# 1964–65 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1964–65 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 40 wins, 23 losses, and 7 draws. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games.
Detroit goaltender Roger Crozier won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year. He was also named an NHL First Team All-Star, along with centreman Norm Ullman. Defenseman Bill Gadsby and right winger Gordie Howe were named NHL Second Team All-Stars this season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1964–65 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–8 | 3–10–1 | 3–10–1 | 5–8–1 | 4–7–3 |
| Chicago | 8–6 | — | 8–5–1 | 5–6–3 | 9–3–2 | 4–8–2 |
| Detroit | 10–3–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 8–4–2 | 10–2–2 | 7–6–1 |
| Montreal | 10–3–1 | 6–5–3 | 4–8–2 | — | 10–2–2 | 6–5–3 |
| New York | 8–5–1 | 3–9–2 | 2–10–2 | 2–10–2 | — | 5–4–5 |
| Toronto | 7–4–3 | 8–4–2 | 6–7–1 | 5–6–3 | 4–5–5 | — |

## Schedule and results

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

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 29 | 47 | 76 | 104 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 68 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 69 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Floyd Smith | RW | 67 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 66 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron Murphy | LW | 58 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 69 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Barkley | D | 67 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Joyal | C | 46 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Henderson | RW | 70 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | C | 58 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 68 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Albert Langlois | D | 65 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Gadsby | D | 61 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Bergman | D | 58 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Jeffrey | LW | 41 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lowell MacDonald | LW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John MacMillan | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Crozier | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dillabough | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Hampson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Laforge | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Paul | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Peters | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Wall | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Watson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Wetzel | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Roger Crozier | 4168 | 70 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 168 | 2.42 | 6 |
| Carl Wetzel | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7.50 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 172 | 2.46 | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Norm Ullman | C | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Floyd Smith | RW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ted Lindsay | LW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| Bill Gadsby | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Eddie Joyal | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Paul Henderson | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Albert Langlois | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Doug Barkley | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Gary Bergman | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pit Martin | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Murphy | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Roger Crozier | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Dillabough | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Hall | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Jeffrey | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Spencer | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Wall | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Roger Crozier | 420 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 |
| Team: | 420 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 |
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

* Calder Memorial Trophy: Roger Crozier
* Roger Crozier, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
* Norm Ullman, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
* Bill Gadsby, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

## Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1964 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 1 | Claude Gauthier | Canada | Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL) |
| 2 | 7 | Brian Watts | Canada | Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL) |
| 3 | 13 | Ralph Buchanan | Canada | Montreal East Midgets (QAAAMHL) |
| 4 | 19 | Rene LeClerc | Canada | Hamilton Mountain Bees (NDJBHL) |