1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 57th season of play. The Canadiens finished 1st in the league and defeated the Detroit Red Wings in the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 2.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Record vs. Opponents===
*Chicago Blackhawks 8-4-2
*Toronto Maple Leafs 5-7-2
*Detroit Red Wings 7-4-3
*Boston Bruins 9-4-1
*New York Rangers 12-2-0
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 23, 1965 	8–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 24, 1965 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	October 27, 1965 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	3–0–0
4 	L 	October 30, 1965 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	3–1–0
5 	T 	October 31, 1965 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	3–1–1
6 	W 	November 4, 1965 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	4–1–1
7 	L 	November 6, 1965 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	4–2–1
8 	W 	November 7, 1965 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	5–2–1
9 	T 	November 10, 1965 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–2–2
10 	W 	November 13, 1965 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–2–2
11 	T 	November 14, 1965 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	6–2–3
12 	L 	November 18, 1965 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	6–3–3
13 	W 	November 20, 1965 	9–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	7–3–3
14 	L 	November 21, 1965 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	7–4–3
15 	W 	November 24, 1965 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	8–4–3
16 	W 	November 27, 1965 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	9–4–3
17 	W 	November 28, 1965 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	10–4–3
18 	W 	December 4, 1965 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	11–4–3
19 	T 	December 5, 1965 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	11–4–4
20 	W 	December 8, 1965 	8–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	12–4–4
21 	W 	December 11, 1965 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	13–4–4
22 	W 	December 12, 1965 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	14–4–4
23 	L 	December 16, 1965 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	14–5–4
24 	W 	December 18, 1965 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	15–5–4
25 	L 	December 19, 1965 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	15–6–4
26 	W 	December 25, 1965 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	16–6–4
27 	L 	December 26, 1965 	0–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	16–7–4
28 	L 	December 29, 1965 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	16–8–4
29 	W 	January 1, 1966 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	17–8–4
30 	W 	January 2, 1966 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	18–8–4
31 	L 	January 5, 1966 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	18–9–4
32 	W 	January 8, 1966 	6–0 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	19–9–4
33 	L 	January 9, 1966 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	19–10–4
34 	L 	January 13, 1966 	0–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	19–11–4
35 	W 	January 15, 1966 	6–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	20–11–4
36 	W 	January 16, 1966 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	21–11–4
37 	L 	January 20, 1966 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	21–12–4
38 	L 	January 22, 1966 	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	21–13–4
39 	T 	January 23, 1966 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–13–5
40 	L 	January 26, 1966 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	21–14–5
41 	W 	January 29, 1966 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	22–14–5
42 	W 	January 30, 1966 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	23–14–5
43 	W 	February 3, 1966 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	24–14–5
44 	T 	February 5, 1966 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	24–14–6
45 	W 	February 6, 1966 	4–0 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	25–14–6
46 	L 	February 10, 1966 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	25–15–6
47 	T 	February 12, 1966 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	25–15–7
48 	W 	February 13, 1966 	4–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	26–15–7
49 	L 	February 16, 1966 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	26–16–7
50 	W 	February 19, 1966 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	27–16–7
51 	W 	February 20, 1966 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	28–16–7
52 	W 	February 23, 1966 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	29–16–7
53 	W 	February 26, 1966 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	30–16–7
54 	W 	February 27, 1966 	5–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	31–16–7
55 	T 	March 2, 1966 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	31–16–8
56 	L 	March 3, 1966 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	31–17–8
57 	W 	March 5, 1966 	7–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	32–17–8
58 	W 	March 6, 1966 	1–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	33–17–8
59 	L 	March 9, 1966 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	33–18–8
60 	W 	March 12, 1966 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	34–18–8
61 	L 	March 13, 1966 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	34–19–8
62 	W 	March 16, 1966 	7–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	35–19–8
63 	W 	March 19, 1966 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	36–19–8
64 	L 	March 20, 1966 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	36–20–8
65 	L 	March 24, 1966 	0–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	36–21–8
66 	W 	March 26, 1966 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	37–21–8
67 	W 	March 27, 1966 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	38–21–8
68 	W 	March 30, 1966 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	39–21–8
69 	W 	April 2, 1966 	8–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	40–21–8
70 	W 	April 3, 1966 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	41–21–8
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 7 	Toronto 	3 	Montreal	4 	
April 9 	Toronto 	0 	Montreal	2 	
April 12	Montreal	5 	Toronto 	2 	
April 14	Montreal	4 	Toronto 	1 	
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 2===
With this series, Toe Blake had coached the Canadiens to seven Cup in eleven years. Henri Richard, a member of all seven, would score the series winner in game six in overtime. Despite the Wings losing, their goalie Roger Crozier would win the Conn Smythe Trophy.
