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1966-67 NHL season

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The 1966-67 NHL season was the 50th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. Since the 1942-43 season, there had only been six teams in the NHL, but this was to be the last season of the Original Six as six more teams were added for the 1967-68 season. This season saw the debut of one of the greatest defenceman in the game's history, Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins.

Contents

1 Regular season

1.1 Final standings
1.2 Scoring leaders
1.3 Leading goaltenders

2 Stanley Cup playoffs

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Regular season

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

The New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs opened with a 4-4 tie and Rod Gilbert showed he had recovered from his back surgery of the previous season with a hat trick for the Rangers.

On October 23rd, in a 3-2 loss to Montreal, Bobby Orr scored his first NHL goal on goalkeeper Gump Worsley and the Boston crowd gave him a three minute ovation.

Ed Giacomin faced a barrage of garbage from enraged fans after his team blew a 3-1 lead against Boston to tie the Bruins 3-3 November 9th. He was struggling and not playing well.

There was a large representation from Parry Sound on hand at Maple Leaf Gardens when Bobby Orr played in Toronto November 26th. Although the Leafs beat Boston 4-2, Orr was selected as the game's number one star.

The Bruins suffered a bad blow when Bobby Orr strained ligaments in his knee and the Bruins missed him badly in the nine games he was gone.

The New York Rangers became hot since Giacomin's bad November 9th game and suddenly Giacomin was winning games. When the Rangers beat Montreal December 11th, the fickle fans of Madison Square Garden roared their approval and chanted "We're number one!" The Rangers were in first place now.

Jean Beliveau's career was in jeopardy when he was nicked in the eye by a wildly swung stick in a game against Chicago. He did not play again until January 22nd.

President David Molson of the Canadian Arena Company announced that the Montreal Forum would undergo major alterations done in a $5 million work program commencing in April, 1968. All interior columns would be eliminated and seating capacity increased by 2,000. Five escalators would be installed.

Punch Imlach, Toronto coach, was upset with the Leafs play after Toronto lost 4-1 to the Rangers February 5th. He said the officiating of Bruce Hood was the worst since coming to the NHL. This outburst didn't reach NHL president Clarence Campbell, but the strain of coaching a loser got to Imlach and he checked into the hospital for a month of rest. He was back behind the bench March 18th. In the meantime, King Clancy took over during his absence and the Leafs started to win.

Denis Dejordy was playing most of the games in goal for Chicago now and it was obvious that Glenn Hall was not in the Black Hawks plans for next season even though he would achieve all-star rating this year.

Terry Sawchuk, who had been out most of the year with a bad back, got his 99th shutout when Toronto blanked Detroit 4-0 February 25th. He got his 100th career shutout March 4th when Toronto defeated Chicago 4-0.

Bobby Hull scored his 50th goal of the season when Chicago lost to Toronto 9-5 March 18th at Maple Leaf Gardens. Referee Art Skov threatened to resign after Leaf president Stafford Smythe threw a program at him. NHL president Clarence Campbell said that Skov had erred in not immediately issuing a bench minor penalty against the Leafs.

Chicago finished first for the first time ever when they shut out Toronto 5-0. On March 12th, Clarence Campbell was on hand to present the Black Hawks the Prince of Wales Trophy when the Hawks tied Montreal 4-4.

Bobby Hull scored his 52nd goal in a 3-3 tie between Chicago and the New York Rangers, but his chances for breaking his own record were dashed when he injured his knee in a 7-2 beating of the Detroit Red Wings. The Black Hawks further suffered when defenceman Matt Ravlich broke his leg in a collision with the Red Wings Bob Falkenburg in the same game.

The Rangers proceeded to go into quite a slump in the second half, but Eddie Giacomin led the league with 9 shutouts.

On March 29th, Rod Gilbert and Don Marshall had hat tricks when the Rangers walloped Dteroit 10-5.

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.

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Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Chicago Black Hawks	70	41	17	12	94	264	170	757
Montreal Canadiens	70	32	25	13	77	202	188	879
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	27	11	75	204	211	736
New York Rangers	70	30	28	12	72	188	189	664
Detroit Red Wings	70	27	39	4	58	212	241	719
Boston Bruins	70	17	43	10	44	182	253	764

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Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	70	35	62	97	12
Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	66	52	28	80	52
Norm Ullman	Detroit Red Wings	68	26	44	70	26
Ken Wharram	Chicago Black Hawks	70	31	34	65	21
Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	69	25	40	65	53
Bobby Rousseau	Montreal Canadiens	68	19	44	63	58
Phil Esposito	Chicago Black Hawks	69	21	40	61	40
Phil Goyette	New York Rangers	70	12	49	61	6
Doug Mohns	Chicago Black Hawks	61	25	35	60	58
Henri Richard	Montreal Canadiens	65	21	34	55	28

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Leading goaltenders

             Games--Goals Against---shutouts--Avg.

