1966–67 NHL season

National Hockey League season August 2023 1966–67 NHL season National Hockey League Ice hockey October 19, 1966 – May 2, 1967 Draft 1966 NHL Draft List of first overall NHL draft picks Barry Gibbs Boston Bruins Regular season 70 6 CBC, CTV, SRC (Canada)CBS, RKO General (United States) Season champion Chicago Black Hawks Stan Mikita (Black Hawks) Hart Memorial Trophy Stan Mikita (Black Hawks) Art Ross Trophy Playoffs 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs Dave Keon (Maple Leafs) Conn Smythe Trophy Stanley Cup 1967 Stanley Cup Finals Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens 1967–68 NHL season 1965–66 NHL season 1967–68 1965–66 NHL The 1966–67 NHL season was the 50th season of the National Hockey League. This was the last season of only six teams playing 70 games each, as six more teams were added for the 1967–68 season. This season saw the debut of one of the greatest players in hockey history, defenceman Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens four games to two in the Stanley Cup Finals to win the Stanley Cup for the thirteenth time in franchise history; to date this is the Leafs' last Stanley Cup victory. League business President David Molson of the Canadian Arena Company announced that the Montreal Forum would undergo major alterations in a $5 million work program commencing in April 1968. The fourth NHL amateur draft was held on April 25, 1966, at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Barry Gibbs was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins. NHL president Clarence Campbell and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) president Fred Page announced a new five-year professional-agreement effective on July 1, 1967. The direct sponsorship of junior ice hockey teams by the NHL was to be phased out in the upcoming year, and no new sponsored players could be registered or be required to sign a contract restricting movement between teams.Sweeping Changes In Pro-Am Hockey Pact August 19, 1966 Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg, Manitoba 22 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-19-1966-1087023/ The agreement eliminated the A, B and C forms, which had angered the parents of amateur players and were the source of legal action threats when the professional team refused to release a player.CAHA Becomes Bonus Baby Sitter Gross George August 30, 1966 Brandon Sun Brandon, Manitoba 8 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-30-1966-1087032/ Page succeeded in getting junior-aged players to be eligible for the NHL amateur draft once they graduate from junior hockey, or to be signed as a free agent in the year the player reaches his 20th birthday. The NHL agreed to pay development fees to the CAHA for the drafted players, and it allowed the CAHA to distribute the fees. The new agreement came at a time that also leveled the playing field for new NHL clubs in the 1967 NHL expansion. Regular season Bobby Orr made his NHL debut on October 19, with an assist in a 6–2 win over Detroit. On November 9, Ed Giacomin was subjected to one of the cruelest displays of fan abuse when the Boston Bruins came back to tie the Rangers 3-3. The fans pelted him with garbage and booed him viciously. From there, however, the Rangers began to win and the fans began to cheer for him. At one point, the Rangers were in first place, but slumped later and finished fourth. Terry Sawchuk got his 99th shutout when Toronto blanked Detroit 4–0 on February 25. He got his 100th career shutout on March 4, when Toronto defeated Chicago 4–0. Bobby Hull scored his 50th goal of the season when Chicago lost to Toronto 9–5 on March 18 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Another superlative for the Black Hawks was Stan Mikita, who tied the league scoring record with 97 points in claiming the Art Ross Trophy for the third time. Mikita was also awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player. The Chicago Black Hawks, who had won three Stanley Cups, finished first overall in the standings for the first time in their history, a full seventeen points ahead of the Montreal Canadiens and nineteen ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Boston Bruins missed the playoffs, their last time before their record 29-season playoff streak. Final standings Playoffs Playoff bracket The top four teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. In the semifinals, the first-place team played the third-place team, while the second-place team faced the fourth-place team, with the winners advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals. In both rounds, teams competed in a best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). Stanley Cup Finals Semifinals 1 Chicago 2 3 Toronto 4 2 Montreal 4 4 New York 0 3 Toronto 4 2 Montreal 2 Semifinals (1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs Despite Chicago's impressive regular season marks, it was the third seed Toronto Maple Leafs who beat the Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks Maple Leaf Gardens Chicago Stadium April 6 2–5 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-chi/1967/04/06/1966030111#game=1966030111,game_state=final Frank Mahovlich (1) – pp – 07:12 05:21 – pp – Kenny Wharram (1)11:49 – Pierre Pilote (1) No scoring 01:57 – pp – Bobby Hull (1)13:44 – Stan Mikita (1) Jim Pappin (1) – pp – 19:52 09:41 – Lou Angotti (1) Terry Sawchuck Denis DeJordy April 9 3–1 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-chi/1967/04/09/1966030112#game=1966030112,game_state=final Pete Stemkowski (1) – 08:07Dave Keon (1) – sh – 18:33 No scoring George Armstrong (1) – pp – 08:24 No scoring No scoring 08:45 – Stan Mikita (2) Terry Sawchuck Denis DeJordy April 11 1–3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-tor/1967/04/11/1966030113#game=1966030113,game_state=final 11:10 – Ron Ellis (1) No scoring 10:22 – pp – Frank Mahovlich (2)19:15 – Jim Pappin (2) No scoring No scoring Bobby Hull (2) – pp – 16:30 Terry Sawchuck Glenn Hall April 13 4–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-tor/1967/04/13/1966030114#game=1966030114,game_state=final 03:42 – Dave Keon (2)10:14 – pp – Tim Horton (1) Kenny Wharram (2) – 00:09Pierre Pilote (2) – 08:32 No scoring No scoring 02:31 – Eric Nesterenko (1)08:42 – Bobby Hull (3) Mike Walton (1) – 17:37 Terry Sawchuck Glenn HallDenis DeJordy April 15 4–2 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-chi/1967/04/15/1966030115#game=1966030115,game_state=final Mike Walton (2) – pp – 06:16Frank Mahovlich (3) – pp – 14:14 09:31 – Lou Angotti (2)11:01 – Bobby Hull (4) No scoring No scoring Pete Stemkowski (2) – 02:11Jim Pappin (3) – 17:14 No scoring Terry SawchuckJohnny Bower Denis DeJordy April 18 1–3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-tor/1967/04/18/1966030116#game=1966030116,game_state=final 05:06 – Brian Conacher (1) Pat Stapleton (1) – sh – 14:38 No scoring No scoring 04:47 – Brian Conacher (2)13:06 – Pete Stemkowski (3) No scoring Terry Sawchuck Glenn Hall Toronto won series 4–2 (2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Rangers Montreal swept the Rangers in four games. New York Rangers Montreal Canadiens Madison Square Garden III Montreal Forum April 6 4–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-mtl/1967/04/06/1966030121#game=1966030121,game_state=final No scoring No scoring Bernie Geoffrion (1) – pp – 03:46Rod Gilbert (1) – pp – 16:06 09:34 – Ralph Backstrom (1) Rod Gilbert (2) – pp – 01:49Vic Hadfield (1) – 05:18 09:12 – Claude Provost (1)09:34 – J.C. Tremblay (1)11:03 – John Ferguson (1)14:55 – Ralph Backstrom (2)18:07 – Jean Beliveau (1) Ed Giacomin Rogie Vachon April 8 1–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-mtl/1967/04/08/1966030122#game=1966030122,game_state=final No scoring 08:55 – pp – Dick Duff (1) Bernie