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1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks
League1st NHL
1966–67 record41–17–12
Home record24–5–6
Road record17–12–6
Goals for264
Goals against170
Team information
General managerTommy Ivan
CoachBilly Reay
CaptainPierre Pilote
Alternate captainsBobby Hull
Stan Mikita
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Hull (52)
AssistsStan Mikita (62)
PointsStan Mikita (97)
Penalty minutesEd Van Impe (111)
WinsDenis DeJordy (22)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.38)

The 1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 41st season in the National Hockey League, and the team was coming off a team record 37 victories in the 1965–66 season, as they finished in second place in the NHL. The Black Hawks then were upset by the fourth place Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL semi-finals, losing in six games.[1]

Chicago started the season very strong, leading the NHL with a record of 8–2–2 in their first 12 games, and continued their winning ways all season long. The Black Hawks finished the season with a club record in wins with 41, and points with 94, as Chicago finished in first place for the first time in team history. The Hawks were 17 points better than the second place Montreal Canadiens, and heavy favorites to win their second Stanley Cup of the decade.[2]

Offensively, the Hawks were led by Stan Mikita, who led the NHL with 97 points, winning the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy, and the Lady Byng Trophy. His 97 points tied the NHL record, set by teammate Bobby Hull in the 1965–66 season. Hull recorded his second straight 50+ goal season, as he scored 52 goals, and added 28 assists to finish second in the league with 80 points. Kenny Wharram finished fourth in league scoring, as he scored 31 goals and 65 points, while Phil Esposito and Doug Mohns were not far behind, earning 61 and 60 points respectively. Team captain Pierre Pilote anchored the blueline, scoring 6 goals and 52 points. Fellow defenseman Ed Van Impe led the team with 111 penalty minutes.

In goal, Denis DeJordy earned the majority of playing time, as he won a team high 22 games, while posting a 2.46 GAA and 4 shutouts.[3] Glenn Hall had his playing time cut back, however, he had a very solid season, winning 19 games, while having a team best 2.38 GAA, and earning 2 shutouts.[4] DeJordy and Hull earned the Vezina Trophy as the Hawks allowed the fewest goals against in the league.

The Hawks opened the playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished the season in third place, as they had a record of 32–27–11, earning 75 points, 19 fewer than the Black Hawks. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Hawks had an easy time defeating Toronto in the series opener, with a 5–2 victory, however, the Leafs stormed back in the second game, beating Chicago 3–1 to even the series up. The series shifted to Maple Leaf Gardens for the next two games, and the teams once again split the games, as Toronto won the third game by a 3–1 score, and Chicago took the fourth game, holding off the Leafs for a 4–3 win. Game 5 returned to Chicago, however, Toronto took a 3–2 series lead, beating Chicago 4–2. Game 6 was played in Toronto, and the Maple Leafs completed the upset, winning the game 3–1 to advance to the Stanley Cup finals, and end Chicago's season.[5]

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Chicago's draft picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 3 Terry Caffery  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2 9 Ron Dussiaume  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)
3 15 Larry Gibbons  Canada Markham Seal-a-Wax (Junior B)
4 21 Brian Morenz  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)

Season standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 70 41 17 12 264 170 +94 94
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 32 25 13 202 188 +14 77
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 32 27 11 204 211 −7 75
4 New York Rangers 70 30 28 12 188 189 −1 72
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 27 39 4 212 241 −29 58
6 Boston Bruins 70 17 43 10 182 253 −71 44
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

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1966–67 NHL Records [6]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–11–1 6–6–2 5–7–2 2–8–4 2–11–1
Chicago 11–2–1 — 10–4 5–2–7 7–5–2 8–4–2
Detroit 6–6–2 4–10 — 4–10 7–7 6–6–2
Montreal 7–5–2 2–5–7 10–4 — 7–5–2 6–6–2
New York 8–2–4 5–7–2 7–7 5–7–2 — 5–5–4
Toronto 11–2–1 4–8–2 6–6–2 6–6–2 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

