1965–66 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1965–66
Year:	1965
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	21–43–6
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	5th
Captain:	Leo Boivin
Goalsfor:	174
Goalsagainst:	275
Goalsleader:	John Bucyk (27)
Assistsleader:	Murray Oliver (42)
Pointsleader:	Murray Oliver (60)
Pimleader:	Ted Green (113)
Winsleader:	Bernie Parent (11))
Gaaleader:	Bernie Parent (3.69)

The 1965–66 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 42nd season in the NHL.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 24, 1965	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	0–1–0
2	L	October 27, 1965	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	0–2–0
3	L	October 30, 1965	2–8	New York Rangers (1965–66)	0–3–0
4	T	November 3, 1965	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	0–3–1
5	L	November 4, 1965	1–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	0–4–1
6	W	November 6, 1965	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	1–4–1
7	L	November 7, 1965	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	1–5–1
8	T	November 10, 1965	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	1–5–2
9	W	November 14, 1965	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	2–5–2
10	L	November 20, 1965	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	2–6–2
11	W	November 21, 1965	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	3–6–2
12	L	November 24, 1965	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	3–7–2
13	W	November 25, 1965	6–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	4–7–2
14	W	November 27, 1965	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–7–2
15	L	November 28, 1965	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	5–8–2
16	L	December 1, 1965	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–9–2
17	L	December 2, 1965	2–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	5–10–2
18	L	December 4, 1965	1–10	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–11–2
19	T	December 5, 1965	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	5–11–3
20	L	December 8, 1965	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	5–12–3
21	L	December 11, 1965	3–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–13–3
22	L	December 12, 1965	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	5–14–3
23	L	December 15, 1965	4–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–15–3
24	L	December 16, 1965	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	5–16–3
25	L	December 18, 1965	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	5–17–3
26	L	December 19, 1965	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–18–3
27	W	December 25, 1965	4–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	6–18–3
28	L	December 26, 1965	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	6–19–3
29	L	December 28, 1965	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	6–20–3
30	L	January 1, 1966	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	6–21–3
31	L	January 2, 1966	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–22–3
32	L	January 6, 1966	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	6–23–3
33	L	January 8, 1966	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	6–24–3
34	W	January 9, 1966	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	7–24–3
35	T	January 13, 1966	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	7–24–4
36	L	January 15, 1966	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	7–25–4
37	L	January 16, 1966	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	7–26–4
38	W	January 20, 1966	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	8–26–4
39	W	January 22, 1966	5–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	9–26–4
40	W	January 23, 1966	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	10–26–4
41	W	January 27, 1966	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	11–26–4
42	L	January 29, 1966	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	11–27–4
43	L	January 30, 1966	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	11–28–4
44	L	February 3, 1966	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	11–29–4
45	W	February 5, 1966	5–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	12–29–4
46	T	February 6, 1966	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	12–29–5
47	W	February 10, 1966	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	13–29–5
48	L	February 12, 1966	2–9	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	13–30–5
49	T	February 13, 1966	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	13–30–6
50	W	February 16, 1966	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	14–30–6
51	W	February 19, 1966	5–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	15–30–6
52	L	February 20, 1966	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	15–31–6
53	L	February 23, 1966	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	15–32–6
54	L	February 26, 1966	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	15–33–6
55	L	February 27, 1966	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	15–34–6
56	L	March 2, 1966	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	15–35–6
57	L	March 3, 1966	4–5	New York Rangers (1965–66)	15–36–6
58	L	March 6, 1966	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	15–37–6
59	W	March 9, 1966	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	16–37–6
60	L	March 12, 1966	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	16–38–6
61	L	March 13, 1966	4–8	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	16–39–6
62	W	March 16, 1966	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	17–39–6
63	L	March 17, 1966	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	17–40–6
64	W	March 20, 1966	4–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	18–40–6
65	W	March 23, 1966	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	19–40–6
66	L	March 26, 1966	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	19–41–6
67	L	March 27, 1966	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	19–42–6
68	L	March 29, 1966	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	19–43–6
69	W	March 31, 1966	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	20–43–6
70	W	April 3, 1966	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–43–6

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	70	18	42	60	30	5	0	3
	LW	63	27	30	57	12	3	0	5
	RW	70	16	22	38	31	1	0	3
	RW	70	20	16	36	17	4	0	2
	D/RW	59	9	21	30	42	2	1	0
	LW	50	7	22	29	10	3	0	1
	C	41	16	11	27	10	2	0	1
	RW	36	13	9	22	36	2	0	1
	C	53	7	13	20	18	0	0	1
	D	51	3	17	20	52	2	0	0
	D	68	2	17	19	75	0	0	1
	D	27	5	13	18	113	2	0	0
	D	65	4	10	14	54	0	0	0
	C	29	6	4	10	6	1	1	0
	D/LW	34	4	6	10	42	0	0	1
	C	50	4	6	10	55	0	1	1
	D	20	0	8	8	28	0	0	0
	D	70	4	3	7	74	2	0	0
	D	46	0	5	5	34	0	0	0
	RW	13	3	1	4	6	0	0	0
	C	24	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
	LW	8	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
	C	9	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
	D	14	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
	RW	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
	RW	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	39	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2083	39	11	20	3	128	3.69	1
	1744	33	10	19	2	108	3.72	1
	340	7	0	4	1	34	6.00	0
	33	1	0	0	0	4	7.27	0
Team:	4200	70	21	43	6	274	3.91	2

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Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4			St. Thomas Stars (WOJHL)
2	9	Bill Ramsay		Winnipeg Monarchs (MJHL)

See also

• 1965–66 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1965–66 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-09 . 1965-66 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.