1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th NHL
1964–65 record	30–26–14
Goals for	204
Goals against	173
Team information
General manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Frank Mahovlich Ron Ellis (23)
Assists	Dave Keon Andy Bathgate (29)
Points	Frank Mahovlich (51)
Penalty minutes	Carl Brewer (177)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (17)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.38)

The 1964-65 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 48th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 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 15, 1964	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	1–0–0
2	W	October 17, 1964	7–2	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	2–0–0
3	T	October 18, 1964	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	2–0–1
4	T	October 22, 1964	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	2–0–2
5	T	October 24, 1964	1–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	2–0–3
6	W	October 27, 1964	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	3–0–3
7	L	October 28, 1964	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	3–1–3
8	W	October 31, 1964	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	4–1–3
9	L	November 1, 1964	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	4–2–3
10	T	November 5, 1964	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	4–2–4
11	L	November 7, 1964	0–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	4–3–4
12	W	November 11, 1964	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	5–3–4
13	L	November 14, 1964	1–3	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	5–4–4
14	L	November 15, 1964	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	5–5–4
15	W	November 18, 1964	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	6–5–4
16	W	November 21, 1964	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	7–5–4
17	W	November 22, 1964	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	8–5–4
18	L	November 25, 1964	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	8–6–4
19	W	November 26, 1964	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	9–6–4
20	L	November 28, 1964	1–4	New York Rangers (1964–65)	9–7–4
21	T	November 29, 1964	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	9–7–5
22	L	December 3, 1964	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	9–8–5
23	W	December 5, 1964	10–2	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	10–8–5
24	L	December 9, 1964	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	10–9–5
25	W	December 12, 1964	6–3	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	11–9–5
26	T	December 13, 1964	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	11–9–6
27	T	December 17, 1964	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	11–9–7
28	W	December 19, 1964	6–3	New York Rangers (1964–65)	12–9–7
29	L	December 20, 1964	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	12–10–7
30	T	December 25, 1964	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	12–10–8
31	L	December 26, 1964	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	12–11–8
32	L	December 30, 1964	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	12–12–8
33	L	January 1, 1965	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	12–13–8
34	W	January 2, 1965	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	13–13–8
35	T	January 3, 1965	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	13–13–9
36	W	January 6, 1965	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	14–13–9
37	W	January 9, 1965	2–1	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	15–13–9
38	W	January 10, 1965	6–0	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	16–13–9
39	T	January 13, 1965	0–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	16–13–10
40	W	January 14, 1965	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	17–13–10
41	L	January 16, 1965	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	17–14–10
42	W	January 17, 1965	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	18–14–10
43	L	January 20, 1965	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	18–15–10
44	T	January 23, 1965	1–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	18–15–11
45	L	January 24, 1965	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	18–16–11
46	W	January 30, 1965	6–1	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	19–16–11
47	W	January 31, 1965	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	20–16–11
48	W	February 4, 1965	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	21–16–11
49	L	February 6, 1965	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	21–17–11
50	W	February 7, 1965	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	22–17–11
51	W	February 10, 1965	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	23–17–11
52	W	February 13, 1965	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	24–17–11
53	T	February 14, 1965	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	24–17–12
54	W	February 20, 1965	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	25–17–12
55	L	February 21, 1965	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	25–18–12
56	L	February 24, 1965	1–3	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	25–19–12
57	L	February 27, 1965	3–4	New York Rangers (1964–65)	25–20–12
58	L	February 28, 1965	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	25–21–12
59	T	March 4, 1965	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	25–21–13
60	W	March 6, 1965	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	26–21–13
61	T	March 7, 1965	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65)	26–21–14
62	L	March 10, 1965	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	26–22–14
63	L	March 13, 1965	0–2	Boston Bruins (1964–65)	26–23–14
64	L	March 14, 1965	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	26–24–14
65	L	March 18, 1965	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	26–25–14
66	W	March 20, 1965	4–1	New York Rangers (1964–65)	27–25–14
67	W	March 21, 1965	10–1	@ New York Rangers (1964–65)	28–25–14
68	W	March 24, 1965	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)	29–25–14
69	L	March 27, 1965	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	29–26–14
70	W	March 28, 1965	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)	30–26–14

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Mahovlich	59	23	28	51	76
Dave Keon	65	21	29	50	10
Red Kelly	70	18	28	46	8
Andy Bathgate	55	16	29	45	34
Ron Ellis	62	23	16	39	14
Bob Pulford	65	19	20	39	46
George Armstrong	59	15	22	37	14
Tim Horton	70	12	16	28	95
Kent Douglas	67	5	23	28	129
Ron Stewart	65	16	11	27	33
Carl Brewer	70	4	23	27	177
Pete Stemkowski	36	5	15	20	33
Don McKenney	52	6	13	19	6
Jim Pappin	44	9	9	18	33
Bob Baun	70	0	18	18	160
Allan Stanley	64	2	15	17	30
Eddie Shack	67	5	9	14	68
Billy Harris	48	1	6	7	0
Dickie Moore	38	2	4	6	68
Brit Selby	3	2	0	2	2
Larry Hillman	2	0	0	0	2
Duane Rupp	2	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bower	34	0	0	0	6
Terry Sawchuk	36	0	2	2	24

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Terry Sawchuk	2160	36	17	13	6	92	2.56				1
Johnny Bower	2040	34	13	13	8	81	2.38				3
Team:	4200	70	30	26	14	173	2.47				4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Red Kelly	6	3	2	5	2
Dave Keon	6	2	2	4	2
Ron Ellis	6	3	0	3	2
Carl Brewer	6	1	2	3	12
Frank Mahovlich	6	0	3	3	9
Pete Stemkowski	6	0	3	3	7
Dickie Moore	5	1	1	2	6
Bob Pulford	6	1	1	2	16
Tim Horton	6	0	2	2	13
George Armstrong	6	1	0	1	4
Andy Bathgate	6	1	0	1	6
Eddie Shack	5	1	0	1	8
Bob Baun	6	0	1	1	14
Kent Douglas	5	0	1	1	19
Allan Stanley	6	0	1	1	12
Ron Stewart	6	0	1	1	2
Al Arbour	1	0	0	0	2
Don McKenney	6	0	0	0	0
Terry Sawchuk	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bower	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	321	5	2	3		13	2.43				0
Terry Sawchuk	60	1	0	1		3	3.00				0
Team:	381	6	2	4		16	2.52				0

Awards and Records

• Vezina Trophy: Johnny Bower & Terry Sawchuk
• Calder Memorial Trophy: Ron Ellis, Runner-up
• Frank Mahovlich, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Carl Brewer, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Murray Oliver scores on the power play, October 17, 1964.

John Bucyk scores on a penalty shot, December 12, 1964.

Bob McCord, Leafs Don McKenney and Ron Schock in 1964-65 action.

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

Pre-season @ Calgary

Pre-season @ Saskatoon

See Also

• 1964–65 NHL season

References

• 1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.