NHL 1965/66
NHL 1965/66 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | October 23, 1965 to May 5, 1966 |
Teams | 6th |
Games / team | 70 |
Draft | |
Event | 1965 NHL Amateur Draft |
Top pick | André Veilleux |
Elected by | New York Rangers |
Regular season | |
winner | Canadiens de Montréal |
MVP | Bobby Hull (Chicago) |
Top scorer | Bobby Hull (Chicago) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | Canadiens de Montréal |
finalist | Detroit Red Wings |
Playoff MVP | Roger Crozier (Detroit) |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1965/66 NHL season was the 49th season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Montréal Canadiens after a 4-2 win in the final series against the Detroit Red Wings . The "Golden Jet" Bobby Hull set new scoring records with 54 goals (22 of them in power play) and 97 points in one season. The NHL announced that six more teams would take part in the game from the season after next. In Buffalo and Vancouver the disappointment was great as these two cities were not included.
Regular season
Closing table
Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Montréal Canadiens | 41 | 21st | 8th | 239 | 173 | 90 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 37 | 25th | 8th | 240 | 187 | 82 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 34 | 25th | 11 | 208 | 187 | 79 |
Detroit Red Wings | 31 | 27 | 12 | 221 | 194 | 74 |
Boston Bruins | 21st | 43 | 6th | 211 | 275 | 48 |
New York Rangers | 18th | 41 | 11 | 195 | 261 | 47 |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts |
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Bobby Hull | Chicago | 65 | 54 | 43 | 97 |
Stan Mikita | Chicago | 68 | 30th | 48 | 78 |
Bobby Rousseau | Montreal | 70 | 30th | 48 | 78 |
Jean Béliveau | Montreal | 67 | 29 | 48 | 77 |
Gordie Howe | Detroit | 70 | 29 | 46 | 75 |
Norm Ullman | Detroit | 70 | 31 | 41 | 72 |
Alex Delvecchio | Detroit | 59 | 31 | 38 | 69 |
Bob Nevin | NY Rangers | 69 | 29 | 33 | 62 |
Henri Richard | Montreal | 62 | 22nd | 39 | 61 |
Murray Oliver | Boston | 70 | 18th | 42 | 60 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Semifinals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||
1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | ||||||
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | ||||||
1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | ||||||
4th | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | ||||||
2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | ||||||
4th | Detroit Red Wings | 4th |
NHL awards
Web links
- Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )