# 1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 48th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## 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 | 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 statistics
### 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 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Johnny Bower | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Larry Hillman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Duane Rupp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | 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 |
| Johnny Bower | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don McKenney | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | 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 |

## Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1964–65 season.

### Trades

| June 25, 1964 | To New York RangersLou Angotti Ed Lawson | To Toronto Maple LeafsDuane Rupp Ed Ehrenverth |
| August 1, 1964 | To Boston BruinsCash | To Toronto Maple LeafsTom McCarthy |

### Inter-League Draft

| June 8, 1964 | From Denver Invaders (WHL)Gord Redahl |
| June 8, 1964 | From Montreal CanadiensDickie Moore |
| June 8, 1964 | From Detroit Red WingsTerry Sawchuk |

### Reverse Draft

| June 8, 1964 | From Denver Invaders (WHL)Lou Jankowski |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Terry Clancy | Undrafted Free Agent |

## Draft picks

Toronto'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 | 5 | Tom Martin | Canada | Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL) |
| 2 | 11 | David Cotey | Canada | Aurora Bears (SOJCHL) |
| 3 | 17 | Mike Pelyk | Canada | Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL) |
| 4 | 23 | Jim Dorey | Canada | Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL) |