1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 40th season. The Red Wings finished 4th in the league with a record of 31 wins, 27 losses, and 12 ties for 74 points. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in six games in the Semi-finals before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the 1966 Stanley Cup Final, also in six games. The Red Wings would not appear in the Final again until 1995.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
During the November 21, 1965 game at Madison Square Garden, with the scored tied 1-1 between the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers, at 9:50 of the third period, Ranger goalie Eddie Giacomin made what appeared to be a save. However, the goal judge signalled a goal, believing that Giacomin's glove crossed the goal line while the puck was in it. Rangers general manager Emile Francis was furious, left his seat and ran to the goal judge to protest. Along the way, he got into an altercation with some fans who started to punch him. Ten Ranger players scaled the glass and a melee of Rangers fighting with their own fans ensued. It took police fifteen minutes to break up the altercation. Francis suffered a cut over one eye which required stitches. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.
===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 	L 	October 23, 1965 	1–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 24, 1965 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 28, 1965 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 30, 1965 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	1–3–0
5 	T 	October 31, 1965 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	November 4, 1965 	8–1 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	November 7, 1965 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	November 10, 1965 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	2–5–1
9 	T 	November 11, 1965 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	2–5–2
10 	T 	November 14, 1965 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	2–5–3
11 	W 	November 20, 1965 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	3–5–3
12 	T 	November 21, 1965 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	3–5–4
13 	L 	November 23, 1965 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	3–6–4
14 	L 	November 25, 1965 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	3–7–4
15 	L 	November 27, 1965 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	3–8–4
16 	W 	November 28, 1965 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	4–8–4
17 	W 	December 2, 1965 	10–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	5–8–4
18 	W 	December 4, 1965 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	6–8–4
19 	W 	December 5, 1965 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	7–8–4
20 	W 	December 9, 1965 	7–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	8–8–4
21 	W 	December 11, 1965 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	9–8–4
22 	W 	December 12, 1965 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	10–8–4
23 	L 	December 15, 1965 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	10–9–4
24 	W 	December 16, 1965 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	11–9–4
25 	W 	December 18, 1965 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	12–9–4
26 	L 	December 19, 1965 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	12–10–4
27 	W 	December 23, 1965 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	13–10–4
28 	L 	December 25, 1965 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	13–11–4
29 	W 	December 26, 1965 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	14–11–4
30 	W 	December 28, 1965 	1–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	15–11–4
31 	L 	December 31, 1965 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	15–12–4
32 	W 	January 2, 1966 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	16–12–4
33 	W 	January 6, 1966 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	17–12–4
34 	W 	January 8, 1966 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	18–12–4
35 	W 	January 9, 1966 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	19–12–4
36 	T 	January 15, 1966 	4–4 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	19–12–5
37 	W 	January 16, 1966 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	20–12–5
38 	W 	January 20, 1966 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	21–12–5
39 	W 	January 22, 1966 	3–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	22–12–5
40 	W 	January 23, 1966 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	23–12–5
41 	L 	January 26, 1966 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	23–13–5
42 	T 	January 29, 1966 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	23–13–6
43 	L 	January 30, 1966 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	23–14–6
44 	W 	February 3, 1966 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	24–14–6
45 	T 	February 5, 1966 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	24–14–7
46 	T 	February 6, 1966 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	24–14–8
47 	L 	February 9, 1966 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	24–15–8
48 	W 	February 10, 1966 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	25–15–8
49 	T 	February 12, 1966 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	25–15–9
50 	L 	February 13, 1966 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	25–16–9
51 	L 	February 16, 1966 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	25–17–9
52 	L 	February 19, 1966 	1–5 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	25–18–9
