1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season was the 56th season of play of the club. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the first time in five seasons, and the 13th time in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1965 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 2.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===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 13, 1964 	3–0 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 17, 1964 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	October 18, 1964 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	2–0–1
4 	T 	October 21, 1964 	5–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	2–0–2
5 	T 	October 24, 1964 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	2–0–3
6 	W 	October 28, 1964 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	3–0–3
7 	W 	October 31, 1964 	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	4–0–3
8 	L 	November 1, 1964 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	4–1–3
9 	T 	November 5, 1964 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	4–1–4
10 	L 	November 7, 1964 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	4–2–4
11 	L 	November 8, 1964 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	4–3–4
12 	W 	November 11, 1964 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	5–3–4
13 	W 	November 14, 1964 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	6–3–4
14 	T 	November 15, 1964 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	6–3–5
15 	L 	November 18, 1964 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	6–4–5
16 	L 	November 22, 1964 	2–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	6–5–5
17 	L 	November 26, 1964 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	6–6–5
18 	W 	November 28, 1964 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	7–6–5
19 	W 	November 29, 1964 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	8–6–5
20 	W 	December 3, 1964 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	9–6–5
21 	W 	December 5, 1964 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	10–6–5
22 	L 	December 6, 1964 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	10–7–5
23 	W 	December 9, 1964 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	11–7–5
24 	W 	December 12, 1964 	7–1 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	12–7–5
25 	W 	December 13, 1964 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	13–7–5
26 	T 	December 17, 1964 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	13–7–6
27 	L 	December 19, 1964 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	13–8–6
28 	W 	December 20, 1964 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	14–8–6
29 	W 	December 23, 1964 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	15–8–6
30 	T 	December 25, 1964 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	15–8–7
31 	W 	December 26, 1964 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	16–8–7
32 	W 	December 30, 1964 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	17–8–7
33 	W 	January 2, 1965 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	18–8–7
34 	W 	January 3, 1965 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	19–8–7
35 	L 	January 6, 1965 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	19–9–7
36 	L 	January 9, 1965 	5–6 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	19–10–7
37 	L 	January 14, 1965 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	19–11–7
38 	W 	January 16, 1965 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	20–11–7
39 	W 	January 17, 1965 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	21–11–7
40 	W 	January 20, 1965 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	22–11–7
41 	W 	January 23, 1965 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	23–11–7
42 	L 	January 24, 1965 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	23–12–7
43 	W 	January 27, 1965 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	24–12–7
44 	W 	January 30, 1965 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	25–12–7
45 	L 	January 31, 1965 	0–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	25–13–7
46 	L 	February 4, 1965 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	25–14–7
47 	L 	February 6, 1965 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	25–15–7
48 	L 	February 7, 1965 	0–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	25–16–7
49 	L 	February 10, 1965 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	25–17–7
50 	W 	February 11, 1965 	7–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	26–17–7
51 	L 	February 13, 1965 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	26–18–7
52 	T 	February 14, 1965 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	26–18–8
53 	W 	February 17, 1965 	2–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	27–18–8
54 	W 	February 20, 1965 	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	28–18–8
55 	T 	February 21, 1965 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	28–18–9
56 	W 	February 24, 1965 	6–1 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	29–18–9
57 	T 	February 27, 1965 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	29–18–10
58 	L 	February 28, 1965 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	29–19–10
59 	T 	March 4, 1965 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	29–19–11
60 	W 	March 6, 1965 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1964–65) 	30–19–11
61 	L 	March 7, 1965 	0–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	30–20–11
62 	L 	March 9, 1965 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	30–21–11
63 	W 	March 13, 1965 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	31–21–11
64 	W 	March 14, 1965 	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	32–21–11
65 	W 	March 18, 1965 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	33–21–11
66 	W 	March 20, 1965 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	34–21–11
67 	W 	March 21, 1965 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	35–21–11
68 	L 	March 24, 1965 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	35–22–11
69 	L 	March 27, 1965 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	35–23–11
70 	W 	March 28, 1965 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1964–65) 	36–23–11
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 3===
Like the 1955 finals, every game was won by the home team. Gump Worsley made his first finals appearance after 12 years in the league and recorded two shutouts, including the one in game seven. Jean Beliveau was awarded the inaugural Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, scoring eight goals and eight assists in thirteen games.