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Regular season

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1966–67 regular season[2]
October
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
1 October 19 Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 New York Rangers 1–0–0 2
2 October 22 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 Detroit Red Wings 2–0–0 4
3 October 23 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–0–0 6
4 October 26 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 Montreal Canadiens 4–0–0 8
November
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
5 November 1 Boston Bruins 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1–0 8
6 November 6 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 Boston Bruins 5–1–0 10
7 November 8 New York Rangers 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1–0 12
8 November 10 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 Detroit Red Wings 6–2–0 12
9 November 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks 7–2–0 14
10 November 16 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 New York Rangers 7–2–1 15
11 November 19 Detroit Red Wings 2–7 Chicago Black Hawks 8–2–1 17
12 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks 8–2–2 18
13 November 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–3–2 18
14 November 24 Montreal Canadiens 0–5 Chicago Black Hawks 9–3–2 20
15 November 26 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 New York Rangers 9–4–2 20
16 November 27 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 Boston Bruins 10–4–2 22
17 November 30 New York Rangers 5–0 Chicago Black Hawks 10–5–2 22
December
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
18 December 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Montreal Canadiens 10–6–2 22
19 December 4 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks 11–6–2 24
20 December 8 Chicago Black Hawks 10–2 Boston Bruins 12–6–2 26
21 December 10 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 12–7–2 26
22 December 11 Boston Bruins 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks 12–7–3 27
23 December 14 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks 13–7–3 29
24 December 17 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 Montreal Canadiens 13–7–4 30
25 December 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks 14–7–4 32
26 December 21 Detroit Red Wings 4–6 Chicago Black Hawks 15–7–4 34
27 December 25 New York Rangers 1–0 Chicago Black Hawks 15–8–4 34
28 December 27 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 New York Rangers 16–8–4 36
29 December 31 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 17–8–4 38
January
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
30 January 1 Boston Bruins 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 18–8–4 40
31 January 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks 18–8–5 41
32 January 5 Chicago Black Hawks 4–6 Detroit Red Wings 18–9–5 41
33 January 8 Boston Bruins 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks 18–10–5 41
34 January 11 Detroit Red Wings 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks 19–10–5 43
35 January 12 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 Detroit Red Wings 19–11–5 43
36 January 14 New York Rangers 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks 20–11–5 45
37 January 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–4 Chicago Black Hawks 21–11–5 47
38 January 19 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 Boston Bruins 22–11–5 49
39 January 21 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 Montreal Canadiens 22–11–6 50
40 January 22 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks 23–11–6 52
41 January 26 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 Detroit Red Wings 24–11–6 54
42 January 28 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 25–11–6 56
43 January 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks 26–11–6 58
February
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
44 February 1 Boston Bruins 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks 27–11–6 60
45 February 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 Montreal Canadiens 27–11–7 61
46 February 5 Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 Boston Bruins 28–11–7 63
47 February 8 Montreal Canadiens 0–5 Chicago Black Hawks 29–11–7 65
48 February 11 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 29–11–8 66
49 February 12 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 30–11–8 68
50 February 16 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 Detroit Red Wings 31–11–8 70
51 February 18 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 New York Rangers 31–12–8 70
52 February 19 New York Rangers 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 31–13–8 70
53 February 25 Boston Bruins 3–6 Chicago Black Hawks 32–13–8 72
54 February 26 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks 32–13–9 73
March
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
55 March 1 New York Rangers 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks 33–13–9 75
56 March 2 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 Boston Bruins 34–13–9 77
57 March 4 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 34–14–9 77
58 March 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 35–14–9 79
59 March 8 Boston Bruins 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks 36–14–9 81
60 March 11 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 Montreal Canadiens 36–14–10 82
61 March 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–5 Chicago Black Hawks 37–14–10 84
62 March 15 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 New York Rangers 38–14–10 86
63 March 18 Chicago Black Hawks 5–9 Toronto Maple Leafs 38–15–10 86
64 March 19 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks 38–15–11 87
65 March 22 New York Rangers 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 38–15–12 88
66 March 26 Chicago Black Hawks 2–4 Detroit Red Wings 38–16–12 88
67 March 28 Detroit Red Wings 2–7 Chicago Black Hawks 39–16–12 90
68 March 30 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 Boston Bruins 40–16–12 92
April
Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
69 April 1 Chicago Black Hawks 4–5 Montreal Canadiens 40–17–12 92
70 April 2 Chicago Black Hawks 8–0 New York Rangers 41–17–12 94

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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1967 Stanley Cup playoffs[2]
Semifinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home Series
1 April 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0
2 April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1
3 April 11 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2
4 April 13 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2
5 April 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3
6 April 18 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4

Legend:   Win   Loss

Playoff stats

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Scoring leaders

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Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bobby Hull 6 4 2 6 0
Pierre Pilote 6 2 4 6 6
Doug Mohns 5 0 5 5 8
Kenny Wharram 6 2 2 4 2
Stan Mikita 6 2 2 4 2

Goaltending

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Player GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
Glenn Hall 3 176 1 2 8 0 2.73
Denis DeJordy 4 184 1 2 10 0 3.26

References

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  1. ^ 1965–66 NHL Season Summary – Hockey-Reference.com
  2. ^ a b c "1966-67 Chicago Black Hawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "Chicago Blackhawks goaltending history : Denis Dejordy". Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  4. ^ "Chicago Blackhawks goaltending history : Glenn Hall". Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  5. ^ 1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com
  6. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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