in franchise history. It was the last time the team would miss the playoffs until the 1996–97 season, as they would embark on a streak of 29 straight seasons in the playoffs the next season.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round	Overall	Player	Nationality	Position
1	1	Barry Gibbs	Canada	Defenceman
2	7	Rick Smith	Canada	Defenceman
3	13	Garnet Bailey	Canada	Left wing
4	19	Tom Webster	Canada	Right wing

Regular season

Bobby Orr made his NHL debut October 19, with an assist in a 6–2 win over Detroit.

Bobby Orr

In his first professional season—although missing nine games with a knee injury presaging such woes throughout his career—he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's outstanding rookie and, while the perennially cellar-dwelling Bruins finished in last place that season, sparked a renaissance that propelled the Bruins to make the playoffs the following twenty-nine straight seasons. New York Rangers defenseman Harry Howell, the winner of the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman in Orr's rookie year, famously predicted that he was glad to win when he did, because "Orr will own this trophy from now on."

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 19, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 22, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 23, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) ||1–2–0 |- |4||T||October 29, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1966–67) ||1–2–1 |- |5||L||October 30, 1966||1–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) ||1–3–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
LW	59	18	30	48	12	4	0	1
C	70	20	22	42	40	4	0	1
D	61	13	28	41	102	3	1	0
RW	69	17	19	36	98	3	1	5
D/RW	70	12	24	36	26	1	0	0
C	65	9	26	35	16	1	0	2
C	64	13	17	30	12	1	0	1
C	66	10	20	30	8	1	0	1
LW	39	11	16	27	6	0	0	1
RW	56	14	10	24	31	5	0	1
RW	29	8	13	21	2	2	0	2
C	60	6	12	18	14	0	1	1
D	47	6	10	16	67	5	0	1
D	67	7	8	15	112	1	1	0
D	69	2	13	15	38	1	0	0
D	64	2	7	9	43	0	0	0
C	15	6	2	8	4	2	0	0
RW	18	3	5	8	21	0	0	0
LW	18	2	2	4	10	0	0	0
RW	8	2	1	3	6	0	0	0
D	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
D	29	0	1	1	50	0	0	0
G	34	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
LW	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
D	33	0	1	1	24	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	22	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	1880	34	8	21	2	116	3.70	0
	1298	22	5	10	6	72	3.33	1
	1022	18	4	12	2	62	3.64	0
Team:	4200	70	17	43	10	250	3.57	1

Awards and records

Bobby Orr, Calder Memorial Trophy
Bobby Orr, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

References

"1966-67 Boston Bruins Schedule".
"1966-67 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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