Denis Dejordy,Chicago--42--104--4--2.48
Glenn Hall, Chicago---28--66---2--2.36
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Charlie Hodge, Montreal--34--88--3--2.59
Rogatien Vachon, Montreal--19--47--1--2.47
Lorne "Gump" Worsley, Montreal--15--47--1--3.13
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Ed Giacomin, New York---67--173--9--2.58
Cesare Maniago, New York--3--14--0--4.67
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Johnny Bower, Toronto---24--63--2--2.63
Terry Sawchuk, Toronto---23--66--2--2.87
Bruce Gamble, Toronto---20--67--0--3.35
Gary Smith, Toronto---2--7--0--3.50
Al Smith, Toronto---1---5--0---5.00
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Roger Crozier, Detroit--54---182--4---3.37
Hank Bassen, Detroit---7---22--0---3.14
George Gardner, Detroit---9---37--0---4.00
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Ed Johnston, Boston--31--116--0--3.74
Gerry Cheevers, Boston--22---72--1--3.27
Bernie Parent, Boston--17--62--0--3.65

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Stanley Cup playoffs

Semi-final The New York Rangers made the playoffs for the first time since 1962 by finishing fourth and met the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals.In game one The Rangers started off well and had a 4-1 lead as the Forum clock ticked toward the 11 minute mark of the third period. Then the Canadiens Claude Provost scored a rather freakish goal at 9:12 and quickly J.C. Tremblay made it 4-3 at 9:34. John Ferguson tied it up 4-4 and then Ralph Backstrom scored what proved to be the winning goal and then Jean Beliveau added the insurance goal. Montreal won game one 6-4. Game two was a close-checking game that Montreal won 3-1.Game Three at Madison Square Garden in New York, Montreal won a rather easy game 3-2 as the checking of Beliveau completely stymied the Rangers attack. Game four was a rough game with a fight in every period, including the overtime. The game was tied 1-1 at the end of the third period. Overtime was necessary and Red Berenson apparently had won the game for the Rangers when he beat Canadiens goalkeeper Rogatien Vachon, but the puck hit the goalpost. Just past the six minute mark, Eddie Giacomin made a glove save on a shot, but the puck slipped out of his glove and dropped to his skates. John Ferguson burst through the Ranger defence and poked at the puck and failed. He took a second poke and put it by Giacomin at 6:28 of overtime. Montreal won the series four games to none

Semi-final Chicago finished first for the first time in its sad history and came out flying in game one. Denis Dejordy was in goal for Chicago and Chicago won 5-2. Dejordy was in goal for game two, but Terry Sawchuk was at his very best in goal for Toronto and only Stan Mikita could put a goal by him. Dave Keon was outstanding as Toronto won 3-1. Glenn Hall was in goal for Chicago in game three but Toronto again won 3-1. Chicago won game four 4-3 and tied the series 2-2 as Bobby Hull won the game in the third period. Game five saw Johnny Bower in goal for Toronto, but Sawchuk replaced him. It didn't matter, however, as Toronto won 4-2. Sawchuk was again brilliant in game six as Toronto won 3-1. Although Dave Keon didn't score, he was outstanding defensively. Toronto won the series four games to two

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Stanley Cup finals

In game one Henri Richard had the hat trick and Yvan Cournoyer had two goals as Montreal won handily. In game two, Johnny Bower was miraculous in goal for Toronto and picked up a shutout in a Leafs win. In game three Bob Pulford scored at 8:26 of the second overtime as Toronto won. Johnny Bower was injured in a pre-game warm-up and Terry Sawchuk played in game four. Jean Beliveau and Ralph Backstrom each had two goals in a Montreal win. In game five Dave Keon scored a goal and assisted on another as Toronto won. Rogatien Vachon wasn't sharp and was replaced by Gump Worsley in the third period. Gump Worsley started in goal for game six but Red Kelly assisted on two goals as Toronto won the Stanley Cup. It proved to be the most recent time Toronto has won the Cup. The Leafs' squad was renowned as the oldest ever to win a Cup final; the average age of the team was well over thirty, and four players were over forty.

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 20	Toronto	2	Montreal	6
April 22	Toronto	3	Montreal	0
April 25	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	2OT
April 27	Montreal	6	Toronto	2
April 29	Toronto	4	Montreal	1
May 2	Montreal	1	Toronto	3

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NHL awards

1966-1967 NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Chicago Black Hawks
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Harry Howell, New York Rangers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
Vezina Trophy:	Glenn Hall & Denis DeJordy, Chicago Black Hawks
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Gordon Howe, Charles F. Adams, James E. Norris

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All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Ed Giacomin, New York Rangers	G	Glenn Hall, Chicago Blackhawks
Pierre Pilote, Chicago Blackhawks	D	Tim Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs
Harry Howell, New York Rangers	D	Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks	C	Norm Ullman, Detroit Red Wings
Kenny Wharram, Chicago Blackhawks	RW	Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks	LW	Don Marshall, New York Rangers

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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):