1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

1964–65 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
1964–65 record 36–23–11
Goals for 211
Goals against 185
Team information
General Manager Sam Pollock
Coach Toe Blake
Captain Jean Beliveau
Alternate captains Henry Richard
Jean-Guy Talbot
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Claude Provost (27)
Assists Claude Provost (37)
Points Claude Provost (64)
Penalties in minutes John Ferguson (156)
Wins Charlie Hodge (26)
Goals against average Charlie Hodge (2.60)
<1963–64 1965–66>

The 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season was the 56th season of play of the club. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the first time in five seasons, and the 13th time in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks in the final.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 40 23 7 224 175 +49 87
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 36 23 11 211 185 +26 83
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 34 28 8 224 176 +48 76
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 30 26 14 204 173 +31 74
5 New York Rangers 70 20 38 12 179 246 −67 52
6 Boston Bruins 70 21 43 6 166 253 −87 48

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 13, 19643–0 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 1–0–0
2TOctober 17, 19642–2 New York Rangers (1964–65) 1–0–1
3WOctober 18, 19643–1 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 2–0–1
4TOctober 21, 19645–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 2–0–2
5TOctober 24, 19641–1 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 2–0–3
6WOctober 28, 19645–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 3–0–3
7WOctober 31, 19646–2 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 4–0–3
8LNovember 1, 19641–3 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 4–1–3
9TNovember 5, 19642–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 4–1–4
10LNovember 7, 19641–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 4–2–4
11LNovember 8, 19641–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 4–3–4
12WNovember 11, 19644–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 5–3–4
13WNovember 14, 19644–2 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 6–3–4
14TNovember 15, 19642–2 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 6–3–5
15LNovember 18, 19641–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 6–4–5
16LNovember 22, 19642–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 6–5–5
17LNovember 26, 19641–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 6–6–5
18WNovember 28, 19642–1 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 7–6–5
19WNovember 29, 19645–2 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 8–6–5
20WDecember 3, 19644–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 9–6–5
21WDecember 5, 19645–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 10–6–5
22LDecember 6, 19641–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 10–7–5
23WDecember 9, 19643–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 11–7–5
24WDecember 12, 19647–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 12–7–5
25WDecember 13, 19645–4 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 13–7–5
26TDecember 17, 19642–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 13–7–6
27LDecember 19, 19643–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 13–8–6
28WDecember 20, 19643–2 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 14–8–6
29WDecember 23, 19642–0 New York Rangers (1964–65) 15–8–6
30TDecember 25, 19642–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 15–8–7
31WDecember 26, 19646–3 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 16–8–7
32WDecember 30, 19644–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 17–8–7
33WJanuary 2, 19653–1 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 18–8–7
34WJanuary 3, 19652–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 19–8–7
35LJanuary 6, 19654–5 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 19–9–7
36LJanuary 9, 19655–6 New York Rangers (1964–65) 19–10–7
37LJanuary 14, 19653–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 19–11–7
38WJanuary 16, 19653–2 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 20–11–7
39WJanuary 17, 19654–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 21–11–7
40WJanuary 20, 19652–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 22–11–7
41WJanuary 23, 19655–1 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 23–11–7
42LJanuary 24, 19650–3 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 23–12–7
43WJanuary 27, 19652–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 24–12–7
44WJanuary 30, 19655–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 25–12–7
45LJanuary 31, 19650–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 25–13–7
46LFebruary 4, 19652–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 25–14–7
47LFebruary 6, 19651–3 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 25–15–7
48LFebruary 7, 19650–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 25–16–7
49LFebruary 10, 19652–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 25–17–7
50WFebruary 11, 19657–1 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 26–17–7
51LFebruary 13, 19654–5 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 26–18–7
52TFebruary 14, 19652–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 26–18–8
53WFebruary 17, 19652–0 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 27–18–8
54WFebruary 20, 19656–2 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 28–18–8
55TFebruary 21, 19652–2 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 28–18–9
56WFebruary 24, 19656–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 29–18–9
57TFebruary 27, 19653–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 29–18–10
58LFebruary 28, 19651–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 29–19–10
59TMarch 4, 19652–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 29–19–11
60WMarch 6, 19652–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 30–19–11
61LMarch 7, 19650–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 30–20–11
62LMarch 9, 19652–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 30–21–11
63WMarch 13, 19654–2 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 31–21–11
64WMarch 14, 19656–4 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 32–21–11
65WMarch 18, 19654–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 33–21–11
66WMarch 20, 19653–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 34–21–11
67WMarch 21, 19655–2 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 35–21–11
68LMarch 24, 19652–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 35–22–11
69LMarch 27, 19652–6 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 35–23–11
70WMarch 28, 19655–3 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 36–23–11

