1964–65 NHL season

The **1964–65 NHL season** was the 48th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. Jean Beliveau was the winner of the newly introduced Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player during the playoffs. The Montreal Canadiens won their first Stanley Cup since 1960 as they were victorious over the Chicago Black Hawks in a seven-game final series.

### Final standings

_Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|style="background:#ddf; width:30%;"|National Hockey League|style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"|GP|style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"|W|style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"|L|style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"|T|style="background:#ddf; width:7.5%;"|Pts|style="background:#ddf; width:7.5%;"|GF|style="background:#ddf; width:7.5%;"|GA|style="background:#ddf; width:7.5%;"|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||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|style="background:#ddf; width:30%;"|Player|style="background:#ddf; width:40%;"|Team|style="background:#ddf; width:6%;"|GP|style="background:#ddf; width:6%;"|G|style="background:#ddf; width:6%;"|A|style="background:#ddf; width:6%;"|PTS|style="background:#ddf; width:6%;"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Stan Mikita|Chicago Black Hawks|70|28|59|87|154||||||||
|Norm Ullman|Detroit Red Wings|70|42|41|83|70||||||||
|Gordie Howe|Detroit Red Wings|70|29|47|76|104||||||||
|Bobby Hull|Chicago Black Hawks|61|39|32|71|32||||||||
|Alex Delvecchio|Detroit Red Wings|68|25|42|67|16||||||||

## Stanley Cup playoffs

For the third straight playoffs, it was Montreal vs. Toronto and Detroit vs. Chicago in the first round. The Canadiens came beat the Leafs in six games, while the Hawks beat the Wings in seven.

## NHL awards

|style="background:#ddd;" colspan="2"|1964–65 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Detroit Red Wings|
|Art Ross Memorial Trophy:|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings|
|Conn Smythe Trophy:|Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Vezina Trophy:|Johnny Bower & Terry Sawchuk, Toronto Maple Leafs|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|G|Charlie Hodge, Montreal Canadiens|
|Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|D|Bill Gadsby, Detroit Red Wings|
|Jacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Carl Brewer, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Norm Ullman, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|C|Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Claude Provost, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|RW|Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings|
|Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|LW|Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs|

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com