Cup Finals marked the first time that hockey games were broadcast on network television in color. The CBC would follow suit the following year. NBC's Stanley Cup coverage preempted a sports anthology series called NBC Sports in Action, hosted by Jim Simpson and Bill Cullen, who were between-periods co-hosts for the Stanley Cup broadcasts. Aftermath The next season, the Red Wings finished a distant fifth, 24 points out of the playoffs, marking the beginning of an almost 20 year slump known as the "Dead Wings" era. The Red Wings only made the playoffs twice in the next 16 years, and would not return to the Stanley Cup Finals again until 1995, where they were swept by the New Jersey Devils. The Canadiens would return to the Stanley Cup Final the next season, but lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games. However, the Canadiens would eventually become a dynasty, winning the Stanley Cup in 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. See also 1965–66 NHL season Notes References Stanley Cup Stanley Cup Finals Detroit Red Wings games Montreal Canadiens games Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Ice hockey competitions in Detroit 1966 in Detroit Stanley Cup Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals 1960s in Montreal 1966 in Quebec