1965–66 New York Rangers season

The 1965–66 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 40th season. 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]

1965–66 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1965–66 record	18–41–11
Goals for	195
Goals against	261
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Red Sullivan Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bob Nevin (29)
Assists	Bob Nevin (33)
Points	Bob Nevin (62)
Penalty minutes	Reggie Fleming (124)
Wins	Cesare Maniago (9)
Goals against average	Cesare Maniago (3.50)
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Regular season

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	41	21	8	239	173	+66	90
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	37	25	8	240	187	+53	82
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	208	187	+21	79
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	31	27	12	221	194	+27	74
5	Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	174	275	−101	48
6	New York Rangers	70	18	41	11	195	261	−66	47

Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
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
October: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 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 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 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 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 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 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 69 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 18–40–11 70 3 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 18–41–11

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1966 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bob Nevin 69 29 33 62 10 Donnie Marshall 69 26 28 54 6 Jean Ratelle 67 21 30 51 10 Phil Goyette 60 11 31 42 6 Earl Ingarfield 68 20 16 36 35 Vic Hadfield 67 16 19 35 112 Harry Howell 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 51 8 12 20 8 Wayne Hillman 68 3 17 20 70 Rod Seiling 52 5 10 15 24 Mike McMahon 41 0 12 12 34 John McKenzie‡ 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 5 1 0 1 0 Ted Taylor 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

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	36	2096	8	19	7	128	3.66	0
Cesare Maniago	28	1613	9	16	3	94	3.50	2
Don Simmons	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.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.^[4][5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
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

See also

• 1965–66 NHL season

References

1. "1965–66 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1965–66 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
4. "1965 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved June 15, 2017.