Geoffrion (2) – pp – 12:03 No scoring No scoring 07:46 – pp – John Ferguson (2)13:25 – Ralph Backstrom (3) Ed Giacomin Rogie Vachon April 11 3–2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/1967/04/11/1966030123#game=1966030123,game_state=final 15:51 – pp – Jim Neilson (1) Claude Larose (1) – 00:13Jean Beliveau (2) – 03:09 04:34 – Earl Ingarfield (1) Bobby Rousseau (1) – pp – 02:05 No scoring No scoring Ed Giacomin Rogie Vachon April 13 2–1 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/1967/04/13/1966030124#game=1966030124,game_state=final No scoring J.C. Tremblay (2) – 10:46 17:56 – pp – Phil Goyette (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring John Ferguson (3) – 06:28 Ed Giacomin Rogie Vachon Montreal won series 4–0 Stanley Cup Finals 1967 Stanley Cup Finals Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens Maple Leaf Gardens Montreal Forum April 20 2–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-mtl/1967/04/20/1966030211#game=1966030211,game_state=final Larry Hillman (1) – 06:40 06:25 – pp – Yvan Cournoyer (1)11:19 – Henri Richard (1) Jim Pappin (4) – pp – 12:59 05:03 – pp – Yvan Cournoyer (2)06:36 – Jean Beliveau (3) No scoring 04:53 – Henri Richard (2)08:21 – Henri Richard (3) Terry SawchuckJohnny Bower Rogie Vachon April 22 3–0 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-mtl/1967/04/22/1966030212#game=1966030212,game_state=final Pete Stemkowski (4) – pp – 12:14 No scoring Mike Walton (3) – pp – 09:12Tim Horton (2) – 16:57 No scoring No scoring No scoring Johnny Bower Rogie Vachon April 25 2–3 2 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-tor/1967/04/25/1966030213#game=1966030213,game_state=final 08:39 – pp – Pete Stemkowski (5) Jean Beliveau (4) – pp – 02:27 10:34 – Jim Pappin (5) John Ferguson (4) – 19:10 No scoring No scoring 08:26 – Bob Pulford (1) No scoring Johnny Bower Rogie Vachon April 27 6–2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-tor/1967/04/27/1966030214#game=1966030214,game_state=final No scoring Ralph Backstrom (4) – 12:25Jean Beliveau (5) – pp – 13:08 02:09 – pp – Mike Walton (4)12:16 – Tim Horton (3) Henri Richard (4) – 02:26Jean Beliveau (6) – 13:41Ralph Backstrom (5) – 15:58 No scoring Jimmy Roberts (1) – 15:17 Terry Sawchuk Rogie Vachon April 29 4–1 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-mtl/1967/04/29/1966030215#game=1966030215,game_state=final Jim Pappin (6) – pp – 15:06 06:03 – Leon Rochefort (1) Brian Conacher (3) – 03:07Marcel Pronovost (1) – sh – 12:02Dave Keon (3) – 19:27 No scoring No scoring No scoring Terry Sawchuk Rogie VachonGump Worsley May 2 1–3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-tor/1967/05/02/1966030216#game=1966030216,game_state=final No scoring No scoring 06:25 – Ron Ellis (2)19:24 – Jim Pappin (7) No scoring 19:13 – George Armstrong (2) Dick Duff (2) – 05:28 Johnny Bower Gump Worsley Toronto won series 4–2 Awards 1966–1967 NHL awardsPrince of Wales Trophy:(Regular season champion) Chicago Black HawksArt Ross Trophy:(Top scorer) Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksCalder Memorial Trophy:(Best first-year player) Bobby Orr, Boston BruinsConn Smythe Trophy:(Most valuable player, playoffs) Dave Keon, Toronto Maple LeafsHart Trophy:(Most valuable player, season) Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksJames Norris Memorial Trophy:(Best defenceman) Harry Howell, New York RangersLady Byng Memorial Trophy:(Excellence and sportsmanship) Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksVezina Trophy:(Goaltender(s) of team with the best goals-against average) Glenn Hall and Denis DeJordy, Chicago Black Hawks All-Star teams Ed Giacomin, New York Rangers GGlenn Hall, Chicago Black HawksPierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks DTim Horton, Toronto Maple LeafsHarry Howell, New York Rangers DBobby Orr, Boston BruinsStan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks CNorm