53 	W 	February 20, 1966 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	26–18–9
54 	L 	February 23, 1966 	0–5 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	26–19–9
55 	L 	February 26, 1966 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	26–20–9
56 	L 	February 27, 1966 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	26–21–9
57 	L 	March 2, 1966 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	26–22–9
58 	L 	March 5, 1966 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	26–23–9
59 	T 	March 6, 1966 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	26–23–10
60 	L 	March 9, 1966 	0–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	26–24–10
61 	L 	March 12, 1966 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	26–25–10
62 	W 	March 13, 1966 	8–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	27–25–10
63 	L 	March 16, 1966 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	27–26–10
64 	W 	March 17, 1966 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	28–26–10
65 	W 	March 20, 1966 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	29–26–10
66 	W 	March 23, 1966 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	30–26–10
67 	L 	March 26, 1966 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	30–27–10
68 	T 	March 27, 1966 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	30–27–11
69 	W 	March 31, 1966 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	31–27–11
70 	T 	April 3, 1966 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) 	31–27–12
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 7 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	1-0
2	April 10	Detroit Red Wings 	7–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	1-1
3	April 12	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	2-1
4	April 14	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–2
5	April 17	Detroit Red Wings 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	2-3
6	April 19	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	2-4
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 2===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	April 17	Detroit Red Wings 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens	1-0
2	April 20	Detroit Red Wings 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens	2-0
3	April 22	Montreal Canadiens	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	2-1
4	April 25	Montreal Canadiens	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–2
5	April 27	Detroit Red Wings 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens	2-3
6	April 19	Montreal Canadiens	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings 	2-4
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	70	29	46	75 	83 	7 	0 	3
 	C 	70	31	41	72 	35 	7 	0 	2
 	C/LW	70	31	38	69 	16 	9 	4 	6
 	RW 	66	21	28	49 	20 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	70	15	32	47 	25 	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	69	22	24	46 	34 	5 	0 	9
 	C 	70	20	14	34 	28 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	43	6 	16	22 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	43	5 	15	20 	65 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	61	3 	16	19 	96 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	61	0 	19	19 	45 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	32	10	7 	17 	10 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	58	5 	12	17 	72 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	37	5 	12	17 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	6 	9 	15 	8 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	59	5 	10	15 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	70	2 	7 	9 	133	0 	1 	0
 	C 	24	1 	6 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	1 	4 	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	5 	5 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	4 	4 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	1 	1 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	2 	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3734	64	27	24	12	173	2.78	7
 	406 	11	3 	3 	0 	17 	2.51	0
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1.00	0
Team: 	4200	70	31	27	12	191	2.73	7
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	12	6	9 	15 	12 	 	 	
 	C/LW	12	0	11	11 	4 	 	 	
 	LW 	12	5	5 	10 	4 	 	 	
 	RW 	12	4	6 	10 	12 	 	 	
 	RW 	12	6	3 	9 	6 	 	 	
 	RW 	12	5	2 	7 	4 	 	 	
 	RW 	12	3	3 	6 	10 	 	 	
 	C 	12	1	4 	5 	2 	 	 	
 	LW 	10	1	4 	5 	2 	 	 	
 	D 	12	1	3 	4 	12 	 	 	
 	D 	12	1	3 	4 	16 	 	 	
 	D 	12	0	3 	3 	14 	 	 	
 	D 	12	2	0 	2 	30 	 	 	
 	LW 	12	1	0 	1 	4 	 	 	
 	D 	12	0	1 	1 	16 	 	 	
 	D 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	 	 	
 	RW 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	 	 	
 	D 	3 	0	0 	0 	2 	 	 	
 	D 	4 	0	0 	0 	0 	 	 	
 	D 	6 	0	0 	0 	2 	 	 	
 	C 	9 	0	0 	0 	2 	 	 	
 	G 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	 	 	
 	G 	12	0	0 	0 	0 	 	 	
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	668	12	6	5	26	2.34	1
 	54 	1 	0	1	2 	2.22	0
Team: 	722	12	6	6	28	2.33	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==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Alex Delvecchio
*Conn Smythe Trophy: Roger Crozier
*Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Draft Picks==
Detroit's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
Round	#	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	3	George Forgie	 	Flin Flon (Junior)
2 	8	Bob Birdsell 	 	Stettler (Junior)
==Gallery==
65-66NHLDetroitGameAd.jpg
Roger-crozier.jpg|Roger Crozier in the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals.
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
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