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 17	Detroit 	3 	Montreal	2 	
April 20	Detroit 	5 	Montreal	2 	
April 22	Montreal	4 	Detroit 	2 	
April 25	Montreal	2 	Detroit 	1 	
April 27	Detroit 	1 	Montreal	5 	
April 29	Montreal	3 	Detroit 	2 	OT
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	70	30	48	78 	20 	10 	0 	4
 	C 	67	29	48	77 	50 	13 	0 	7
 	C 	62	22	39	61 	47 	3 	0 	7
 	RW 	70	19	36	55 	38 	3 	0 	5
 	LW 	70	27	21	48 	24 	5 	0 	4
 	LW 	63	21	24	45 	78 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	67	22	20	42 	10 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	59	6 	29	35 	8 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	64	15	18	33 	67 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	57	6 	25	31 	85 	2 	1 	2
 	RW 	65	18	11	29 	8 	16 	0 	0
 	LW 	65	11	14	25 	153	1 	0 	1
 	D 	59	1 	14	15 	50 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	0 	13	13 	87 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	1 	11	12 	91 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	70	5 	5 	10 	20 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	45	3 	7 	10 	24 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	23	3 	4 	7 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	6 	6 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	51	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2899	51	29	14	6	114	2.36	2
 	1301	26	12	7 	2	56 	2.58	1
Team: 	4200	70	41	21	8	170	2.43	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	10	2	9	11 	2 	 	 	
 	C 	10	5	5	10 	6 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	4	5	9 	0 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	4	4	8 	6 	 	 	
 	C 	10	3	4	7 	4 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	2	5	7 	2 	 	 	
 	LW 	9 	2	3	5 	16 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	2	3	5 	2 	 	 	
 	D 	10	2	3	5 	18 	 	 	
 	RW 	10	2	3	5 	2 	 	 	
 	C 	8 	1	4	5 	2 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	2	0	2 	44 	 	 	
 	D/RW	10	1	1	2 	10 	 	 	
 	RW 	4 	1	1	2 	4 	 	 	
 	D 	10	0	2	2 	8 	 	 	
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	 	 	
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	31 	 	 	
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	38 	 	 	
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	0 	 	 	
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	602	10	8	2	20	1.99	1
Team: 	602	10	8	2	20	1.99	1
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==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Jacques Laperriere
*Vezina Trophy: Gump Worsley & Charlie Hodge
*Jacques Laperriere, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Jean Béliveau: Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Bobby Rousseau, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Gump Worsley, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==1966 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions==
Gump Worsley, Charlie Hodge, J. C. Tremblay, Ted Harris, Jean-Guy Talbot, Terry Harper, Jacques Laperriere, Jean Gauthier, Noel Picard, Jean Beliveau, Ralph Backstrom, Dick Duff, Claude Larose, Yvan Cournoyer, Claude Provost, Bobby Rousseau, Henri Richard, Dave Balon, John Ferguson, Red Berenson, Jim Roberts, Toe Blake (coach), Sam Pollock (general manager), Larry Aubut, Andy Galley (trainers).
==Draft Picks==
Montreal's draft pick at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
Round	#	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	2	Pierre Bouchard	 	St. Vincent de Paul (Junior B)
==Gallery==
Dillabough_goal-5Dec1965.gif|Bob Dillabough scores on Gump Worsley, December 5, 1965.
1965-Parent_Green_Balon.jpg|Bernie Parent, Ted Green and Dave Balon in 1965-66 season action.
65-66NHLExhMonCanBComeauGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Baie-Comeau
65-66NHLExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season exhibition
65-66NHLExhMontrealGameAd2.jpg|Pre-season exhibition
65-66NHLExhMontrealGameAd3.jpg|Pre-season exhibition
65-66NHLExhMtlQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
65-66NHLExhMtlWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
65-66NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Season opener
65-66NHLSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
==See Also==
*1965–66 NHL season
*List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
==External Links==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons
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Montreal Canadiens season, 1965–66
Montreal Canadiens season, 1965–66