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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

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Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

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Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1966 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Skaters

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| || 69 || 29 || 33 || 62 || 10
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| || 69 || 26 || 28 || 54 || 6
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| || 67 || 21 || 30 || 51 || 10
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| || 60 || 11 || 31 || 42 || 6
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| || 68 || 20 || 16 || 36 || 35
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| || 67 || 16 || 19 || 35 || 112
|- align=center
| || 70 || 4 || 29 || 33 || 92
|- align=center
| || 49 || 9 || 18 || 27 || 21
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| || 34 || 10 || 15 || 25 || 20
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| ^† || 35 || 10 || 14 || 24 || 124
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| || 65 || 4 || 19 || 23 || 84
|- align=center
| || 51 || 8 || 12 || 20 || 8
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| || 68 || 3 || 17 || 20 || 70
|- align=center
| || 52 || 5 || 10 || 15 || 24
|- align=center
| || 41 || 0 || 12 || 12 || 34
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| ^‡ || 35 || 6 || 5 || 11 || 36
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| || 63 || 7 || 3 || 10 || 42
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| || 64 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 106
|- align=center
| || 18 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 22
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| ^‡ || 21 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2
|- align=center
| || 8 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0
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| || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|- align=center
| || 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
| || 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|- align=center
| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
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| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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| || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
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| || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 14
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Goaltenders

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| || 36 || 2096 || 8 || 19 || 7 || 128 || 3.66 || 0
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| || 28 || 1613 || 9 || 16 || 3 || 94 || 3.50 || 2
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| || 11 || 491 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 37 || 4.52 || 0
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^†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.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft

1965 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1965 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.For the first time the eligibility rules were changed for the 1965 Draft. The minimum age criterion was increased, to 18 from 16 years...

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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| Andre Veilleux

Andre Veilleux

André Veilleux is a former ice hockey player. He was the first overall pick in the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft, picked by the New York Rangers, but he never played a game in the NHL.- External links :...

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|  Canada
| Montreal (Junior B)
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| 2
| 6
| George Surmay
| G

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

|  Canada
| Kelvin Juveniles
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| 3
| 10
| Michel Parizeau

Michel Parizeau

Michel Gérard Parizeau is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and head coach who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the St...

| C

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

|  Canada
| Montreal (Junior B)
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