Ullman, Detroit Red WingsKenny Wharram, Chicago Black Hawks RWGordie Howe, Detroit Red WingsBobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks LWDon Marshall, New York Rangers Player statistics Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts PIMStan Mikita Chicago Black Hawks 70 35 62 97 12Bobby Hull Chicago Black Hawks 66 52 28 8052Norm Ullman Detroit Red Wings 68 26 44 7026Ken Wharram Chicago Black Hawks 70 31 34 65 21Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 69 25 40 65 53Bobby Rousseau Montreal Canadiens 68 19 44 63 58Phil Esposito Chicago Black Hawks 69 21 40 6140Phil Goyette New York Rangers 70 12 49 616Doug Mohns Chicago Black Hawks 61 25 35 6058Henri Richard Montreal Canadiens 65 21 34 55 28Alex Delvecchio Detroit Red Wings 70 17 38 55 10 Source: NHL.Dinger 2011 150 Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts Player Team GP MIN GA GAA W L T SOGlenn Hall Chicago Black Hawks 32 1664 66 2.38 19 5 5 2Denis DeJordy Chicago Black Hawks 44 2536 104 2.46 22 12 7 4Charlie Hodge Montreal Canadiens 37 2055 88 2.60 11 15 7 3Eddie Giacomin New York Rangers 68 3981 173 2.61 30 27 11 9Johnny Bower Toronto Maple Leafs 27 1431 63 2.64 12 9 3 2Terry Sawchuk Toronto Maple Leafs 28 1409 66 2.81 15 5 4 2Roger Crozier Detroit Red Wings 58 3256 182 3.35 22 29 4 4Eddie Johnston Boston Bruins 34 1880 116 3.70 8 21 2 0 Coaches Boston Bruins: Harry Sinden Chicago Black Hawks: Billy Reay Detroit Red Wings: Sid Abel Montreal Canadiens: Toe Blake New York Rangers: Emile Francis Toronto Maple Leafs: Punch Imlach Debuts The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1966–67 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins Glen Sather, Boston Bruins Ed Van Impe, Chicago Black Hawks Carol Vadnais, Montreal Canadiens Serge Savard, Montreal Canadiens Rogie Vachon, Montreal Canadiens Last games The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1966–67 (listed with their last team): Bill Hay, Chicago Black Hawks Red Kelly, Toronto Maple Leafs Broadcasting Hockey Night in Canada on CBC Television televised Saturday night regular season games and Stanley Cup playoff games. HNIC also produced Wednesday night regular season game telecasts for CTV. Games were typically not broadcast in their entirety until the 1968–69 season, and were typically joined in progress. This was the first season under a new U.S. rights agreement with CBS. Due to prior programming commitments for this season only, CBS sub-licensed its Sunday afternoon regular season games to RKO General. CBS still aired selected playoff games. See also 1966–67 NHL transactions 1967 NHL Expansion List of Stanley Cup champions 1966 NHL amateur draft 20th National Hockey League All-Star Game National Hockey League All-Star Game Lester Patrick Trophy 1966 in sports 1967 in sports References Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era Diamond, Dan 1994 McClelland and Stewart Toronto, ON 0-7710-2817-2 Total Hockey Diamond, Dan Total Sports 2000 Kingston, New York 1-892129-85-X Dinger Ralph 2011 The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 Dan Diamond & Associates 978-1-894801-22-5 Toronto, ON registration https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5 Dryden Steve Century of hockey McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Toronto, ON 2000 0-7710-4179-9 Fischler Stan Fischler Shirley Hughes Morgan Romain Joseph Duplacey James 2003 The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League Publications International Inc. 0-7853-9624-1 Lincolnwood, Illinois Fischler 2003 McFarlane Brian The Story of the National Hockey League Pagurian Press New York 1973 0-684-13424-1 registration https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalh0000mcfa Notes External links Hockey Database NHL.com NHL Guide & Record Book 2005 2004 NHL NHL 1966 Category:1966–67 in American ice hockey by league Category:1966–67 in Canadian ice hockey by league