1965–66 New York Rangers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1965–66
Year:	1965
Team:	New York Rangers
Divisionrank:	6th
Record:	18–41–11
Goalsfor:	195
Goalsagainst:	261
Coach:	Red Sullivan Emile Francis
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)

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]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 || 24 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 0–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 || 27 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 0–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 || 30 || @ Boston Bruins || 8–2 || 1–2–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 4 || 3 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 1–2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 || 6 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 2–2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 6 || 7 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 3–2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 7 || 10 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 3–2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 8 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 3–2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 9 || 13 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 3–3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 10 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 4–3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 11 || 17 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 4–4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 12 || 20 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 9–3 || 4–5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 13 || 21 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 4–5–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 14 || 24 || Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 5–5–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 15 || 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–2 || 5–6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 16 || 27 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–0 || 5–7–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 17 || 28 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 5–8–4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 18 || 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 5–8–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 19 || 4 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 5–9–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 20 || 5 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–2 || 5–10–5|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 21 || 8 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 5–10–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 22 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 7–3 || 5–11–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 23 || 11 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 5–12–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 24 || 12 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 || 5–12–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 25 || 18 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 8–4 || 5–13–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 26 || 19 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 6–13–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 27 || 22 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–3 || 6–14–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 28 || 23 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 6–15–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 29 || 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 6–16–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 30 || 26 || Boston Bruins || 6–4 || 7–16–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 31 || 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–0 || 7–17–7|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 32 || 1 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 7–18–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 33 || 2 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–3 || 7–19–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 34 || 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–4 || 8–19–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 35 || 9 || Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 8–20–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 36 || 15 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–4 || 8–20–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 37 || 16 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–5 || 9–20–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 38 || 19 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 9–21–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 39 || 22 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 9–22–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 40 || 23 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–1 || 9–23–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 41 || 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–3 || 10–23–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 42 || 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–2 || 10–24–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 43 || 30 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 8–4 || 11–24–8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 44 || 2 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–3 || 11–25–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 45 || 5 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 11–26–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 46 || 6 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–0 || 11–27–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 47 || 9 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–0 || 11–28–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 48 || 10 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 11–29–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 49 || 12 || Boston Bruins || 9–2 || 12–29–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 50 || 13 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 12–30–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 51 || 16 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 12–31–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 52 || 19 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 13–31–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 53 || 20 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 13–32–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 54 || 23 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–0 || 14–32–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 55 || 26 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 14–33–8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 56 || 27 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 14–33–9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 57 || 2 || Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 15–33–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 58 || 3 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–4 || 16–33–9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 59 || 6 || Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || 16–33–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 60 || 9 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–0 || 17–33–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || 12 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 17–34–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 62 || 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 18–34–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || 16 || Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 18–35–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 64 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–2 || 18–36–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 65 || 20 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 18–37–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 66 || 23 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 18–38–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 67 || 27 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–1 || 18–39–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 68 || 31 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 18–40–10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 69 || 2 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 18–40–11|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 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
	69	29	33	62	10
	69	26	28	54	6
	67	21	30	51	10
	60	11	31	42	6
	68	20	16	36	35
	67	16	19	35	112
	70	4	29	33	92
	49	9	18	27	21
	34	10	15	25	20
^†	35	10	14	24	124
	65	4	19	23	84
	51	8	12	20	8
	68	3	17	20	70
	52	5	10	15	24
	41	0	12	12	34
^‡	35	6	5	11	36
	63	7	3	10	42
	64	1	7	8	106
	18	0	5	5	22
^‡	21	2	2	4	2
	8	1	3	4	0
	4	1	1	2	0
	5	1	0	1	0
	4	0	1	1	2
	2	0	0	0	2
	2	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	2
	11	0	0	0	14

Goaltenders

Regular Season

36	2096	8	19	7	128	3.66	0
28	1613	9	16	3	94	3.50	2
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]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.^[3] ^[4]

Round		Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Andre Veilleux	RW	Montreal Rangers (LHJAA)
2	6	George Surmay	G	Kelvin Midgets (MAAAMHL)
3	10	Michel Parizeau	C	Montreal Rangers (LHJAA)

Notes and References

Web site: 1965–66 NHL Season Summary. Hockey-Reference. 2011-01-15.
Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-08 . 1965–66 New York Rangers .
Web site: 1965 NHL Amateur Draft. Hockey-Reference. 2012-03-24.
Web site: NHL Draft History . National Hockey League . 2017-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html . 2001-01-28 .