ACH 1965-66 season has come to a finish. Again Victoria Cougars were the top team in the league, finishing with 59 wins, Fog Devils who finish last, last season had 10 more wins this season & made the playoffs. The hottest team in the league was the Thunder Bay Twins, they started the 1965-66 season with a 25 game winning streak going 22-0-3 a new record in the ACH league, they only lost 6 home games all season (33-6-3).
RD Andrew Harris of the Vancouver Canucks won the rookie scoring race with 66ps...here are the top 10 draft picks stats.
The 1965-66 Top 10 Drafted Rookies
Pick Name Pos Team League GP G A TP PIM
1 Polak RW Fog Devils ACH 77 31 26 57 116
2 Tkaczuk D Royals ACH 82 14 29 43 85
3 Sgarbossa LW Quakers ACH 77 11 32 43 56
4 Balog D Soo ACH 84 10 28 38 92
5 Rule D Norwhale ACH 84 11 52 63 143
6 Belmont D Bombers ACH 84 4 26 30 165
7 O'Brien C Macs CPJHL 73 63 71 134 166
8 Boyers RW Stamps CPJHL 82 40 71 111 50
9 Harris D Canucks ACH 84 13 53 66 24
10 Bedard D Kenora CPJHL 57 9 45 54 101
Western Canada Final Standings
Eastern Canada Final Standings
Scoring Leaders
Goaltender Leaders
1965-66 Playoffs Tree Round 1
Western Playoffs
Vancouver (1-2-2) v Victoria (2-1-2) (Battle of BC)
Prediction Victoria 4-2
Royals (2-1-2) v Stampeders (1-2-2)
Prediction Stampeders 4-3
Winnipeg (0-3-0) v Edmonton (3-0-0)
Prediction Edmonton 4-0
Yukon (3-3-1) v Regina (3-3-1)
Prediction Regina 4-3
Eastern Playoffs
Kenora (0-2-0) v Thunder Bay (2-0-0)
Prediction Thunder Bay 4-0
St John's (0-2-0) v Truro (2-0-0)
Prediction Truro 4-1
Ottawa (0-2-2) v Kingston (2-0-2)
Prediction Kingston 4-2
Whitby (2-1-0) Quebec (1-2-0)
Prediction Whitby 4-1