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1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
Team	Montreal Canadiens
League	NHL
Season	1966–67
year	1966
LeagueRank	2nd
Record	32–25–13
HomeRecord	19–9–7
RoadRecord	13–16–6
GoalsFor	202
GoalsAgainst	188
GeneralManager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
AltCaptain	Henry Richard
Jean-Guy Talbot
Arena	Montreal Forum
GoalsLeader	Yvan Cournoyer (25)
AssistsLeader	Bobby Rousseau (44)
PointsLeader	Bobby Rousseau (63)
PIMLeader	John Ferguson (177)
WinsLeader	Charlie Hodge and Rogie Vachon (11)
GAALeader	Rogie Vachon (2.18)

Jean-Guy Talbot 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

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 22, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 23, 1966||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 26, 1966||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 29, 1966||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers||3–1–0

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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

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	24	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
D	11	0	3	3	35	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
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	18	0	0	0	4	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

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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	10	0	1	1	15
D	10	0	1	1	19
D	9	0	1	1	9
LW	10	0	1	1	0
D	10	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	2
G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	555	9	6	3	22	2.38
	80	2	0	1	2	1.50
Team:	635	10	6	4	24	2.27

Transactions

June 13, 1966	To Montreal CanadiensGarry Peters
Ted Taylor	To New York RangersRed Berenson	title=NHL trades for 1966-1967	access-date=2021-12-08	website=NHL Trade Tracker}}

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)

Citations

References

"1966-67 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
"1966-67 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
(2003). "Total NHL". Triumph Books.

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