- Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents
- Schedule and results
- Playoffs
- Player statistics
- Awards and records
- Transactions
- Roster
- Draft picks
- Farm teams
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Infobox ice hockey team season
|League=NHL
|Season=1965–66
|year=1965
|Team=New York Rangers
|Conference=
|ConferenceRank=
|Division=NHL
|DivisionRank=6th
|Record=18–41–11
|HomeRecord=
|RoadRecord=
|GoalsFor=195
|GoalsAgainst=261
|GeneralManager=Emile Francis
|Coach=Red Sullivan
Emile Francis
|Captain=Bob Nevin
|AltCaptain=
|Arena=Madison Square Garden
|Attendance=
|GoalsLeader=Bob Nevin (29)
|AssistsLeader=Bob Nevin (33)
|PointsLeader=Bob Nevin (62)
|PIMLeader=Reggie Fleming (124)
|WinsLeader=Cesare Maniago (9)
|GAALeader=Cesare Maniago (3.50)
|StanleyCup=
}}The 1965–66 New York Rangers season was the 40th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers posted an 18–41–11 record in the regular season, finished in last place in the NHL and did not make the playoffs.[1] {{TOClimit|limit=2}}Regular seasonFinal standings{{1965–66 NHL standings|team=NYR}}Record vs. opponents| 1965–66 NHL Records |
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| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MON | NYR | TOR |
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| Boston | — | 4–8–2 | 2–11–1 | 4–9–1 | 8–5–1 | 4–9–1 | | Chicago | 8–4–2 | — | 11–1–2 | 4–8–2 | 9–4–1 | 5–8–1 | | Detroit | 11–2–1 | 1–11–2 | — | 4–8–2 | 7–3–4 | 8–4–2 | | Montreal | 9–4–1 | 8–4–2 | 8–4–2 | — | 12–2 | 5–7–2 | | New York | 5–8–1 | 4–9–1 | 3–7–4 | 2–12 | — | 3–6–5 | | Toronto | 9–4–1 | 8–5–1 | 4–8–2 | 7–5–2 | 6–3–5 | — |
Schedule and results| 1965–66 Game Log |
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October: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) | Game | October | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 1 | 24 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | 0–1–0 | | 2 | 27 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | 0–2–0 | | 3 | 30 | @ Boston Bruins | 8–2 | 1–2–0 |
| November: 4–6–4 (Home: 2–3–3; Road: 2–3–1) | Game | November | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 4 | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–2 | 1–2–1 | | 5 | 6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | 2–2–1 | | 6 | 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–2 | 3–2–1 | | 7 | 10 | Boston Bruins | 2–2 | 3–2–2 | | 8 | 11 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 3–3 | 3–2–3 | | 9 | 13 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–2 | 3–3–3 | | 10 | 14 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 4–2 | 4–3–3 | | 11 | 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | 4–4–3 | | 12 | 20 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 9–3 | 4–5–3 | | 13 | 21 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–3 | 4–5–4 | | 14 | 24 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | 5–5–4 | | 15 | 25 | @ Boston Bruins | 6–2 | 5–6–4 | | 16 | 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–0 | 5–7–4 | | 17 | 28 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | 5–8–4 |
| December: 2–9–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 0–6–1) | Game | December | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 18 | 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–2 | 5–8–5 | | 19 | 4 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | 5–9–5 | | 20 | 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6–2 | 5–10–5 | | 21 | 8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 2–2 | 5–10–6 | | 22 | 9 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 7–3 | 5–11–6 | | 23 | 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | 5–12–6 | | 24 | 12 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–1 | 5–12–7 | | 25 | 18 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 8–4 | 5–13–7 | | 26 | 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | 6–13–7 | | 27 | 22 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 4–3 | 6–14–7 | | 28 | 23 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | 6–15–7 | | 29 | 25 | @ Boston Bruins | 4–2 | 6–16–7 | | 30 | 26 | Boston Bruins | 6–4 | 7–16–7 | | 31 | 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–0 | 7–17–7 |