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

For more details on this topic, see 1965 Stanley Cup Finals.

Like the 1955 finals, every game was won by the home team. Gump Worsley made his first finals appearance after 12 years in the league and recorded two shutouts, including the one in game seven. Jean Beliveau was the inaugural winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, scoring eight goals and eight assists in thirteen games.

Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
April 17 Chicago 2 Montreal 3
April 20 Chicago 0 Montreal 2
April 22 Montreal 1 Chicago 3
April 25 Montreal 1 Chicago 5
April 27 Chicago 0 Montreal 6
April 29 Montreal 1 Chicago 2
May 1 Chicago 0 Montreal 4

Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to three.

Jean Beliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 70 27 37 64 281115
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 70 25 30 55 41702
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 53 23 29 52 43505
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 66 12 35 47 26512
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson LW 69 17 27 44 156602
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 58 20 23 43 76901
Balon, DaveDave Balon LW 63 18 23 41 61105
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose RW 68 21 16 37 82404
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere D 67 5 22 27 92000
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 67 8 14 22 64013
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay D 68 3 17 20 22101
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 55 7 10 17 10400
Duff, DickDick Duff LW 40 9 7 16 16003
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay LW 26 9 7 16 16411
Harris, TedTed Harris D 68 1 14 15 107000
Roberts, JimJim Roberts D/RW 70 3 10 13 40010
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 62 0 7 7 93000
Picard, NoelNoel Picard D 16 0 7 7 33000
Berenson, RedRed Berenson C 3 1 2 3 0001
McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary RW 9 0 3 3 4000
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort RW 9 2 0 2 0001
Peters, GarryGarry Peters C 13 0 2 2 6000
Hicke, BillBill Hicke RW 17 0 1 1 6000
Watson, BryanBryan Watson D 5 0 1 1 7000
Boudrias, AndreAndre Boudrias LW 1 0 0 0 2000
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge G 53 0 0 0 2000
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley G 19 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge 3180 53 26 16 10 135 2.55 3
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley 1020 19 10 7 1 50 2.94 1
Team: 4200 70 36 23 11 185 2.64 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 13 8 8 16 34
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 13 5 8 13 24
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 13 7 4 11 24
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay D 13 1 9 10 18
Duff, DickDick Duff LW 13 3 6 9 17
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 13 2 6 8 12
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 13 2 3 5 10
Harris, TedTed Harris D 13 0 5 5 45
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 12 3 1 4 0
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson LW 13 3 1 4 28
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere D 6 1 1 2 16
Berenson, RedRed Berenson C 9 0 1 1 2
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose RW 13 0 1 1 14
Picard, NoelNoel Picard D 3 0 1 1 0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 13 0 1 1 22
Balon, DaveDave Balon LW 10 0 0 0 10
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier D 2 0 0 0 4
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 13 0 0 0 19
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge G 5 0 0 0 0
Roberts, JimJim Roberts D/RW 13 0 0 0 30
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley G 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley 501 8 5 3 14 1.68 2
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge 300 5 3 2 10 2.00 1
Team: 801 13 8 5 24 1.80 3

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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

Montreal Canadiens 1965 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

Draft picks

Round Overall Player
1 6 Claude Chagnon
2 12 Guy Allen
3 18 Paul Reid
4 24 Michel Jacques

See also

References

  1. "1964–1965 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1964–65 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

External links

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