1965–66 Boston Bruins season

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1965–66 Boston Bruins season - Wikipedia

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1965–66 Boston Bruins
Division	5th NHL
1965–66 record	21–43–6
Goals for	174
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Hap Emms
Coach	Milt Schmidt
Captain	Leo Boivin
Alternate captains	Johnny Bucyk Ted Green Murray Oliver
Team leaders
Goals	John Bucyk (27)
Assists	Murray Oliver (42)
Points	Murray Oliver (60)
Penalty minutes	Ted Green (113)
Wins	Bernie Parent (11))
Goals against average	Bernie Parent (3.69)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

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

Offseason

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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 ^[1]
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

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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Murray Oliver	C	70	18	42	60	30	5	0	3
John Bucyk	LW	63	27	30	57	12	3	0	5
Tommy Williams	RW	70	16	22	38	31	1	0	3
Ron Stewart	RW	70	20	16	36	17	4	0	2
Ed Westfall	D/RW	59	9	21	30	42	2	1	0
Dean Prentice	LW	50	7	22	29	10	3	0	1
Pit Martin	C	41	16	11	27	10	2	0	1
John McKenzie	RW	36	13	9	22	36	2	0	1
Bob Dillabough	C	53	7	13	20	18	0	0	1
Gilles Marotte	D	51	3	17	20	52	2	0	0
Bob Woytowich	D	68	2	17	19	75	0	0	1
Ted Green	D	27	5	13	18	113	2	0	0
Albert Langlois	D	65	4	10	14	54	0	0	0
Parker MacDonald	C	29	6	4	10	6	1	1	0
Reggie Fleming	D/LW	34	4	6	10	42	0	0	1
Forbes Kennedy	C	50	4	6	10	55	0	1	1
Gary Doak	D	20	0	8	8	28	0	0	0
Don Awrey	D	70	4	3	7	74	2	0	0
Leo Boivin	D	46	0	5	5	34	0	0	0
Bill Goldsworthy	RW	13	3	1	4	6	0	0	0
Ron Schock	C	24	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
Wayne Maxner	LW	8	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
Bobby Leiter	C	9	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
Barry Ashbee	D	14	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
Wayne Rivers	RW	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
Gary Dornhoefer	RW	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ron Murphy	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
John Arbour	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Crisp	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Davison	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Skip Krake	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Marcotte	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Parent	G	39	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
J.P. Parise	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Ring	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Sanderson	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dallas Smith	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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

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Transactions

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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	Joe Bailey	Canada	St. Thomas Stars (WOJHL)
2	9	Bill Ramsay	Canada	Winnipeg Monarchs (MJHL)

Farm teams

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References

^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1965-66 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.

"1965–66 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

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Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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