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1965–66 Boston Bruins season

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1965–66 Boston Bruins
Division5th NHL
1965–66 record21–43–6
Goals for174
Goals against275
Team information
General managerHap Emms
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainLeo Boivin
Alternate captainsJohnny Bucyk
Ted Green
Murray Oliver
Team leaders
GoalsJohn Bucyk (27)
AssistsMurray Oliver (42)
PointsMurray Oliver (60)
Penalty minutesTed Green (113)
WinsBernie Parent (11))
Goals against averageBernie Parent (3.69)

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

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Pos Team 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

Record vs. opponents

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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

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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

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Regular season

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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

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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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1965-66 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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