1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

	1964–65 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd NHL
1964–65 record	36–23–11
Goals for	211
Goals against	185
Team information
General manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Claude Provost (27)
Assists	Claude Provost (37)
Points	Claude Provost (64)
Penalty 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 1965 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 2.

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Detroit Red Wings	70	40	23	7	87	224	175	1121
Montreal Canadiens	70	36	23	11	83	211	185	1033
Chicago Black Hawks	70	34	28	8	76	224	176	1051
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	30	26	14	74	204	173	1068
New York Rangers	70	20	38	12	52	179	246	760
Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	48	166	253	946

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1964	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	1–0–0
2	T	October 17, 1964	2–2	New York Rangers (1964–65)	1–0–1
3	W	October 18, 1964	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	2–0–1
4	T	October 21, 1964	5–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	2–0–2
5	T	October 24, 1964	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	2–0–3
6	W	October 28, 1964	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	3–0–3
7	W	October 31, 1964	6–2	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	4–0–3
8	L	November 1, 1964	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	4–1–3
9	T	November 5, 1964	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	4–1–4
10	L	November 7, 1964	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	4–2–4
11	L	November 8, 1964	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	4–3–4
12	W	November 11, 1964	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	5–3–4
13	W	November 14, 1964	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	6–3–4
14	T	November 15, 1964	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	6–3–5
15	L	November 18, 1964	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	6–4–5
16	L	November 22, 1964	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	6–5–5
17	L	November 26, 1964	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	6–6–5
18	W	November 28, 1964	2–1	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	7–6–5
19	W	November 29, 1964	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	8–6–5
20	W	December 3, 1964	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	9–6–5
21	W	December 5, 1964	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	10–6–5
22	L	December 6, 1964	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	10–7–5
23	W	December 9, 1964	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	11–7–5
24	W	December 12, 1964	7–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	12–7–5
25	W	December 13, 1964	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	13–7–5
26	T	December 17, 1964	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	13–7–6
27	L	December 19, 1964	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	13–8–6
28	W	December 20, 1964	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	14–8–6
29	W	December 23, 1964	2–0	New York Rangers (1964–65)	15–8–6
30	T	December 25, 1964	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	15–8–7
31	W	December 26, 1964	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	16–8–7
32	W	December 30, 1964	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	17–8–7
33	W	January 2, 1965	3–1	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	18–8–7
34	W	January 3, 1965	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	19–8–7
35	L	January 6, 1965	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	19–9–7
36	L	January 9, 1965	5–6	New York Rangers (1964–65)	19–10–7
37	L	January 14, 1965	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	19–11–7
38	W	January 16, 1965	3–2	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	20–11–7
39	W	January 17, 1965	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	21–11–7
40	W	January 20, 1965	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	22–11–7
41	W	January 23, 1965	5–1	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	23–11–7
42	L	January 24, 1965	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	23–12–7
43	W	January 27, 1965	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	24–12–7
44	W	January 30, 1965	5–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	25–12–7
45	L	January 31, 1965	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	25–13–7
46	L	February 4, 1965	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	25–14–7
47	L	February 6, 1965	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	25–15–7
48	L	February 7, 1965	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	25–16–7
49	L	February 10, 1965	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	25–17–7
50	W	February 11, 1965	7–1	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	26–17–7
51	L	February 13, 1965	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	26–18–7
52	T	February 14, 1965	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	26–18–8
53	W	February 17, 1965	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	27–18–8
54	W	February 20, 1965	6–2	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	28–18–8
55	T	February 21, 1965	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	28–18–9
56	W	February 24, 1965	6–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	29–18–9
57	T	February 27, 1965	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	29–18–10
58	L	February 28, 1965	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	29–19–10
59	T	March 4, 1965	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	29–19–11
60	W	March 6, 1965	2–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	30–19–11
61	L	March 7, 1965	0–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	30–20–11
62	L	March 9, 1965	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	30–21–11
63	W	March 13, 1965	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	31–21–11
64	W	March 14, 1965	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	32–21–11
65	W	March 18, 1965	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	33–21–11
66	W	March 20, 1965	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	34–21–11
67	W	March 21, 1965	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	35–21–11
68	L	March 24, 1965	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	35–22–11
69	L	March 27, 1965	2–6	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	35–23–11
70	W	March 28, 1965	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	36–23–11

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Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 3[]

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 awarded the inaugural Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, scoring eight goals and eight assists in thirteen games.