| January: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–5–1) | Game | January | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 32 | 1 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | 7–18–7 | | 33 | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 6–3 | 7–19–7 | | 34 | 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6–4 | 8–19–7 | | 35 | 9 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | 8–20–7 | | 36 | 15 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–4 | 8–20–8 | | 37 | 16 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 6–5 | 9–20–8 | | 38 | 19 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 6–2 | 9–21–8 | | 39 | 22 | @ Boston Bruins | 5–3 | 9–22–8 | | 40 | 23 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 5–1 | 9–23–8 | | 41 | 26 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | 10–23–8 | | 42 | 29 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 6–2 | 10–24–8 | | 43 | 30 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 8–4 | 11–24–8 |
| February: 3–9–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–6–0) | Game | February | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 44 | 2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 4–3 | 11–25–8 | | 45 | 5 | @ Boston Bruins | 5–3 | 11–26–8 | | 46 | 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–0 | 11–27–8 | | 47 | 9 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–0 | 11–28–8 | | 48 | 10 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 6–2 | 11–29–8 | | 49 | 12 | Boston Bruins | 9–2 | 12–29–8 | | 50 | 13 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 6–1 | 12–30–8 | | 51 | 16 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–2 | 12–31–8 | | 52 | 19 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–1 | 13–31–8 | | 53 | 20 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–3 | 13–32–8 | | 54 | 23 | Detroit Red Wings | 5–0 | 14–32–8 | | 55 | 26 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | 14–33–8 | | 56 | 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–2 | 14–33–9 |
| March: 4–7–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–0) | Game | March | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 57 | 2 | Boston Bruins | 5–3 | 15–33–9 | | 58 | 3 | @ Boston Bruins | 5–4 | 16–33–9 | | 59 | 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–1 | 16–33–10 | | 60 | 9 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–0 | 17–33–10 | | 61 | 12 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 4–2 | 17–34–10 | | 62 | 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | 18–34–10 | | 63 | 16 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | 18–35–10 | | 64 | 19 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 6–2 | 18–36–10 | | 65 | 20 | @ Boston Bruins | 4–3 | 18–37–10 | | 66 | 23 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–1 | 18–38–10 | | 67 | 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–1 | 18–39–10 | | 68 | 31 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 5–3 | 18–40–10 |
| April: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–1) | Game | April | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 69 | 2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–3 | 18–40–11 | | 70 | 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–1 | 18–41–11 |
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PlayoffsThe Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1966 Stanley Cup playoffs.[1] Player statistics- Skaters
{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | G|Goals | A|Assists | Pts|Points | PIM|Penalty Minutes |
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| Bob|Nevin}} | 69 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 10 | | Don|Marshall}} | 69 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 6 | | Jean|Ratelle}} | 67 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 10 | | Phil|Goyette}} | 60 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 6 | | Earl|Ingarfield|Earl Ingarfield, Sr.}} | 68 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 35 | | Vic|Hadfield}} | 67 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 112 | | Harry|Howell|Harry Howell (ice hockey)}} | 70 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 92 | | Bill|Hicke}} | 49 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 21 | | Rod|Gilbert}} | 34 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 20 | | Reg|Fleming}}† | 35 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 124 | | Jim|Neilson}} | 65 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 84 | | Doug|Robinson|Doug Robinson (ice hockey)}} | 51 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | | Wayne|Hillman}} | 68 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 70 | | Rod|Seiling}} | 52 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | | Mike|McMahon|Mike McMahon, Jr.