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 17	Chicago 	2 	Montreal	3 	
April 20	Chicago 	0 	Montreal	2 	
April 22	Montreal	1 	Chicago 	3 	
April 25	Montreal	1 	Chicago 	5 	
April 27	Chicago 	0 	Montreal	6 	
April 29	Montreal	1 	Chicago 	2 	
May 1 	Chicago 	0 	Montreal	4 	
Jean Beliveau wins the first Conn Smythe Trophy.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	70	27	37	64 	28 	11 	1 	5
 	C 	70	25	30	55 	41 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	53	23	29	52 	43 	5 	0 	5
 	RW 	66	12	35	47 	26 	5 	1 	2
 	LW 	69	17	27	44 	156	6 	0 	2
 	C 	58	20	23	43 	76 	9 	0 	1
 	LW 	63	18	23	41 	61 	1 	0 	5
 	RW 	68	21	16	37 	82 	4 	0 	4
 	D 	67	5 	22	27 	92 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	67	8 	14	22 	64 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	68	3 	17	20 	22 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	55	7 	10	17 	10 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	9 	7 	16 	16 	4 	1 	1
 	LW 	40	9 	7 	16 	16 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	68	1 	14	15 	107	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	70	3 	10	13 	40 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	16	0 	7 	7 	33 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	62	0 	7 	7 	93 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	9 	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	13	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	53	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3180	53	26	16	10	135	2.55	3
 	1020	19	10	7 	1 	50 	2.94	1
Team: 	4200	70	36	23	11	185	2.64	4
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	13	8	8	16 	34 	 	 	
 	RW 	13	5	8	13 	24 	 	 	
 	C 	13	7	4	11 	24 	 	 	
 	D 	13	1	9	10 	18 	 	 	
 	LW 	13	3	6	9 	17 	 	 	
 	RW 	13	2	6	8 	12 	 	 	
 	C 	13	2	3	5 	10 	 	 	
 	D 	13	0	5	5 	45 	 	 	
 	RW 	12	3	1	4 	0 	 	 	
 	LW 	13	3	1	4 	28 	 	 	
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	16 	 	 	
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	 	 	
 	C 	9 	0	1	1 	2 	 	 	
 	RW 	13	0	1	1 	14 	 	 	
 	D 	13	0	1	1 	22 	 	 	
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	0	0	0 	10 	 	 	
 	D 	13	0	0	0 	19 	 	 	
 	D/RW	13	0	0	0 	30 	 	 	
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	 	 	
 	G 	8 	0	0	0 	0 	 	 	
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	501	8 	5	3	14	1.68	2
 	300	5 	3	2	10	2.00	1
Team: 	801	13	8	5	24	1.80	3
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==
*Conn Smythe Trophy: Jean Béliveau (inaugural winner)
*Claude Provost, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Jacques Laperriere, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Charlie Hodge, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Montreal Canadiens 1965 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Draft Picks==
Round	Overall	Player
1 	6 	Claude Chagnon
2 	12 	Guy Allen
3 	18 	Paul Reid
4 	24 	Michel Jacques
==Gallery==
1965StanleyCupTremblayWorsley.jpg|J.C. Tremblay hugs Gump Worsley at the end of the seventh game.
1965StanleyCupJeanBeliveau.jpg|Jean Beliveau with the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy.
65StanleyCupBeliveauRousseauParade.jpg|Jean Beliveau and Bobby Rousseau in the Stanley Cup parade.
65StanleyCupBlakePollockMolson.jpg|Toe Blake, David Molson and Sam Pollock in the parade.
64-65NHLMontrealIntrasquadGameAd.jpg|Intra-squad game @ Montreal
64-65NHLMontrealExhGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
64-65NHLMontrealExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
64-65NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Home opener 
64-65NHLSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
64-65NHLSCFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Final
==Video==
Over ten minutes of silent clips from the 1964-65 season featuring Reg Fleming. The Bruins-Rangers game on December 5, 1964, in which a goal by #12 Wayne Maxner is shown, on #23 Marcel Paille. Next, the Bruins-Black Hawks game on December 10, 1964. Lastly, the Bruins-Canadiens game on December 13, 1964 in which Fleming fights with Henri Richard.
Reggie Fleming Boston Bruins Vintage Footage 1964-66
Game 7 of the 1965 Stanley Cup Finals between Montreal and Chicago, May 5, 1965.
1965 NHL Stanley Cup Finals G7 Chicago vs Montreal (1965, May 5)
==See Also==
* 1964–65 NHL season
* List of Stanley Cup champions
==References==
==External links==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1964–65
Montreal Canadiens season, 1964–65