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
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

Jean Beliveau wins the first Conn Smythe Trophy.

Player Stats[]

64-65MonCanDefence — Canadiens' defencemen

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	70	27	37	64	28	11	1	5
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	70	25	30	55	41	7	0	2
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	53	23	29	52	43	5	0	5
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	66	12	35	47	26	5	1	2
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	69	17	27	44	156	6	0	2
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	58	20	23	43	76	9	0	1
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	63	18	23	41	61	1	0	5
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	68	21	16	37	82	4	0	4
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	67	5	22	27	92	0	0	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	67	8	14	22	64	0	1	3
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	68	3	17	20	22	1	0	1
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	55	7	10	17	10	4	0	0
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	26	9	7	16	16	4	1	1
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	40	9	7	16	16	0	0	3
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	68	1	14	15	107	0	0	0
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	70	3	10	13	40	0	1	0
Picard, NoelNoel Picard	D	16	0	7	7	33	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	62	0	7	7	93	0	0	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	1
McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary	RW	9	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
Peters, GarryGarry Peters	C	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	5	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	17	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Boudrias, AndreAndre Boudrias	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	53	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

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
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
Picard, NoelNoel Picard	D	3	0	1	1	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	9	0	1	1	2
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	13	0	1	1	14
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	13	0	1	1	22
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	2	0	0	0	4
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	10	0	0	0	10
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	13	0	0	0	19
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	13	0	0	0	30
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	5	0	0	0	0
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: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Conn Smythe Trophy: Jean Béliveau (inaugural winner)
Claude Provost, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Jacques Laperriere, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
Charlie Hodge, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Montreal Canadiens 1965 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

Centers

Wingers

Defensemen

Goaltenders

1 Charlie Hodge
30 Lorne Gump Worsley
29 Ernie Wakely (spare/did not play)^C

Non-players

Hartland Molson (Chairman/owner)
J. David Molson (President), Maurice Rocket Richard (Ass't to President)
Sam Pollock (Vice President/Manager), Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
Andy Galley (Trainer), Larry Albut (Ass't trainer)

Stanley Cup Engraving

^A Garry Peters played 13 games. ^B Bryan Watson played 8 games. ^C Ernie Wakley was dressed, but did not play in the regular season. All 3 players spent most of season in the minors, but name was put on the Stanley Cup. None of 3 players played in the playoff, or officially qualify to on the cup.
When Toronto won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, 1964 they took up more room than allowed to engraved their winning members names on it. So when Montreal won the Stanley Cup, the ring was finished off with 32 members. If the ring had been engraved correctly in 1964–65, there would have been more than enough room to included all 27 members of Montreal Canadiens 1965-66 with their full first and last names, and non-playing positions.

Draft Picks[]

See also: 1964 NHL Amateur Draft

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

Gallery[]

Video[]

Over ten minutes of silent clips from the 1964-65 season featuring Reg Fleming. The Bruins-Rangers game on December 5, 1964, in which a goal by #12 Wayne Maxner is shown, on #23 Marcel Paille. Next, the Bruins-Black Hawks game on December 10, 1964. Lastly, the Bruins-Canadiens game on December 13, 1964 in which Fleming fights with Henri Richard.

Reggie Fleming Boston Bruins Vintage Footage 1964-66

Game 7 of the 1965 Stanley Cup Finals between Montreal and Chicago, May 5, 1965.

1965 NHL Stanley Cup Finals G7 Chicago vs Montreal (1965, May 5)

References[]

↑ 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

External links[]

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[1] 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[2] 1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

Montreal Canadiens
Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1964–65 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	1964 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1965 Stanley Cup Finals

1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 3[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Montreal Canadiens 1965 Stanley Cup Champions[]

Roster

Stanley Cup Engraving

Draft Picks[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

See Also[]

References[]

External links[]