}} | 41 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 34 | | John|McKenzie|John McKenzie (ice hockey)}}‡ | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 36 | | Garry|Peters}} | 63 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 42 | | Arnie|Brown}} | 64 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 106 | | Bob|Plager}} | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | | Lou|Angotti}}‡ | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | | Ray|Cullen}} | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | Paul|Andrea}} | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | Jim|Johnson|Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1942)}} | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Ted|Taylor|Ted Taylor (ice hockey)}} | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Dunc|McCallum}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Al|LeBrun}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Al|Hamilton}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Larry|Mickey}} | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | John|Brenneman}} | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | {{col-2}}{{col-end}}- Goaltenders
Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | TOI|Time on Ice | W|Win | L|Loss | T|Tie | GA|Goals Against | GAA|Goals Against Average | SO|Shutouts |
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| Ed|Giacomin}} | 36 | 2096 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 128 | 3.66 | 0 | | Cesare|Maniago}} | 28 | 1613 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 94 | 3.50 | 2 | | Don|Simmons|Don Simmons (ice hockey)}} | 11 | 491 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 4.52 | 0 | †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
[2]{{Hockey season stats note}}Awards and records{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Transactions{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Roster| {{navbar-header|1965–1966 New York Rangers Roster|New York Rangers|plain=1|fontcolor=white |
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Goaltenders- {{hockey team player|no=1|name=Ed Giacomin}}
- {{hockey team player|no=30|name=Cesare Maniago}}
- {{hockey team player|no=30|name=Don Simmons}}
| | Defensemen- {{hockey team player|no=2|name=Wayne Hillman}}
- {{hockey team player|no=3|name=Harry Howell}}
- {{hockey team player|no=4|name=Arnie Brown}}
- {{hockey team player|no=6|name=Mike McMahon}}
- {{hockey team player|no=15|name=Jim Neilson}}
- {{hockey team player|no=16|name=Rod Seiling}}
- {{hockey team player|no=18|name=Al LeBrun}}
- {{hockey team player|no=20|name=Dunc McCallum}}
- {{hockey team player|no=25|name=Al Hamilton}}
- {{hockey team player|no=25|name=Bob Plager}}
| | Wingers- {{hockey team player|no=5|name=Doug Robinson}}
- {{hockey team player|no=7|name=Rod Gilbert}}
- {{hockey team player|no=8|name=Bob Nevin}}–C
- {{hockey team player|no=9|name=Reg Fleming}}
- {{hockey team player|no=9|name=Larry Mickey}}
- {{hockey team player|no=11|name=Vic Hadfield}}
- {{hockey team player|no=12|name=Bill Hicke}}
- {{hockey team player|no=14|name=John McKenzie}}
- {{hockey team player|no=17|name=Lou Angotti}}
- {{hockey team player|no=18|name=Paul Andrea}}
- {{hockey team player|no=18|name=John Brenneman}}
- {{hockey team player|no=18|name=Ted Taylor}}
- {{hockey team player|no=22|name=Don Marshall}}
| | Centers- {{hockey team player|no=10|name=Earl Ingarfield}}
- {{hockey team player|no=17|name=Ray Cullen}}
- {{hockey team player|no=19|name=Jean Ratelle}}
- {{hockey team player|no=20|name=Phil Goyette}}
- {{hockey team player|no=21|name=Garry Peters}}
- {{hockey team player|no=24|name=Jim Johnson}}
- GM: Emile Francis
- Coach: Red Sullivan,
Emile Francis
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Draft picksNew York's picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3][4] | Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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| 1 | 1 | Andre Veilleux | RW | Canada}} | Montreal Rangers (LHJAA) | | 2 | 6 | George Surmay | G | Canada}} | Kelvin Midgets (MAAAMHL) | | 3 | 10 | Michel Parizeau | C | Canada}} | Montreal Rangers (LHJAA) |
Farm teams{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}See alsoReferences1. ^1 {{cite web|title=1965–66 NHL Season Summary|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1966.html|accessdate=2011-01-15}}
2. ^{{cite web |publisher=hockeydb.com |accessdate=2010-08-08 |title=1965–66 New York Rangers |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481966.html}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=1965 NHL Amateur Draft|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1965_amateur.html|accessdate=2012-03-24}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=NHL Draft History |publisher=National Hockey League |url=http://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html |accessdate=2017-06-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html |archivedate=2001-01-28 |df= }}
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